Kakha Kaladze
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| კახა კალაძე | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kaladze with Milan at a Russian Railways Cup press conference in 2007
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| Deputy Prime Minister of Georgia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Assumed office 25 October 2012 |
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| Vice PM |
Irakli Alasania Giorgi Margvelashvili Giorgi Kvirikashvili |
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| Preceded by | Vakhtang Balavadze | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4th Minister of Energy of Georgia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Assumed office 25 October 2012 |
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| President |
Mikheil Saakashvili Giorgi Margvelashvili |
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| Prime Minister |
Bidzina Ivanishvili Irakli Garibashvili Giorgi Kvirikashvili |
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| Preceded by | Vakhtang Balavadze | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born |
Kakhaber Kaladze 27 February 1978 Samtredia, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union |
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| Nationality | Georgian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation |
Footballer (retired) Politician |
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Association football career
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| Playing position | Centre back, left back | ||
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| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1993–1998 | Dinamo Tbilisi | 82 | (1) |
| 1998–2001 | Dynamo Kyiv | 71 | (6) |
| 2001–2010 | Milan | 194 | (12) |
| 2010–2012 | Genoa | 53 | (1) |
| Total | 400 | (20) | |
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| 1993–1994 | Georgia U17 | 2 | (0) |
| 1995 | Georgia U19 | 4 | (0) |
| 1995–1996 | Georgia U21 | 3 | (0) |
| 1996–2011 | Georgia | 83 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Kakhaber "Kakha" Kaladze (Georgian: კახაბერ (კახა) კალაძე [kʼaxabɛr kʼalad͡zɛ]; born 27 February 1978) is a Georgian politician and retired footballer, who played as a defender. A versatile player, he was capable of playing both as a centre-back and as a left-back. He played for the Georgia national team from 1996 to 2011. He was voted Georgian Footballer of the Year in 2001–2003, and 2006 and was considered as one of Georgia's most important players.
Kaladze 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. 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. After captaining his country 50 times in 84 appearances, Kaladze announced his retirement from the Georgian national team on 11 December 2011.
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 to Anouki Areshidze, with whom he has three children with.
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