Early career 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.
Scotland In
March 2001, Khizanishvili joined
Dundee, having had unsuccessful trials at
Arsenal,
Fulham and
West Ham United. He quickly made an impact at
Dens Park, alerting fellow
Scottish Premier League team
Rangers, whom Khizanishvili joined on a
Bosman transfer in
July 2003 as a replacement for
Blackburn Rovers-bound defender
Lorenzo Amoruso.
England Despite making 35 appearances in his first campaign at
Ibrox, Khizanishvili gradually fell out of favour and, on
31 August 2005, he was allowed to move on loan for the rest of the season to Blackburn in the English
FA Premier League. During his loan spell at Blackburn he scored once in the league, in a 2–0 home win over
Manchester City, On 25 January 2010, he signed for
Reading on loan for the remainder of the 2009–10 season. On 31 August 2010, he rejoined Reading on a season long loan for the 2010–11 season and was handed the number 15 shirt at the
Madejski Stadium. On 13 March 2011, Khizanishvili completed the full 90 minutes against
Manchester City at
Eastlands in a 1–0 FA Cup quarter-final loss. On 30 May 2011, he started the
Championship play-off final against
Swansea City. Khizanishvili was booked after 12 minutes and then conceded a
penalty kick after 20 minutes, due to a clumsy challenge on winger
Nathan Dyer and Reading went on to lose 4–2. Khizanishvili ended his second loan spell with Reading having made 29 appearances in all competitions, including 24 league outings.
Turkey After his release from Blackburn, Khizanishvili joined
Kayserispor, where he played for three seasons.
Azerbaijan In June 2015, Khizanishvili signed a six-month contract with
Azerbaijan Premier League side
Inter Baku PIK. ==International career==