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. As a coach, Tudor guided Hajduk Split to a Croatian Cup success in his first season in 2012-13. He takes the reigns at a PAOK team that faded badly towards the end of last season after a promising start, with the Salonika club ending the season in third spot behind champions Olympiakos Piraeus and Panathinaikos. (Editing by Toby Davis)