Kakha Kaladze
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Kakhaber "Kakha" Kaladze is a Georgian
footballer who has been playing as a defender
for Italian Serie A
club Genoa
since August 2010 and captaining the Georgia national team
since 1996. He was voted Georgian Footballer of the Year
in 2001–2003, and 2006 and is considered as one of Georgia's most important players.
He started his football career in 1993 at Umaglesi Liga
club Dinamo Tbilisi
and made 82 appearances in a five year spell. In 1998, he moved to the Ukrainian
club Dynamo Kyiv
and made 71 appearances until 2001, when he was signed by the Italian
Serie A
club Milan
. To the date he has won one Serie A, three Ukrainian Premier League
and five Umaglesi Liga titles. With Milan he won the Champions League
on two occasions, the UEFA Super Cup once and the FIFA Club World Cup
once. Kaladze has capped
70 times the Georgia national team, scoring one goal which was against Latvia
in 2008. He has yet to qualify for a major international tournament
with Georgia in seven qualifying campaigns.
Born in Samtredia
, a town in Imereti Province
, Kaladze comes from a footballing family as his father played for Lokomotiv Samtredia
and was also president of the team for some time. His brother was kidnapped in a high profile case in 2001 and officially declared dead in 2006 resulting in two men being sentenced to prison
for a combined total of 30 years. Outside of football he owns a company called Kala Capital and an organisation called Kala Foundation as well as being an ambassador for SOS Children's Villages
. He is married and has one child.
, where his father was president, until former Georgia international footballer David Kipiani
requested Kakha to join Dinamo Tbilisi
. At Dinamo Tbilisi (1993–97), he played in 82 domestic league games and scored one goal. He made his top-flight debut as a 16 year old with Dinamo Tbilisi during the 1993–94 campaign. Kaladze claims that a good performance against Italy
while playing for Georgia in a match that ended 0–0 brought him to the attention of Dynamo Kyiv
, "In that game I was up against Christian Vieri
and I marked him well."
A fee equivalent to €280,000 was enough to take him to the Ukrainian Premier League
and Dynamo Kyiv in January 1998, where he signed a four-year deal. Here he scored six goals in 71 league games over the two and a half seasons he spent there. The Ukrainian club had been under the ownership of Hryhoriy Surkis
and the late Valeriy Lobanovskyi had just been installed as manager
, they would go on to win eight consecutive league titles. Kaladze also appeared in both legs of the semi-final of the 1998–99 Champions League against Bayern Munich
which they lost 4–3 on aggregate. On the way to the semi-finals they beat teams like Real Madrid
, Barcelona
and Arsenal
. He won eight league titles in a row during his time at Dinamo Tbilisi and Dynamo Kyiv.
as his reason for leaving. At first, Kaladze was tried in different positions and faced competition for places in defence from players such as Jaap Stam
and Cafu
. In the 2002–03 season, however, he made 46 appearances in all competitions including 27 league appearances. That year Milan won the Champions League, where they beat Juventus
on penalties in the final
(despite Kaladze missing his penalty) and the Coppa Italia where they beat Roma
6–3 on aggregate in the final. After Kaladze's double
success, the Georgian postal service issued a special stamp
bearing the player's image. He is the first Georgian player to win a Champions League title.
Kaladze was limited to just six league appearances and 11 total appearances in the 2003–04 campaign. In the next season, Kaladze played just 19 Serie A matches and five in the Champions League as Milan finished as runners-up in both competitions. He was an unused substitute in that season's Champions League final
where Milan lost on penalties to Liverpool
after a 3–3 draw. He was said to be frustrated with his lack of first team options and a move to Chelsea
, in exchange for Hernán Crespo
or for £4m, was widely reported. Kaladze himself said, "I have agreed everything with the Chelsea management. Now it is necessary to wait for them to reach an agreement with Milan and I think I could become a Chelsea player next week." Chelsea opted to sign Asier del Horno
instead and Kaladze later declared himself "glad" that the deal fell through. On 30 June 2005, he extended his contract with Milan until 2010 and again on 4 September 2006, this time until 2011. In 2005–06
, the injury of Paolo Maldini
meant that Kaladze was moved back into the centre of defence, his favoured position. Milan finished third that season although they would have finished second if there were no 2006 Italian football scandal which resulted in a 30 point deduction.
In the 2006–07 Serie A campaign, Kaladze scored a goal against Sampdoria
which turned out to be his only goal of the season. Milan finished in fourth place with an eight point deduction relating to the previous season's scandal. Kaladze won his second Champions League title on 23 May 2007 after Milan beat Liverpool 2–1 in the final
; he came on as a 79th minute substitute in that match. He later picked up the FIFA Club World Cup
in December that year where Milan beat Boca Juniors
4–2 in the final
, however Kaladze was one of two players to be sent off in that match. He had established himself as a first team regular in the 2007–08 season, making 32 appearances, but had only featured sparingly in the 2008–09 season due to a knee
ligament
injury sustained in a UEFA Cup match against Zürich. Kaladze's performance in the 15 February 2009 Milan derby
was described as a "horror show" on the Channel 4
website which started a dispute over an alleged smear campaign
between Kaladze and the Georgian newspaper Lelo, who used the quote, "Milan really does need a new centre-back after Kakha Kaladze’s horror show in the derby". Milan finished third in the league that season, 10 points behind the leader Internazionale
and Kaladze believed this was caused by the many injuries in the squad.
, he played 26 matches scored only one goal which was against Parma
on 30 January 2011. He was named as second-best defender of the season 2010–11 Serie A by La Gazzetta dello Sport
, being surpassed only by his former teammate Thiago Silva
of Milan
.
against Cyprus
in a friendly match on 27 March 1996, coming on as a 72nd minute substitute for Mikhail Kavelashvili
. Later that year, he was sent off for the first time in his international career against Lebanon
in a friendly match. He subsequently featured in his country's qualifying campaigns for the 1998
, 2002
, 2006
and 2010 FIFA World Cups
, and the 2000, 2004 and 2008 UEFA European Championships. Georgia, however, have never qualified for the FIFA World Cup
or the UEFA European Championship
since they split from the Soviet Union. His competitive debut was against Poland
on 14 June 1997 in a 1998 World Cup qualifier, Georgia lost the match 4–1. Kaladze was sent off again, along with Georgi Kinkladze, just two matches later against Moldova
in another 1998 World Cup qualifier. Because of Kakha Kaladze is number one Traki - Georgia finished in fourth place in the group and failed to qualify. In qualifying for Euro 2000, Georgia finished at the bottom of the group, in sixth place, with just one win. Kaladze occasionally captained the side during these qualifiers in the absence of Georgi Nemsadze
.
The qualifiers for the 2002 World Cup
ended with Georgia finishing in third place, ahead of Hungary
and Lithuania
. Kaladze played in all of the matches and often missed the friendlies in between. Kaladze only played in three matches during the Euro 2004 qualifiers, where Georgia finished in last place in the group. He did, however, feature in a 1–0 victory over neighbouring Russia
which is considered to be one of Georgia's greatest successes. Kaladze played in all bar one of the 2006 World Cup
qualifying matches where Georgia finished sixth in the group, with Kazakhstan
being the only team to finish below them. He played fewer matches during the qualification for Euro 2008 and once again Georgia failed to qualify as they finished in sixth place despite starting their campaign with a 6–0 win over the Faroe Islands
.
He scored his first ever international goal against Latvia
on 6 February 2007 in a friendly which Georgia lost 3–1. On 5 September 2009, Kaladze scored two own goal
s in a 2010 World Cup
qualifying match against Italy
within the space of 11 minutes. The match ended 2–0 to Italy. He is currently the captain of the national team.
Kaladze was born in Samtredia
, a Georgian town near the Black Sea
. His father, Karlo, was a footballer for Lokomotiv Samtredia
and was also president
of the team at some point. At the age of 11, he played for his town's junior team. Kaladze is the owner of a restaurant
called Giannino, founded in 1899 by Giannino Bindi, which is based in Milan
. The restaurant has had a Michelin star
under Davide Oldani.
In 2001, Kaladze's brother Levan, a medical
student, was kidnapped
in Georgia, with a ransom
of $600,000 demanded. Georgia's president
at the time, Eduard Shevardnadze
promised "everything is being done to locate him", despite this the only time that Levan was ever seen was in a video
where he was shown blindfold
ed and begging for help. Following the kidnapping, Kaladze threatened to take up Ukrainian citizenship, but reverted his decision stating, "There was a time when I thought about quitting the national side completely, but I couldn’t do it out of respect for the Georgian people and the fans who come and give us such support." Roughly four years later, on 6 May 2005, Georgian police
officers found eight dead bodies in the Svaneti
region and it was speculated that Levan was among the dead. 21 February 2006 was the date when Levan was officially identified among the deceased after tests from FBI
experts. The local media claimed that the ransom was paid by Kaladze's family although another source says that Kaladze's father attempted to meet the kidnappers, who fled as they believed he was followed by the police. Two men were sentenced to prison for the murder; David Asatiani for 25 years and Merab Amisulashvili for five years. On 14 July 2009, Kaladze's wife Anouki gave birth to their first born son in Milan. The couple named their son Levan, in memory of Kaladze's brother.
Along with his football career, Kaladze is also a successful businessman
with investments in Georgia, Italy
, Ukraine
, and Kazakhstan
. Another investment was the establishment of Kala Capital—a holding company which plans to target banking, real estate
and energy sectors of the Georgian economy. Kaladze has also been active in charitable causes and is a FIFA ambassador
for the SOS Children's Villages
. In 2008, Kaladze founded the Kala Foundation, an organisation that focuses on the "ethical purpose of dedicating all efforts particularly in helping and sustaining people in need". Through the Kala Foundation, he raised €50,000 to benefit South Ossetia
n refugees during the conflict with Russia
in 2008. Kaladze also plans to release an autobiography
with the proceeds going to the Kala Foundation.
.
1European competitions include the UEFA Champions League
, UEFA Cup, and UEFA Super Cup
2Other tournaments include the Supercoppa Italiana
and FIFA Club World Cup
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Georgia (country)
Georgia is a sovereign state in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded to the west by the Black Sea, to the north by Russia, to the southwest by Turkey, to the south by Armenia, and to the southeast by Azerbaijan. The capital of...
footballer who has been playing as a defender
Defender (association football)
Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....
for Italian Serie A
Serie A
Serie A , now called Serie A TIM due to sponsorship by Telecom Italia, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and has been operating for over eighty years since 1929. It had been organized by Lega Calcio until 2010, but a new...
club Genoa
Genoa C.F.C.
Genoa Cricket and Football Club, commonly referred to simply as Genoa , is a professional Italian football club based in the city of Genoa, Liguria...
since August 2010 and captaining the Georgia national team
Georgia national football team
The Georgia national football team is the national association football team of Georgia and is controlled by the Georgian Football Federation. The Georgian team's first match took place in 1990, while Georgia was still part of the Soviet Union. The team have attempted to qualify for each major...
since 1996. He was voted Georgian Footballer of the Year
Georgian Footballer of the Year
Georgian Footballer of the Year is an annual award given to the best Georgian footballer.The award for an official year is given in summer on the basis of players' performance in a winter league season. The winner is elected by results of a poll conducted among Georgian journalists. From 1993, it...
in 2001–2003, and 2006 and is considered as one of Georgia's most important players.
He started his football career in 1993 at Umaglesi Liga
Umaglesi Liga
The Georgian Top League is the top division of football in Georgia. Since 1990, it has been organized by the Professional Football League of Georgia and Georgian Football Federation. From 1927 to 1989, the competition was held as a regional tournament within the Soviet Union...
club Dinamo Tbilisi
FC Dinamo Tbilisi
FC Dinamo Tbilisi is a Georgian football team, based in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia.Dinamo Tbilisi was one of the most prominent clubs in Soviet football and a major contender in the Soviet Top League almost immediately after it was established in 1936...
and made 82 appearances in a five year spell. In 1998, he moved to the Ukrainian
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
club Dynamo Kyiv
FC Dynamo Kyiv
FC Dynamo Kyiv is a professional football club based in the Ukrainian capital city of Kyiv. Founded in 1927, the club currently participates in the Ukrainian Premier League and has spent its entire history in the top league of Soviet and later Ukrainian football...
and made 71 appearances until 2001, when he was signed by the Italian
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
Serie A
Serie A
Serie A , now called Serie A TIM due to sponsorship by Telecom Italia, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and has been operating for over eighty years since 1929. It had been organized by Lega Calcio until 2010, but a new...
club Milan
A.C. Milan
Associazione Calcio Milan, commonly referred to as A.C. Milan or simply Milan , is a professional Italian football club based in Milan, Lombardy, that plays in the Serie A. Milan was founded in 1899 by English lace-maker Herbert Kilpin and businessman Alfred Edwards among others...
. To the date he has won one Serie A, three Ukrainian Premier League
Ukrainian Premier League
The Ukrainian Premier League is the highest division of Ukrainian annual football championship. As the Supreme League it was founded in 1991 after the fold of the Soviet Union's Vysshaya Liga. In 2008 it was reformed into a more autonomous entity of the Football Federation of Ukraine and changed...
and five Umaglesi Liga titles. With Milan he won the Champions League
UEFA Champions League
The UEFA Champions League, known simply the Champions League and originally known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or European Cup, is an annual international club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe. It...
on two occasions, the UEFA Super Cup once and the FIFA Club World Cup
FIFA Club World Cup
The FIFA Club World Cup is a football competition between the champion clubs from all six continental confederations.The first FIFA Club World Championship took place in Brazil in January 2000...
once. Kaladze has capped
Cap (sport)
In sports, a cap is a metaphorical term for a player's appearance on a select team, such as a national team. The term dates from the practice in the United Kingdom of awarding a cap to every player in an international match of association football...
70 times the Georgia national team, scoring one goal which was against Latvia
Latvia national football team
The Latvian national football team is controlled by the Latvian Football Federation, the governing body for football in Latvia and represents the country in international football competitions, such as the World Cup and the European Championships. So far, they have never qualified for a FIFA World...
in 2008. He has yet to qualify for a major international tournament
UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying
The qualifying competition for UEFA Euro 2012 is a series of parallel association football competitions held over 2010 and 2011 to decide the qualifiers for UEFA Euro 2012, to be held in Poland and Ukraine...
with Georgia in seven qualifying campaigns.
Born in Samtredia
Samtredia
Samtredia is a town in Imereti, Georgia, lying in a lowland between the rivers Rioni and Tskhenis-Tsqali, 244 km west of Tbilisi, and 27 km west of Kutaisi, the nation’s capital and the second largest city respectively. Georgia’s most important roads and railways converge there, making Samtredia...
, a town in Imereti Province
Imereti
Imereti is a province in Georgia situated along the middle and upper reaches of the Rioni river. It consists of the following Georgian administrative-territorial units:#Kutaisi #Baghdati region#Vani region#Zestafoni region...
, Kaladze comes from a footballing family as his father played for Lokomotiv Samtredia
FC Samtredia
FC Samtredia is a Georgian association football club based in Samtredia.The club has also been named Lokomotivi Samtredia, Sanavardo Samtredia, Juba Samtredia and Iberia Samtredia in recent seasons.- Current squad :...
and was also president of the team for some time. His brother was kidnapped in a high profile case in 2001 and officially declared dead in 2006 resulting in two men being sentenced to prison
Prison
A prison is a place in which people are physically confined and, usually, deprived of a range of personal freedoms. Imprisonment or incarceration is a legal penalty that may be imposed by the state for the commission of a crime...
for a combined total of 30 years. Outside of football he owns a company called Kala Capital and an organisation called Kala Foundation as well as being an ambassador for SOS Children's Villages
SOS Children's Villages
SOS Children's Villages is an independent, non-governmental international development organisation which has been working to meet the needs and protect the interests and rights of children since 1949. It was founded by Hermann Gmeiner in Imst, Austria...
. He is married and has one child.
Early career
Kaladze started his career playing as a forward for his local club Lokomotiv SamtrediaFC Samtredia
FC Samtredia is a Georgian association football club based in Samtredia.The club has also been named Lokomotivi Samtredia, Sanavardo Samtredia, Juba Samtredia and Iberia Samtredia in recent seasons.- Current squad :...
, where his father was president, until former Georgia international footballer David Kipiani
David Kipiani
David Kipiani was a Georgian football midfielder and manager.Kipiani was born in Tbilisi, Georgian SSR. He played for FC Dinamo Tbilisi and Soviet Union National Team and also for a year for Lokomotiv Tbilsi...
requested Kakha to join Dinamo Tbilisi
FC Dinamo Tbilisi
FC Dinamo Tbilisi is a Georgian football team, based in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia.Dinamo Tbilisi was one of the most prominent clubs in Soviet football and a major contender in the Soviet Top League almost immediately after it was established in 1936...
. At Dinamo Tbilisi (1993–97), he played in 82 domestic league games and scored one goal. He made his top-flight debut as a 16 year old with Dinamo Tbilisi during the 1993–94 campaign. Kaladze claims that a good performance against Italy
Italy national football team
The Italy National Football Team , represents Italy in association football and is controlled by the Italian Football Federation , the governing body for football in Italy. Italy is the second most successful national team in the history of the World Cup having won four titles , just one fewer than...
while playing for Georgia in a match that ended 0–0 brought him to the attention of Dynamo Kyiv
FC Dynamo Kyiv
FC Dynamo Kyiv is a professional football club based in the Ukrainian capital city of Kyiv. Founded in 1927, the club currently participates in the Ukrainian Premier League and has spent its entire history in the top league of Soviet and later Ukrainian football...
, "In that game I was up against Christian Vieri
Christian Vieri
Christian Vieri is a retired Italian footballer who played as a centre forward.Vieri was named in the FIFA 100, a list of the 125 greatest living footballers selected by Pelé as a part of FIFA's centenary celebrations...
and I marked him well."
A fee equivalent to €280,000 was enough to take him to the Ukrainian Premier League
Ukrainian Premier League
The Ukrainian Premier League is the highest division of Ukrainian annual football championship. As the Supreme League it was founded in 1991 after the fold of the Soviet Union's Vysshaya Liga. In 2008 it was reformed into a more autonomous entity of the Football Federation of Ukraine and changed...
and Dynamo Kyiv in January 1998, where he signed a four-year deal. Here he scored six goals in 71 league games over the two and a half seasons he spent there. The Ukrainian club had been under the ownership of Hryhoriy Surkis
Hryhoriy Surkis
Hryhoriy Surkis is a Ukrainian businessman and politician. Surkis is the president of Football Federation of Ukraine....
and the late Valeriy Lobanovskyi had just been installed as manager
Coach (sport)
In sports, a coach is an individual involved in the direction, instruction and training of the operations of a sports team or of individual sportspeople.-Staff:...
, they would go on to win eight consecutive league titles. Kaladze also appeared in both legs of the semi-final of the 1998–99 Champions League against Bayern Munich
FC Bayern Munich
FC Bayern Munich , is a German sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. It is best known for its professional football team, which is the most successful football club in Germany, having won 22 national titles and 15 cups....
which they lost 4–3 on aggregate. On the way to the semi-finals they beat teams like Real Madrid
Real Madrid C.F.
Real Madrid Club de Fútbol , commonly known as Real Madrid, is a professional football club based in Madrid, Spain. The club have won a record 31 La Liga titles, the Primera División of the Liga de Fútbol Profesional , 18 Copas del Rey, 8 Spanish Super Cups, 1 Copa Eva Duarte and 1 Copa de la...
, Barcelona
FC Barcelona
Futbol Club Barcelona , also known as Barcelona and familiarly as Barça, is a professional football club, based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain....
and Arsenal
Arsenal F.C.
Arsenal Football Club is a professional English Premier League football club based in North London. One of the most successful clubs in English football, it has won 13 First Division and Premier League titles and 10 FA Cups...
. He won eight league titles in a row during his time at Dinamo Tbilisi and Dynamo Kyiv.
Milan
In 2001, Kaladze became the most expensive Georgian footballer in history when Milan paid €16m to bring him to Italy from Ukrainian side Dynamo Kyiv. He cited an injury to Aleksei GerasimenkoAleksei Gerasimenko
Aleksei Petrovich Gerasimenko is a retired Russian football player.-Honours:* Russian Premier League runner-up: 1993.* Ukrainian Premier League winner: 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001.* Ukrainian Cup winner: 1998, 1999, 2000....
as his reason for leaving. At first, Kaladze was tried in different positions and faced competition for places in defence from players such as Jaap Stam
Jaap Stam
Jakob "Jaap" Stam is a retired Dutch football player who was twice voted best defender in the 1998–99 and 1999–2000 UEFA Champions League. He played for several European clubs like PSV Eindhoven, Manchester United, S.S. Lazio, A.C. Milan and AFC Ajax before retiring in October 2007...
and Cafu
Cafu
Marcos Evangelista de Moraes , better known as Cafu, is a former Brazilian footballer who is widely regarded as one of the greatest right-backs ever. He was given this nickname due to his speed up and down the right flank which was reminiscent of Cafuringa, a Brazilian forward from the 1970s...
. In the 2002–03 season, however, he made 46 appearances in all competitions including 27 league appearances. That year Milan won the Champions League, where they beat Juventus
Juventus F.C.
Juventus Football Club S.p.A. , commonly referred to as Juventus and colloquially as Juve , are a professional Italian association football club based in Turin, Piedmont...
on penalties in the final
2003 UEFA Champions League Final
The 2003 UEFA Champions League Final was a football match that took place at Old Trafford in Manchester, England on 28 May 2003 to decide the winner of the 2002–03 UEFA Champions League. The match was contested by two Italian teams in the shape of Juventus and Milan. The match made history as the...
(despite Kaladze missing his penalty) and the Coppa Italia where they beat Roma
A.S. Roma
Associazione Sportiva Roma, commonly referred to as simply Roma, is a professional Italian football club based in Rome. Founded by a merger in 1927, Roma have participated in the top-tier of Italian football for all of their existence but one season in the early 50s...
6–3 on aggregate in the final. After Kaladze's double
The Double
The Double is a term in association football which refers to winning a country's top tier division and its primary cup competition in the same season...
success, the Georgian postal service issued a special stamp
Postage stamp
A postage stamp is a small piece of paper that is purchased and displayed on an item of mail as evidence of payment of postage. Typically, stamps are made from special paper, with a national designation and denomination on the face, and a gum adhesive on the reverse side...
bearing the player's image. He is the first Georgian player to win a Champions League title.
Kaladze was limited to just six league appearances and 11 total appearances in the 2003–04 campaign. In the next season, Kaladze played just 19 Serie A matches and five in the Champions League as Milan finished as runners-up in both competitions. He was an unused substitute in that season's Champions League final
2005 UEFA Champions League Final
The 2005 UEFA Champions League Final was the final match of the 2004–05 UEFA Champions League, Europe's primary club football competition. The showpiece event was contested between Liverpool of England and Milan of Italy at the Atatürk Stadium in Istanbul, Turkey on 25 May 2005...
where Milan lost on penalties to Liverpool
Liverpool F.C.
Liverpool Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside. Liverpool has won eighteen League titles, second most in English football, seven FA Cups and a record seven League Cups...
after a 3–3 draw. He was said to be frustrated with his lack of first team options and a move to Chelsea
Chelsea F.C.
Chelsea Football Club are an English football club based in West London. Founded in 1905, they play in the Premier League and have spent most of their history in the top tier of English football. Chelsea have been English champions four times, FA Cup winners six times and League Cup winners four...
, in exchange for Hernán Crespo
Hernán Crespo
Hernán Jorge Crespo is an Argentine footballer who plays for Parma in the Italian Serie A. Crespo has scored over 300 goals in a career spanning 18 years. His honors include an Olympic Games silver medal, a Copa Libertadores, an English Premier League title and three Scudettos. He was topscorer in...
or for £4m, was widely reported. Kaladze himself said, "I have agreed everything with the Chelsea management. Now it is necessary to wait for them to reach an agreement with Milan and I think I could become a Chelsea player next week." Chelsea opted to sign Asier del Horno
Asier del Horno
Asier del Horno Cosgaya is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Levante UD mainly as a left defender.-Athletic Bilbao:...
instead and Kaladze later declared himself "glad" that the deal fell through. On 30 June 2005, he extended his contract with Milan until 2010 and again on 4 September 2006, this time until 2011. In 2005–06
Serie A 2005-06
In the 2005–06 season, Serie A, the major professional football league in Italian, was contested for the second year in a row by 20 teams. The league commenced on August 28, 2005 and finished on May 14, 2006...
, the injury of Paolo Maldini
Paolo Maldini
Paolo Cesare Maldini is an Italian former footballer who played as a left or central defender. He spent all 25 seasons of his career at Serie A club Milan, before retiring at the age of 41 in 2009, becoming a symbol and a legend of the club...
meant that Kaladze was moved back into the centre of defence, his favoured position. Milan finished third that season although they would have finished second if there were no 2006 Italian football scandal which resulted in a 30 point deduction.
In the 2006–07 Serie A campaign, Kaladze scored a goal against Sampdoria
U.C. Sampdoria
Unione Calcio Sampdoria is an Italian association football club based in Genoa. The club was formed in 1946 from the merger of two existing sports clubs whose roots can be traced back to the 1890s, Sampierdarenese and Andrea Doria...
which turned out to be his only goal of the season. Milan finished in fourth place with an eight point deduction relating to the previous season's scandal. Kaladze won his second Champions League title on 23 May 2007 after Milan beat Liverpool 2–1 in the final
2007 UEFA Champions League Final
The 2007 UEFA Champions League Final was an association football match between A.C. Milan of Italy and Liverpool F.C. of England on 23 May 2007 at the Olympic Stadium, Athens, Greece. The showpiece event was the final match of the 2006–07 season of Europe's premier cup competition, the UEFA...
; he came on as a 79th minute substitute in that match. He later picked up the FIFA Club World Cup
FIFA Club World Cup
The FIFA Club World Cup is a football competition between the champion clubs from all six continental confederations.The first FIFA Club World Championship took place in Brazil in January 2000...
in December that year where Milan beat Boca Juniors
Boca Juniors
Club Atlético Boca Juniors is an Argentine sports club based in La Boca neighborhood of Buenos Aires. It is best known for its professional football team, which currently plays in the Primera División....
4–2 in the final
2007 FIFA Club World Cup
The 2007 FIFA Club World Cup was a football tournament played in Japan from 7 December to 16 December 2007. It was the fourth FIFA Club World Cup, a tournament organised by FIFA for the winners of each confederation's top continental club tournament....
, however Kaladze was one of two players to be sent off in that match. He had established himself as a first team regular in the 2007–08 season, making 32 appearances, but had only featured sparingly in the 2008–09 season due to a knee
Knee
The knee joint joins the thigh with the leg and consists of two articulations: one between the fibula and tibia, and one between the femur and patella. It is the largest joint in the human body and is very complicated. The knee is a mobile trocho-ginglymus , which permits flexion and extension as...
ligament
Ligament
In anatomy, the term ligament is used to denote any of three types of structures. Most commonly, it refers to fibrous tissue that connects bones to other bones and is also known as articular ligament, articular larua, fibrous ligament, or true ligament.Ligament can also refer to:* Peritoneal...
injury sustained in a UEFA Cup match against Zürich. Kaladze's performance in the 15 February 2009 Milan derby
Derby della Madonnina
Derby della Madonnina, or the Milan Derby as it is sometimes known, is a football match between the Italian clubs Associazione Calcio Milan and Football Club Internazionale Milano. It is a hotly contested local derby and is one of the most followed derbies in football...
was described as a "horror show" on the Channel 4
Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the Channel...
website which started a dispute over an alleged smear campaign
Smear campaign
A smear campaign, smear tactic or simply smear is a metaphor for activity that can harm an individual or group's reputation by conflation with a stigmatized group...
between Kaladze and the Georgian newspaper Lelo, who used the quote, "Milan really does need a new centre-back after Kakha Kaladze’s horror show in the derby". Milan finished third in the league that season, 10 points behind the leader Internazionale
F.C. Internazionale Milano
Football Club Internazionale Milano, often referred to as Internazionale or simply Inter, is a professional Italian football club based in Milan, Italy. Outside Italy, the club is often called Inter Milan. They are the reigning FIFA Club World champions and Coppa Italia holders.Inter have always...
and Kaladze believed this was caused by the many injuries in the squad.
Genoa
On 31 August 2010, Kaladze signed with Genoa. Milan later revealed that it was a free transfer. In the 2010–11 Serie A2010–11 Serie A
The 2010–11 Serie A was the 79th season since its establishment, the first under a league committee separate from Serie B. It began on 28 August 2010 and ended on 22 May 2011...
, he played 26 matches scored only one goal which was against Parma
Parma F.C.
Parma Football Club , commonly referred to as just Parma, is an Italian professional football club based in Parma, Emilia–Romagna that will compete in Serie A for the 2011–12 season, having finished in twelfth position last season. Founded as Verdi Foot Ball Club in July 1913, the club changed its...
on 30 January 2011. He was named as second-best defender of the season 2010–11 Serie A by La Gazzetta dello Sport
La Gazzetta dello Sport
La Gazzetta dello Sport is an Italian newspaper dedicated to coverage of various sports. It was first published on April 3, 1896, allowing it to cover the first modern Olympic Games held in Athens...
, being surpassed only by his former teammate Thiago Silva
Thiago Emiliano da Silva
Thiago Emiliano da Silva, , commonly known as Thiago Silva, is a Brazilian footballer who currently plays as a centre back for Italian Serie A club Milan...
of Milan
A.C. Milan
Associazione Calcio Milan, commonly referred to as A.C. Milan or simply Milan , is a professional Italian football club based in Milan, Lombardy, that plays in the Serie A. Milan was founded in 1899 by English lace-maker Herbert Kilpin and businessman Alfred Edwards among others...
.
International career
Kaladze won his first capCap (sport)
In sports, a cap is a metaphorical term for a player's appearance on a select team, such as a national team. The term dates from the practice in the United Kingdom of awarding a cap to every player in an international match of association football...
against Cyprus
Cyprus national football team
The Cyprus national football team represents Cyprus in association football and is controlled by the Cyprus Football Association, the governing body for football in Cyprus. Cyprus' home ground is the GSP Stadium in Nicosia and the current coach is Nikos Nioplias...
in a friendly match on 27 March 1996, coming on as a 72nd minute substitute for Mikhail Kavelashvili
Mikhail Kavelashvili
Mikhail Kavelashvili is a Georgian former footballer.As with many leading Georgian players, Kavelahvili began his career with FC Dinamo Tbilisi, emerging from their youth system in 1989. A skillful striker, he soon established himself in the Dinamo side before earning a move to Russian club FC...
. Later that year, he was sent off for the first time in his international career against Lebanon
Lebanon national football team
The Lebanon national football team represents the Republic of Lebanon in international association football. Their official nickname is The Cedars...
in a friendly match. He subsequently featured in his country's qualifying campaigns for the 1998
1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)
Listed below are the dates and results for the 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the European zone .A total of 50 UEFA teams entered the competition. The European zone was allocated 15 places in the final tournament...
, 2002
2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)
Listed below are the dates and results for the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the European zone . For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification....
, 2006
2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)
Listed below are the dates and results for the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for UEFA teams. A total of 51 teams took part, divided in 8 Groups - five groups of 6 teams each and three groups of 7 teams each - competing for 13 places in the World Cup...
and 2010 FIFA World Cups
2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)
The European zone of qualification for the 2010 FIFA World Cup saw 53 teams competing for 13 places at the finals. The qualification process started on 20 August 2008, after UEFA Euro 2008, and ended on 18 November 2009. The qualification process saw the first competitive matches of...
, and the 2000, 2004 and 2008 UEFA European Championships. Georgia, however, have never qualified for the FIFA World Cup
FIFA World Cup
The FIFA World Cup, often simply the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association , the sport's global governing body...
or the UEFA European Championship
UEFA European Football Championship
The UEFA European Football Championship is the main football competition of the men's national football teams governed by UEFA . Held every four years since 1960, in the even-numbered year between World Cup tournaments, it was originally called the UEFA European Nations Cup, changing to the current...
since they split from the Soviet Union. His competitive debut was against Poland
Poland national football team
The Poland national football team represents Poland in association football and is controlled by the Polish Football Association, the governing body for football in Poland...
on 14 June 1997 in a 1998 World Cup qualifier, Georgia lost the match 4–1. Kaladze was sent off again, along with Georgi Kinkladze, just two matches later against Moldova
Moldova national football team
The Moldova national football team represents Moldova in association football and is controlled by the Football Association of Moldova, the governing body for football in Moldova. Moldova's home ground is Zimbru Stadium in Chişinău and their head coach is Gavril Balint...
in another 1998 World Cup qualifier. Because of Kakha Kaladze is number one Traki - Georgia finished in fourth place in the group and failed to qualify. In qualifying for Euro 2000, Georgia finished at the bottom of the group, in sixth place, with just one win. Kaladze occasionally captained the side during these qualifiers in the absence of Georgi Nemsadze
Georgi Nemsadze
Georgi Nemsadze is a former Georgian football midfielder. In addition to Georgian teams, he played for many European clubs such as Trabzonspor, Grasshopper-Club Zürich, AC Reggiana and Dundee....
.
The qualifiers for the 2002 World Cup
2002 FIFA World Cup
The 2002 FIFA World Cup was the 17th staging of the FIFA World Cup, held in South Korea and Japan from 31 May to 30 June. It was also the first World Cup held in Asia, and the last in which the golden goal rule was implemented. Brazil won the tournament for a record fifth time, beating Germany 2–0...
ended with Georgia finishing in third place, ahead of Hungary
Hungary national football team
The Hungary national football team represents Hungary in international football and is controlled by the Hungarian Football Federation....
and Lithuania
Lithuania national football team
The national football team of Lithuania is under the auspices of the Lithuanian Football Federation. It played its first match in 1923. In 1940, Lithuania was occupied by the Soviet Union; the country regained its independence in 1990 and played their first match as a new nation against Georgia on...
. Kaladze played in all of the matches and often missed the friendlies in between. Kaladze only played in three matches during the Euro 2004 qualifiers, where Georgia finished in last place in the group. He did, however, feature in a 1–0 victory over neighbouring Russia
Russia national football team
The Russia national football team represents Russia in association football and is controlled by the Russian Football Union , the governing body for football in Russia. Russia's home grounds are Luzhniki Stadium, Lokomotiv Stadium , and Petrovsky Stadium in St.Petersburg and their head coach is...
which is considered to be one of Georgia's greatest successes. Kaladze played in all bar one of the 2006 World Cup
2006 FIFA World Cup
The 2006 FIFA World Cup was the 18th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament. It was held from 9 June to 9 July 2006 in Germany, which won the right to host the event in July 2000. Teams representing 198 national football associations from all six...
qualifying matches where Georgia finished sixth in the group, with Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan national football team
The Kazakhstan national football team represents Kazakhstan in international men's association football and is directed by Football Federation of Kazakhstan. They split from the Soviet Union national football team after independence in 1991 and joined the Asian Football Confederation's Central and...
being the only team to finish below them. He played fewer matches during the qualification for Euro 2008 and once again Georgia failed to qualify as they finished in sixth place despite starting their campaign with a 6–0 win over the Faroe Islands
Faroe Islands national football team
The Faroe Islands national football team represents the Faroe Islands in association football and is controlled by the Faroe Islands Football Association, the governing body for football in the Faroe Islands. The Faroe Islands became a member of FIFA in 1988 and UEFA in 1990 and are the third...
.
He scored his first ever international goal against Latvia
Latvia national football team
The Latvian national football team is controlled by the Latvian Football Federation, the governing body for football in Latvia and represents the country in international football competitions, such as the World Cup and the European Championships. So far, they have never qualified for a FIFA World...
on 6 February 2007 in a friendly which Georgia lost 3–1. On 5 September 2009, Kaladze scored two own goal
Own goal
An own net occurs in goal-scoring games when a player scores a goal that is registered against his or her own team. It is usually accidental, and may be a result of an attempt at defensive play that failed or was spoiled by opponents....
s in a 2010 World Cup
2010 FIFA World Cup
The 2010 FIFA World Cup was the 19th FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national association football teams. It took place in South Africa from 11 June to 11 July 2010...
qualifying match against Italy
Italy national football team
The Italy National Football Team , represents Italy in association football and is controlled by the Italian Football Federation , the governing body for football in Italy. Italy is the second most successful national team in the history of the World Cup having won four titles , just one fewer than...
within the space of 11 minutes. The match ended 2–0 to Italy. He is currently the captain of the national team.
Business and personal life
Samtredia
Samtredia is a town in Imereti, Georgia, lying in a lowland between the rivers Rioni and Tskhenis-Tsqali, 244 km west of Tbilisi, and 27 km west of Kutaisi, the nation’s capital and the second largest city respectively. Georgia’s most important roads and railways converge there, making Samtredia...
, a Georgian town near the Black Sea
Black Sea
The Black Sea is bounded by Europe, Anatolia and the Caucasus and is ultimately connected to the Atlantic Ocean via the Mediterranean and the Aegean seas and various straits. The Bosphorus strait connects it to the Sea of Marmara, and the strait of the Dardanelles connects that sea to the Aegean...
. His father, Karlo, was a footballer for Lokomotiv Samtredia
FC Samtredia
FC Samtredia is a Georgian association football club based in Samtredia.The club has also been named Lokomotivi Samtredia, Sanavardo Samtredia, Juba Samtredia and Iberia Samtredia in recent seasons.- Current squad :...
and was also president
President
A president is a leader of an organization, company, trade union, university, or country.Etymologically, a president is one who presides, who sits in leadership...
of the team at some point. At the age of 11, he played for his town's junior team. Kaladze is the owner of a restaurant
Restaurant
A restaurant is an establishment which prepares and serves food and drink to customers in return for money. Meals are generally served and eaten on premises, but many restaurants also offer take-out and food delivery services...
called Giannino, founded in 1899 by Giannino Bindi, which is based in Milan
Milan
Milan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...
. The restaurant has had a Michelin star
Michelin Guide
The Michelin Guide is a series of annual guide books published by Michelin for over a dozen countries. The term normally refers to the Michelin Red Guide, the oldest and best-known European hotel and restaurant guide, which awards the Michelin stars...
under Davide Oldani.
In 2001, Kaladze's brother Levan, a medical
Medicine
Medicine is the science and art of healing. It encompasses a variety of health care practices evolved to maintain and restore health by the prevention and treatment of illness....
student, was kidnapped
Kidnapping
In criminal law, kidnapping is the taking away or transportation of a person against that person's will, usually to hold the person in false imprisonment, a confinement without legal authority...
in Georgia, with a ransom
Ransom
Ransom is the practice of holding a prisoner or item to extort money or property to secure their release, or it can refer to the sum of money involved.In an early German law, a similar concept was called bad influence...
of $600,000 demanded. Georgia's president
President of Georgia
The President of Georgia is the head of state, supreme commander-in-chief and holder of the highest office within the Government of Georgia. Executive power is split between the President and the Prime Minister, who is the head of government...
at the time, Eduard Shevardnadze
Eduard Shevardnadze
Eduard Shevardnadze is a former Soviet, and later, Georgian statesman from the height to the end of the Cold War. He served as President of Georgia from 1995 to 2003, and as First Secretary of the Georgian Communist Party , from 1972 to 1985. Shevardnadze was responsible for many top decisions on...
promised "everything is being done to locate him", despite this the only time that Levan was ever seen was in a video
Video
Video is the technology of electronically capturing, recording, processing, storing, transmitting, and reconstructing a sequence of still images representing scenes in motion.- History :...
where he was shown blindfold
Blindfold
A blindfold is a garment, usually of cloth, tied to one's head to cover the eyes to disable the wearer's sight. It can be worn when the eyes are in a closed state and thus prevents the wearer from opening them...
ed and begging for help. Following the kidnapping, Kaladze threatened to take up Ukrainian citizenship, but reverted his decision stating, "There was a time when I thought about quitting the national side completely, but I couldn’t do it out of respect for the Georgian people and the fans who come and give us such support." Roughly four years later, on 6 May 2005, Georgian police
Police
The police is a personification of the state designated to put in practice the enforced law, protect property and reduce civil disorder in civilian matters. Their powers include the legitimized use of force...
officers found eight dead bodies in the Svaneti
Svaneti
Svaneti is a historic province in Georgia, in the northwestern part of the country. It is inhabited by the Svans, a geographic subgroup of the Georgians.- Geography :...
region and it was speculated that Levan was among the dead. 21 February 2006 was the date when Levan was officially identified among the deceased after tests from FBI
Federal Bureau of Investigation
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is an agency of the United States Department of Justice that serves as both a federal criminal investigative body and an internal intelligence agency . The FBI has investigative jurisdiction over violations of more than 200 categories of federal crime...
experts. The local media claimed that the ransom was paid by Kaladze's family although another source says that Kaladze's father attempted to meet the kidnappers, who fled as they believed he was followed by the police. Two men were sentenced to prison for the murder; David Asatiani for 25 years and Merab Amisulashvili for five years. On 14 July 2009, Kaladze's wife Anouki gave birth to their first born son in Milan. The couple named their son Levan, in memory of Kaladze's brother.
Along with his football career, Kaladze is also a successful businessman
Businessperson
A businessperson is someone involved in a particular undertaking of activities for the purpose of generating revenue from a combination of human, financial, or physical capital. An entrepreneur is an example of a business person...
with investments in Georgia, Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
, Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
, and Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan , officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Ranked as the ninth largest country in the world, it is also the world's largest landlocked country; its territory of is greater than Western Europe...
. Another investment was the establishment of Kala Capital—a holding company which plans to target banking, real estate
Real estate
In general use, esp. North American, 'real estate' is taken to mean "Property consisting of land and the buildings on it, along with its natural resources such as crops, minerals, or water; immovable property of this nature; an interest vested in this; an item of real property; buildings or...
and energy sectors of the Georgian economy. Kaladze has also been active in charitable causes and is a FIFA ambassador
Ambassador
An ambassador is the highest ranking diplomat who represents a nation and is usually accredited to a foreign sovereign or government, or to an international organization....
for the SOS Children's Villages
SOS Children's Villages
SOS Children's Villages is an independent, non-governmental international development organisation which has been working to meet the needs and protect the interests and rights of children since 1949. It was founded by Hermann Gmeiner in Imst, Austria...
. In 2008, Kaladze founded the Kala Foundation, an organisation that focuses on the "ethical purpose of dedicating all efforts particularly in helping and sustaining people in need". Through the Kala Foundation, he raised €50,000 to benefit South Ossetia
South Ossetia
South Ossetia or Tskhinvali Region is a disputed region and partly recognized state in the South Caucasus, located in the territory of the South Ossetian Autonomous Oblast within the former Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic....
n refugees during the conflict with Russia
2008 South Ossetia war
The 2008 South Ossetia War or Russo-Georgian War was an armed conflict in August 2008 between Georgia on one side, and Russia and separatist governments of South Ossetia and Abkhazia on the other....
in 2008. Kaladze also plans to release an autobiography
Autobiography
An autobiography is a book about the life of a person, written by that person.-Origin of the term:...
with the proceeds going to the Kala Foundation.
Career statistics
| Team | Season | Domestic League |
Domestic Cup |
European Competition1 |
Other Tournaments2 |
Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Dinamo Tbilisi FC Dinamo Tbilisi FC Dinamo Tbilisi is a Georgian football team, based in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia.Dinamo Tbilisi was one of the most prominent clubs in Soviet football and a major contender in the Soviet Top League almost immediately after it was established in 1936... |
1993–94 | 9 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9 | 1 |
| 1994–95 | 23 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 23 | 0 | |
| 1995–96 | 23 | 0 | – | – | 1 | 0 | – | – | 24 | 0 | |
| 1996–97 | 12 | 0 | – | – | 4 | 0 | – | – | 16 | 0 | |
| 1997–98 | 15 | 0 | – | – | 7 | 0 | – | – | 22 | 0 | |
| Total | 82 | 1 | – | – | 12 | 0 | – | – | 94 | 1 | |
| Dynamo Kyiv FC Dynamo Kyiv FC Dynamo Kyiv is a professional football club based in the Ukrainian capital city of Kyiv. Founded in 1927, the club currently participates in the Ukrainian Premier League and has spent its entire history in the top league of Soviet and later Ukrainian football... |
1998 | 13 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 13 | 2 |
| 1998–99 | 25 | 3 | – | – | 12 | 1 | – | – | 37 | 4 | |
| 1999–2000 | 25 | 1 | – | – | 14 | 1 | – | – | 39 | 2 | |
| 2000–01 | 8 | 0 | – | – | 7 | 1 | – | – | 15 | 1 | |
| Total | 71 | 6 | – | – | 33 | 3 | – | – | 104 | 9 | |
| Milan A.C. Milan Associazione Calcio Milan, commonly referred to as A.C. Milan or simply Milan , is a professional Italian football club based in Milan, Lombardy, that plays in the Serie A. Milan was founded in 1899 by English lace-maker Herbert Kilpin and businessman Alfred Edwards among others... |
2001 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 18 | 3 |
| 2001–02 | 30 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 0 | – | – | 46 | 4 | |
| 2002–03 | 27 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 0 | – | – | 46 | 1 | |
| 2003–04 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | |
| 2004–05 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | – | – | 26 | 2 | |
| 2005–06 | 28 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 0 | – | – | 43 | 2 | |
| 2006–07 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | – | – | 26 | 1 | |
| 2007–08 | 32 | 0 | – | – | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 42 | 0 | |
| 2008–09 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | – | 16 | 0 | |
| 2009–10 2009–10 Serie A The 2009–10 Serie A was the seventy-eighth season since its establishment. There were three promoted teams from the Serie B, replacing the three teams that were relegated following the 2008–09 season. Nike provided a new match ball - the T90 Ascente - for this season... |
6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 10 | 0 | |
| Total | 194 | 12 | 23 | 1 | 64 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 284 | 13 | |
| Genoa Genoa C.F.C. Genoa Cricket and Football Club, commonly referred to simply as Genoa , is a professional Italian football club based in the city of Genoa, Liguria... |
2010–11 2010–11 Serie A The 2010–11 Serie A was the 79th season since its establishment, the first under a league committee separate from Serie B. It began on 28 August 2010 and ended on 22 May 2011... |
26 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 28 | 1 |
| 2011–12 2011–12 Serie A The 2011–12 Serie A is the eightieth season since its establishment, and the second under a league committee separate from Serie B. It began on 9 September 2011 and will end on 13 May 2012. The league was originally scheduled to start on 27 August, but this was delayed due to a strike by the players... |
6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 7 | 1 | |
| Total | 32 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 35 | 2 | |
| Career Total | 366 | 19 | 25 | 1 | 109 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 503 | 23 | |
.
1European competitions include the UEFA Champions League
UEFA Champions League
The UEFA Champions League, known simply the Champions League and originally known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or European Cup, is an annual international club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe. It...
, UEFA Cup, and UEFA Super Cup
2Other tournaments include the Supercoppa Italiana
Supercoppa Italiana
The Supercoppa Italiana is a pre-season football competition held the week before the season begins in Italy every year. It is contested by the winners of the Serie A and the Coppa Italia in the previous season, as a curtain raiser to the new season. It is usually played at the home of the Serie A...
and FIFA Club World Cup
FIFA Club World Cup
The FIFA Club World Cup is a football competition between the champion clubs from all six continental confederations.The first FIFA Club World Championship took place in Brazil in January 2000...
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|1996||3||0
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|1997||3||0
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|1998||8||0
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|1999||7||0
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|2000||3||0
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|2001||7||0
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|2002||2||0
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|2003||2||0
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|2004||5||0
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|2005||10||0
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|2006||4||0
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|2007||6||0
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|2008||4||1
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|2009||4||0
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|2010||7||0
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|2011||6||0
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!Total||81||1
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Dinamo Tbilisi
- Georgian LeagueUmaglesi LigaThe Georgian Top League is the top division of football in Georgia. Since 1990, it has been organized by the Professional Football League of Georgia and Georgian Football Federation. From 1927 to 1989, the competition was held as a regional tournament within the Soviet Union...
: 5
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- 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98
- Georgian CupGeorgian CupThe Georgian Cup is the main "knockout" cup competition in Georgian football.The competition is a knockout tournament.Previous winners are:-Soviet era cup winners:* 1944: Team of Sukhumi* 1945: Dinamo Sukhumi...
: 4
- Georgian Cup
- 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997
- 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98
Dynamo Kyiv
- Ukrainian Premier LeagueUkrainian Premier LeagueThe Ukrainian Premier League is the highest division of Ukrainian annual football championship. As the Supreme League it was founded in 1991 after the fold of the Soviet Union's Vysshaya Liga. In 2008 it was reformed into a more autonomous entity of the Football Federation of Ukraine and changed...
: 3
-
- 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01
- Ukrainian CupUkrainian CupThe Ukrainian Cup is a national knockout cup competition in Ukrainian football, run by the Football Federation of Ukraine. The winner of the competition is awarded a qualification to the UEFA Cup , under special circumstances the finalist also may enter...
: 3
- Ukrainian Cup
- 1998, 1999, 2000
- 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01
Milan
- Serie ASerie ASerie A , now called Serie A TIM due to sponsorship by Telecom Italia, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and has been operating for over eighty years since 1929. It had been organized by Lega Calcio until 2010, but a new...
: 1
-
- 2003–04
- Coppa ItaliaCoppa ItaliaThe Coppa Italia is an Italian football annual cup competition. Its first edition was held in 1922, but the second champions were not crowned until 1936. Roma and Juventus lead the way with nine wins. Roma has contested more finals, 16, while Torino and Juventus follow with 13...
: 1
- Coppa Italia
- 2002–03
- Italian Supercup: 1
- 20042004 Supercoppa ItalianaThe 2004 Supercoppa Italiana was a match contested by the 2003-04 winners Milan and the 2003-04 Coppa Italia winners Lazio.The match result was a 3-0 victory for Milan after a hat-trick by Andriy Shevchenko.-Match details:-References:...
- UEFA Champions LeagueUEFA Champions LeagueThe UEFA Champions League, known simply the Champions League and originally known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or European Cup, is an annual international club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe. It...
: 2
- UEFA Champions League
- 20032003 UEFA Champions League FinalThe 2003 UEFA Champions League Final was a football match that took place at Old Trafford in Manchester, England on 28 May 2003 to decide the winner of the 2002–03 UEFA Champions League. The match was contested by two Italian teams in the shape of Juventus and Milan. The match made history as the...
, 20072007 UEFA Champions League FinalThe 2007 UEFA Champions League Final was an association football match between A.C. Milan of Italy and Liverpool F.C. of England on 23 May 2007 at the Olympic Stadium, Athens, Greece. The showpiece event was the final match of the 2006–07 season of Europe's premier cup competition, the UEFA...
- UEFA Super Cup: 2
- 20032003 UEFA Super CupThe 2003 UEFA Super Cup was played on August 29, 2003 between A.C. Milan of Italy and F.C. Porto of Portugal. Milan qualified by beating Juventus in the 2003 UEFA Champions League Final. Porto had made it to the Super Cup after beating Celtic in the 2003 UEFA Cup Final. Milan won the match 1–0...
, 20072007 UEFA Super CupThe 2007 UEFA Super Cup was the 32nd UEFA Super Cup, an annual football match between the winners of the previous season's UEFA Champions League and UEFA Cup competitions. The match was held at the Stade Louis II in Monaco on 31 August 2007 and contested by Milan and Sevilla...
- FIFA Club World CupFIFA Club World CupThe FIFA Club World Cup is a football competition between the champion clubs from all six continental confederations.The first FIFA Club World Championship took place in Brazil in January 2000...
: 1
- FIFA Club World Cup
- 20072007 FIFA Club World CupThe 2007 FIFA Club World Cup was a football tournament played in Japan from 7 December to 16 December 2007. It was the fourth FIFA Club World Cup, a tournament organised by FIFA for the winners of each confederation's top continental club tournament....
- 2003–04
Individual
- Georgian Footballer of the YearGeorgian Footballer of the YearGeorgian Footballer of the Year is an annual award given to the best Georgian footballer.The award for an official year is given in summer on the basis of players' performance in a winter league season. The winner is elected by results of a poll conducted among Georgian journalists. From 1993, it...
: 4
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- 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006
- Source: Eurosport at Yahoo
International goal
Updated to games played 4 March 2009.| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 6 February 2007 | Tbilisi, Georgia Tbilisi Tbilisi is the capital and the largest city of Georgia, lying on the banks of the Mt'k'vari River. The name is derived from an early Georgian form T'pilisi and it was officially known as Tiflis until 1936... |
1–3 | Loss | Friendly Exhibition game An exhibition game is a sporting event in which there is no competitive value of any significant kind to any competitor regardless of the outcome of the competition... |