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Zurab Khizanishvili
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| Zurab Khizanishvili | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | October 6, 1981 (age 25) | |
| Place of birth | Tbilisi, Georgia | |
| Height | 1.85 m | |
| Playing position | Defender | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Blackburn Rovers | |
| Number | 3 | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| ?-? ?-2000 2000-2001 2001-2003 2003-2006 2005-2006 2006- |
Dinamo Tbilisi FC Tbilisi Lokomotiv Tbilisi Dundee Rangers → Blackburn Rovers (loan) Blackburn Rovers |
43 (0) 42 (0) 26 (1) 18 (0) |
| National team2 | ||
| ? | Georgia | 25 (0) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Zurab Khizanishvili (Georgian: ზურაბ ხიზანიშვილი; born Tbilisi, October 6, 1981) is a Georgian professional football player who currently plays for Blackburn Rovers.
Khizanishvili is a defender.
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Khizanishvili started his career at Dinamo Tbilisi where he remained for just one season, before joining FC Tbilisi to improve his chances of playing regular first team football.
In 1999, he was on the move again, joining his previous two clubs' city rivals Lokomotiv Tbilisi. Khizanishvili's form at Lokomotiv piqued the interest of some of Europe's top clubs, though the player's latter days at the club were marred by injury. Khizanishvili was eventually released after his contract with Lokomotiv was terminated.
In March 2001, Zurab joined Dundee, having had unsuccessful trials at Arsenal, Fulham and West Ham[citation needed].
He quickly made an impact at Dens Park, alerting fellow SPL team Rangers, whom Khizanishvili joined on a Bosman transfer in June 2003 as a replacement for Blackburn-bound defender Lorenzo Amoruso.
Despite making 35 appearances in his first campaign at Ibrox, Zurab gradually fell out of favour and, on August 31, 2005, he was allowed to move on loan for the rest of the season to Blackburn Rovers in the English Premiership.
On 10 April 2006, he signed a permanent deal for Blackburn Rovers in a deal rumoured to be worth around about £500,000.
Since joining the Ewood Park outfit, Khizanishvili has become a key member of Mark Hughes's defensive personnel, often playing at centre back.
Khizanishvili is also a regular player in the Georgia squad.
| Blackburn Rovers F.C. - Current Squad |
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1 Friedel | 3 Khizanishvili | 4 Todd | 5 Tugay | 6 Nelsen | 7 Emerton | 8 Savage | 9 Nonda | 10 McCarthy | 11 Bentley | 12 Gamst Pedersen | 13 Enckelman | 14 Reid | 15 Mokoena | 16 Henchoz | 17 Jeffers | 18 Gallagher | 19 Dunn | 20 Ooijer | 21 Samba | 22 Warnock | 23 Brown | 25 Berner | 27 Derbyshire | 28 Fielding | 29 Treacy | 30 Roberts | 31 Peter | 32 Nolan | 33 Gray | Manager: Hughes |
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