Joan Capdevila has won 57 caps for reigning world champions Spain.
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- Joan Capdevila has joined Benfica from Villarreal on a two-year deal
- The 33-year-old was part of Spain's 2010 World Cup winning squad
- Ronald Koeman has returned to football as the new coach of Dutch side Feyenoord
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(CNN) -- Portuguese giants Benfica have completed the signing of Spain's World Cup winning defender Joan Capdevila from Villarreal.
The 33-year-old left-back has been signed as a replacement for Portugal international Fabio Coentrao, who departed Lisbon for Real Madrid earlier this month.
Capdevila played every match of Spain's successful campaign in South Africa and the former Atletico Madrid full-back has signed a two-year deal at the Estadio de Luz.
The one-time Deportivo la Coruna player has represented Spain on 57 occasions and was also part of Luis Aragones' victorious Euro 2008 squad.
Elsewhere, Dutch coach Ronald Koeman returned to football Thursday after agreeing to take the reigns at Dutch first division club Feyenoord.
The 48-year-old has been out of the sport since leaving AZ Alkmaar in December 2009 and signed a one-year deal with the Rotterdam side.
As a player, Koeman won the 1988 European Championships with Netherlands and the European Cup with both Barcelona and PSV.
He also spent two years with Feyenoord between 1995-97.
Former Feyenoord coach Mario Been left the club after a disappointing season yielded a 10th place finish in the league and saw the one-time European champions humiliated 10-0 by PSV Eindhoven last October.
Koeman has previously had spells in charge of Ajax, Benfica, PSV and Valencia.
