Bayern Munich defender Dante extends contract until 2017

MUNICH (AP) -- Brazil defender Dante has extended his contract with Champions League winner Bayern Munich until 2017.

The Bundesliga club says Dante signed a one-year extension.

Dante, who arrived in 2012 from Borussia Moenchengladbach, says it was ''the best decision of my life'' to come to Bayern.

Bayern chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge says Dante was ''one of our best transfers'' in the past few years.