Otar Khizaneishvili

Otar Khizaneishvili
Personal information
Full name Otar Davitovich Khizaneishvili
Date of birth (1981-09-26) 26 September 1981
Place of birth Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 1 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Centre back / Right back
Club information
Current team
 Sioni Bolnisi
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1988–2000 Dinamo Tbilisi 15 (0)
2000–2001 FC Spartak Moscow 4 (0)
2000 FC Spartak-2 Moscow 5 (0)
2001–2002 FC Rostselmash Rostov-on-Don 4 (0)
2002–2004 Dinamo Tbilisi 33 (0)
2004–2005 FC Dynamo Moscow 14 (0)
2005–2008 SC Freiburg 32 (1)
2008–2010 FC Augsburg 6 (0)
2010–2011 FC 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– Sioni Bolnisi 4 (0)
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 and correct as of 20 October 2014.


Otar Khizaneishvili (Georgian: ოთარ ხიზანეიშვილი, born 26 September 1981 in Tbilisi) is a Georgian international footballer who currently plays for Sioni Bolnisi as a central defender.

Biography

Khizaneishvili was born on 26 September 1981 in Tbilisi, the capital city of the Republic of Georgia to a Russian father from Moscow and Georgian mother.

Career

Club career

Khizaneishvili came from the youth team of Dinamo Tbilisi, and debuted for the Georgian 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]

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

  1. ↑ "Finkes glückliches Händchen" (in German). kicker.de. 28 January 2007. Retrieved 14 April 2012.
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