Bundesliga basement side Cologne on Friday signed Peruvian striker Claudio Pizarro until the end of the season.

Pizarro, who turns 39 next week, joins Cologne after leaving rival German side Werder Bremen at the end of last term.

He joins a team that has garnered just one point and scored one goal in their opening six games to leave them propping up the table.

Pizarro is the top overseas striker of all time in the Bundesliga with 191 goals from 430 matches with Bayern Munich and Bremen.

Cologne are sorely missing their French forward Anthony Modeste, who was sent off on loan to Chinese side Tianjin Quanjian in a transfer which could earn Cologne up to 35 million euros ($41.1m).