Leyton Orient have signed former Liverpool and Sunderland defender Andrea Dossena until the end of the season. 

The 33-year-old Italian moved to Liverpool for £7m eight years ago where he spent two seasons.

Dossena moved to Napoli before returning to England to play for Sunderland last season.

But the former Italian international left-back, who won four caps, left the Premier League club in the summer and has agreed to join Mauro Milanese's team for the remainder of this season. 

It is expected he will not feature in this weekend's FA Cup tie at Oldham Athletic but could be involved in Tuesday's Johnstone's Paint Trophy tie with Northampton Town.