Years Team Height 1.87 m | Name Otar Khizaneishvili Date joined 2012 Role Footballer | |
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Full name Otar Davitovich Khizaneishvili Date of birth (1981-09-26) 26 September 1981 (age 34) Playing position | ||
Fc dinamo tbilisi 2 1 fc zestafoni otar khizaneishvili free kick 27 10 2012
Otar Khizaneishvili (Georgian: ოთარ ხიზანეიშვილი, born 26 September 1981 in Tbilisi) is a retired Georgian footballer. A former Georgian international central defender.
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- Fc dinamo tbilisi 2 1 fc zestafoni otar khizaneishvili free kick 27 10 2012
- Biography
- Club career
- International career
- References
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.
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.
On August 2015, Khizaneishvili announced his retirement from professional football.
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.