The 30-year-old, who featured at the last World Cup finals, will join Ivorian striker Ibrahima Bakayoko at the club.

Although Kufuor played 21 games for Roma last season, he spent long spells away on international duty for Ghana.

Kufuor moved to Roma at the start of the 2005/06 season after 11 years in Germany, of which ten were spent with giants Bayern Munich.

But the central defender could make a quick return to the Italian capital, as Livorno start their Serie A campaign on 9 September away to Roma.