Kakha Kaladze quit football this year while still playing at the highest level with Genoa in Italian Serie A

This file photo shows Georgia’s Kakha Kaladze contesting a decision by the assistant referee during a Germany vs Goergia friendly international in Rostock, in 2006. Kaladze forged his reputation at Dinamo Tbilisi, where he won the Georgian league championship five times before moving to Dynamo Kyiv.