A midfielder, he spent a large part of his playing career abroad in Russia.

Born in Riga, Laizāns started his career with Skonto FC and moved to the Russian team CSKA Moscow in 2000.

In 2009, he came back to Latvia, signing for Olimps/RFS, later also playing for FK Ventspils and participating in the UEFA Europa League group stages.

[2] Laizāns played for Skonto till April 2014, afterwards ending his professional footballer's career.

After the end of his professional footballer's career on 11 April 2014, Laizāns accepted an offer from the Russian Premier League club FC Krasnodar to become a member of their scouting staff.