Otar Khizaneishvili
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Otar Khizaneishvili | ||
Date of birth | 26 September 1981 | ||
Place of birth | Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union | ||
Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Centre-back, right back | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1988–2000 | Dinamo Tbilisi | 15 | (0) |
2000–2001 | Spartak Moscow | 4 | (0) |
2000 | → Spartak-2 Moscow | 5 | (0) |
2001–2002 | Rostselmash Rostov-on-Don | 4 | (0) |
2002–2004 | Dinamo Tbilisi | 33 | (0) |
2004–2005 | Dynamo Moscow | 14 | (0) |
2005–2008 | SC Freiburg | 32 | (1) |
2008–2010 | FC Augsburg | 6 | (0) |
2010–2011 | Anzhi Makhachkala | 8 | (0) |
2011–2012 | FC Vostok | 11 | (2) |
2012–2013 | Dinamo Tbilisi | 30 | (0) |
2013–2014 | Dila Gori | 15 | (1) |
2014 | FC Zestafoni | 1 | (0) |
2014–2015 | Sioni Bolnisi | 4 | (0) |
2015 | FC Zestafoni | 6 | (1) |
National team | |||
1997–1998 | Georgia U-17 | 4 | (0) |
1998–2000 | Georgia U-19 | 8 | (0) |
1999–2002 | Georgia U-21 | 10 | (0) |
1999–2007 | Georgia | 20 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Otar Khizaneishvili (Georgian: ოთარ ხიზანეიშვილი, born 26 September 1981) is a Georgian former professional footballer who played as a centre-back for the Georgian national team.
Early life[]
Khizaneishvili was born on 26 September 1981 in Tbilisi, the capital city of the Republic of Georgia to a Russian father from Moscow and a Georgian mother.
Club career[]
Khizaneishvili came from the youth team of Dinamo Tbilisi, and debuted for the Georgia national team at the age of 18. He went to Russian giants Spartak Moscow, but failed to make a breakthrough and had various spells for other Russian clubs as well as Dinamo in the following seasons.
He scored his first goal for Freiburg in a 3–1 win against Rot-Weiss Essen on 28 January 2007.[1]
In August 2015, Khizaneishvili announced his retirement from professional football.[2]
International career[]
Fine performances for Georgia in the qualification for the 2006 FIFA World Cup attracted the interest of SC Freiburg, which has a knack for signing Georgian players. Khizaneishvili currently has 19 caps for the national team.
References[]
- ^ "Finkes glückliches Händchen" (in German). kicker.de. 28 January 2007. Retrieved 14 April 2012.
- ^ "აქ თამაშს აზრი არ აქვს - ოთარ ხიზანეიშვილი ფეხბურთიდან წავიდა..." (in Georgian). Sportall.ge. 28 August 2015. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
External links[]
- Otar Khizaneishvili at kicker (in German)
- Otar Khizaneishvili at National-Football-Teams.com
- 1981 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Tbilisi
- Footballers from Georgia (country)
- Association football defenders
- Georgia (country) international footballers
- Russian Premier League players
- Bundesliga players
- 2. Bundesliga players
- FC Dinamo Tbilisi players
- FC Spartak Moscow players
- FC Rostov players
- FC Dynamo Moscow players
- SC Freiburg players
- FC Augsburg players
- FC Vostok players
- FC Anzhi Makhachkala players
- FC Dila Gori players
- FC Zestafoni players
- FC Sioni Bolnisi players
- Georgian people of Russian descent
- Expatriate footballers from Georgia (country)
- Expatriates from Georgia (country) in Germany
- Expatriate footballers in Germany
- Expatriates from Georgia (country) in Russia
- Expatriate footballers in Russia
- FC Spartak-2 Moscow players
- Georgia (country) football biography stubs