Soccer-Klasnic caps remarkable comeback from transplant surgery

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BERLIN, Dec 16 (Reuters) - Ivan Klasnic gave himself and his family the Christmas present they had all been dreaming of on Saturday when he scored his first goals since returning from kidney transplant surgery. Klasnic started his first home game for Werder Bremen in almost exactly a year on Saturday and he seemed scarcely able to believe what was happening as he scored twice in a 5-2 win ... [link]

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Christmas comes early for Klasnic
Published 12/16/2007 by Kevin Fylan at Reuters Soccer Blog
... The player himself sounds optimistic, although he obviously has different priorities now. “My health comes first,” he told reporters after Werder’s final match of 2007. “Whatever comes now, so be it. I spoke with (national team coach) Slaven Bilic by telephone even before I returned to action. I’m sure if things continue going well we’ll be seeing each other soon.” You can read the full story over at our main Web site here. PHOTO: Werder Bremen’s Ivan Klasnic (L) and Jurica Vranjes ...

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Published 12/17/2007 by brucio at du Nord
... Reuters with a story on Croatia & Werder Bremen forward Ivan Klasnic who returned to the field with 2 goals for his club this weekend, one for each kidney transplant he had earlier this year!! Amazing. ...

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