Aberdeen have this morning signed experienced goalkeeper Tomas Cerny.

The 33 year old, who was with Partick Thistle last season, has been linked with a move to Pittodrie before, and now gets the chance to become a Don after signing a one year deal.

Cerny started his career at former European opponents Sigma Olomouc in 2002 in the Czech Republic, the country of his birth. The stopper also studied there before moving to Scotland to join Hamilton Accies where he stayed for five years. He built up a very good reputation for himself and was signed by Bulgarian club CSKA Sofia and then Greek Super League club Ergotelis. The keeper returned to Scotland for a short spell with Hibernian before joining Partick Thistle in June 2015.

Tomas, who has played around 250 first team games, at the end of last season decided to leave Thistle after the Firhill side were relegated.

He will wear goalkeeper jersey number 20 and will be eligible for Thursday night’s UEFA Europa League Qualifying Round Two First leg game against Burnley.

Manager Derek McInnes commented, “When we made the decision to allow Danny Rogers to go out on loan, we had been looking at potential options to provide cover for

Joe Lewis and the injury to young David Craddock at Inverurie on Monday evening accelerated that process.

“We’re delighted to bring in a player with such experience and who was so willing to get the deal done. Having Tomas as cover will allow Danny to gain valuable match experience at St. Mirren.”