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Soccer-Tudor appointed coach at PAOK Salonika

By Graham Wood

ATHENS, June 18 (Reuters) - Former Juventus and Croatia player Igor Tudor has been appointed as the new coach of PAOK Salonika, the Greek Super League club announced on Thursday.

The 37-year-old, who began his playing career with Hajduk Split, has penned a three-year contract with PAOK, the club said in a statement.

Although his playing days with plagued with injury, Tudor made over 200 top-level appearances and won 55 caps for his country, playing in the 1998 and 2006 World Cups and the 2004 European Championship finals.

He won two Serie A titles and two Italian Super Cups at Juve.