Kaladze included in Georgia squad
Monday, March 12, 2007
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Georgia coach Klaus Toppmoller has included AC Milan defender Kakha Kaladze in his 23-man squad to face Scotland and the Faroe Islands in qualifying.
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Kaladze retrun
Kaladze has been beset by injuries over the last two months but has now recovered from a heel problem and, along with Shota Arveladze and Levan Kobiashvili, is ready to answer his country’s call. The only absentee is FC Lokomotiv Moskva centre-back Malkhaz Asatiani, who is still recovering from a long-term knee injury. Georgia are lying sixth in Group B with three points from four matches.
Georgia squad
Goalkeepers: Georgi Lomaia (FC Carl Zeiss Jena), Grigol Chanturia (FC Zestaponi), Nukri Revishvili (FC Rubin Kazan).
Defenders: Zurab Khizanishvili (Blackburn Rovers FC), David Kvirkvelia (FC Metalurh Zaporizhya), Georgi Shashiashvili (FC Dinamo Tbilisi), Kakha Kaladze (AC Milan), Zaali Eliava (Skonto FC), Otar Khizaneishvili (SC Freiburg), Lasha Salukvadze (FC Rubin Kazan).
Midfielders: Levan Tskitishvili (Panionios NFC), Levan Kobiashvili (FC Schalke 04), Jaba Kankava (FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk), Gogita Gogua (FC Saturn Moskovskaya Oblast), David Mujiri (FC Krylya Sovetov Samara), Zurab Menteshashvili (FC Shinnik Yaroslavl), Lado Burduli (FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih).
Strikers: Aleksandr Iashvili (SC Freiburg), Georgi Demetradze (FC Metalurh Donetsk), Shota Arveladze (AZ Alkmaar), Mikheil Ashvetia (FC Carl Zeiss Jena), David Siradze (FC Erzgebirge Aue).
