As £8.5m Danish striker prepares to make his Cardiff City debut at Forest Green Rovers tonight, Gareth Rogers takes a look at 10 past signings from abroad - five hits and five misses.
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Andreas Cornelius will make his Cardiff City debut tonight but how have those who have moved from foreign clubs before him fared?
Giant striker Andreas Cornelius joined Cardiff City for £8.5m from FC Copenhagen this summer.
He will make his Bluebirds debut in the pre-season friendly at Forest Green Rovers tonight with fans keen to see how he fits into Malky Mackay's team.
Here we take a look back at some of the players Cardiff City have signed from abroad in the past as Gareth Rogers picks out some hits, misses and a few you might have forgotten.
THE HITS (click on the gallery for the full story)
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The Hits: Five successful Cardiff City signings from abroad
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1) KIM BO-KYUNG - Signed from Cerezo Osaka (Japan) for £2m in 2012
2) GLENN LOOVENS - Signed from Feyenoord (Holland) for £250k in 2007
3) RUDY GESTEDE - Signed from Metz (France) for free in 2011
4) WINSTON FAERBER - Signed from ADO Den Haag (Holland) for free in 1999
5) STEVE MOKONE - Signed from Hercules Almelo (Holland) for free in 1959
THE MISSES (click on the gallery for the full story)
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The Misses: Five unsuccessful Cardiff City signings from abroad
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1) PETER ZOIS - Signed from South Melbourne on trial in 1998
2) LUIGI GLOMBARD - Free signing from Nantes in 2006
3) JORN SCHWINKENDORF - Signed from SV Waldhof Mannheim (Germany) for £110,000 in 1999
4) FAN ZHIYI - Signed from Shanghai International for free in 2002
5) ETIEN VELIKONJA - Signed from Maribor (Slovenia) for £2m in 2012
AND SOME YOU MIGHT HAVE FORGOTTEN ABOUT...
Andrea Feretti (signed from Parma for free), Iwan Redan (signed from Willem II On loan), Quincy Owusu-Abiye (signed from Spartak Moscow on loan), Erwin Sak (from Sokól Pniewy, free), Filip Kiss (undisclosed from Slovan Bratislava).
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