[1] Čizmić started playing professional basketball in 1988 with Split-based team Jugoplastika.
He won three EuroLeagues, and played with the famous Croatian players Velimir Perasović, Dino Rađa and Toni Kukoč on the team.
On 17 December 2008, Čizmić succeeded Slobodan Subotić as head coach at Split.
[3] Following the resignation in Split, he was named the head coach of Romanian League team Steaua Bucuresti, with whom in 2009–10 season, he managed to qualify for the play-offs.
In 2015 Čizmić was appointed the head coach for Hungarian club BC Körmend.