Otar Khizaneishvili
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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 1+1⁄2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Centre back / Right back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Retired | ||
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) |
2014–2015 | Sioni Bolnisi | 4 | (0) |
2015 | FC Zestafoni | 6 | (1) |
International career | |||
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) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Otar Khizaneishvili (Georgian: ოთარ ხიზანეიშვილი, born 26 September 1981 in Tbilisi) is a retired Georgian footballer. A former Georgian international 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]
On 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.de (in German)
- Otar Khizaneishvili at National-Football-Teams.com
- Use dmy dates from September 2011
- 1981 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Tbilisi
- Footballers from Georgia (country)
- Expatriate footballers from Georgia (country)
- Georgia (country) international footballers
- FC Dinamo Tbilisi players
- FC Spartak Moscow players
- FC Rostov players
- FC Dynamo Moscow players
- SC Freiburg players
- FC Augsburg players
- FC Vostok players
- Expatriate footballers in Germany
- Expatriate footballers in Russia
- Russian Premier League players
- FC Anzhi Makhachkala players
- Bundesliga players
- 2. Bundesliga players
- FC Dila Gori players
- FC Zestafoni players
- FC Sioni Bolnisi players
- Georgian people of Russian descent
- Georgia (country) football biography stubs
- Association football defenders
- Expatriates from Georgia (country) in Germany
- Expatriates from Georgia (country) in Russia