Swansea City have completed the signing of Australian
goalkeeper Mark Birighitti on a free transfer.
The 25-year-old - swapping New South Wales for south
Wales following the expiry of his Newcastle Jets contract -
Birighitti, who has one international cap to his name, joins
Kristoffer Nordfeldt and Gerhard Tremmel in providing
competition to first-choice keeper Lukasz Fabianski.
"Before coming here I knew there would be strong
competition at the club," he told the club's official
website. "Kristoffer is a very good goalkeeper and Gerhard
is too.
"Watching the Euros back home in Australia, I saw Lukasz
have a fantastic tournament [for Poland]. He was probably
one of the best goalkeepers in the tournament.
"But my plan is to take each training session as they come
and try to be better than them. I have to make sure when
the opportunity comes that I take the opportunity with both
hands and don't look back."
Birighitti, who kept four clean sheets in 26 appearances for
the Jets last season, previously spent six months on loan
at Varese, where Gabriele Ambrosetti - currently on the
Swansea coaching staff - served as sporting director.
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