SUNDERLAND have signed former Leeds full-back Ian Harte.

The 29-year-old defender has penned a one-year deal at the Stadium of Light after impressing manager Roy Keane during a recent trial.

Harte is a former international team-mate of Keane, and his most recent club was Spanish side Levante where he spent three years after leaving Elland Road in 2004.

He left the Valencia-based club earlier this summer at the end of his contract.