Georgia coach Klaus Toppmoller has included AC Milan defender Kakha Kaladze in his 23-man squad to face Scotland and the Faroe Islands in their forthcoming UEFA EURO 2008 qualifying matches.
Kaladze has been beset by injury problems over the last two months but has now recovered from his recent 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).
Strikers: Aleksandr Iashvili (SC Freiburg), Georgi Demetradze (FC Metalurh Donetsk), Shota Arveladze (AZ Alkmaar), Mikheil Ashvetia (FC Carl Zeiss Jena), David Siradze (FC Wismut Aue).
09 January 2007
Former Russian international striker Aleksandr Shirko has joined FC Tom Tomsk on a two-year contact.
The 30-year-old has left relegated FC Shinnik Yaroslavl to join the team that finished eighth in Russia last season and will fill the hole left by FC Zenit St. Petersburg-bound Pavel Pogrebnyak.
In a distinguished career, Sirko has won five Russian league championships with FC Spartak Moskva and also played for FC Torpedo Moskva, FC Terek Chechenskaya Respublika and Shinnik.
