Bixente Lizarazu
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| Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 6+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Left Back | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1984–1987 | Bordeaux | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1987–1996 | Bordeaux | 244 | (22) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1996–1997 | Athletic Bilbao | 16 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1997–2004 | Bayern Munich | 143 | (8) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2004–2005 | Marseille | 14 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005–2006 | Bayern Munich | 31 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 448 | (30) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1992–2004 | France | 97 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Bixente Lizarazu (Basque pronunciation: [biˈʃente lis̻aˈɾas̻u]) (born Vincent Lizarazu on 9 December 1969 in Saint-Jean-de-Luz) is a former football left defender who played most notably for Bordeaux and Bayern Munich, as well as the French national team.
Football career
Lizarazu (nicknamed "Liza"), of Basque descent, has been capped 97 times for France (for the first time on 14 November 1992 against Finland), scoring two goals, and helped them win the 1998 FIFA World Cup and Euro 2000. He has won six Bundesliga championships with Bayern Munich, as well as five German Cups, the Champions League, and the Intercontinental Cup. During his second spell with Bayern Munich in 2005 and 2006, Lizarazu wore the shirt number 69. Clarifying that it wasn't a lewd gesture, he said this was because he was born in 1969, his height is 1.69 m and he weighed 69 kg.[1]
Before moving to Germany, Lizarazu played for Girondins de Bordeaux, where he played in the 1996 UEFA Cup final against Bayern; and Athletic Bilbao. He said he would leave Bayern in the 2004 offseason, and eventually signed with Olympique Marseille. However, six months after signing with Marseille, he returned to Bayern Munich in January 2005.
He has been threatened by the Basque terrorist group, ETA, alleged for not giving money to the organization, what the terrorists called the "revolutionary tax". He also has a stadium named after him in the French Basque country, the "Stade Bixente-Lizarazu" (former "Belcenia Stadium"). His fiancée was French singer and actress Elsa Lunghini for seven years and he has a son named Tximista with his ex-wife Stéphanie. He has a daughter named Uhaina with French actress and singer Claire Keim.[citation needed]
Lizarazu announced his retirement from football on 30 April 2006 – four days after former teammate Zinedine Zidane. However, he did subsequently make one appearance for Middlesbrough Football Club in August 2006, participating in Robbie Mustoe's testimonial alongside Curtis Flemming.
Post-retirement activities
After retirement, Lizarazu got involved in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. He competed in a Jiu-Jitsu competition in Europe in 2009, where he became European champion in the Blue Belt Senior 1 Light Division.[2][3]
Career statistics
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International Goals
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1. | 15 November 1995 | Stade Michel d'Ornano, Caen, France |  Israel
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UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying | ||
| 2. | 18 June 1998 | Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France |  Saudi Arabia
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1998 FIFA World Cup |
Honours
Club
- Intercontinental Cup: 2001
- UEFA Champions League: 2000–01
- UEFA Champions League: Runner-up 1998-99
- UEFA Super Cup: Runner-up 2001
- Bundesliga: 1998–99, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2005–06
- DFB-Pokal: 1997–98, 1999–00, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2005–06
- DFB-Ligapokal: 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000
International
Orders and special awards
- Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur: 1998[6][7]
Record
After winning the Intercontinental Cup in late 2001 with Bayern, Lizarazu became the first player to be European Champion and World Champion on both club-level (with Bayern) and national level (with the national squad).
References
- ^ Bandini, Paolo (27 September 2006). "Have any footballers ever admitted moving for the money?". The Guardian. UK. Retrieved 27 September 2006.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - ^ "NomeFaixaIdadePesoColocacaoAcademia". Ibjjf.org. Retrieved 28 April 2011.
- ^ [1][dead link]
- ^ "LIZARAZU (Bixente Lizarazu) – Retired football (soccer) player from France". Footballdatabase.com. Retrieved 28 April 2011.
- ^ "Bixente Lizarazu – International Appearances". Rsssf.com. Retrieved 28 April 2011.
- ^ "France honors World Cup winners – Government gives Legion of Honor to players, coaches". CNN/SI. 1 September 1998. Retrieved 20 July 2006.
- ^ "Décret du 24 juillet 1998 portant nomination à titre exceptionnel". JORF. 1998 (170): 11376. 25 July 1998. PREX9801916D. Retrieved 10 March 2009.
External links
- Bixente Lizarazu at fussballdaten.de (in German)
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- Use dmy dates from April 2011
- 1969 births
- Living people
- People from Saint-Jean-de-Luz
- French-Basque people
- French footballers
- France international footballers
- Ligue 1 players
- Olympique de Marseille players
- FC Bayern Munich players
- Athletic Bilbao footballers
- FC Girondins de Bordeaux players
- Fußball-Bundesliga players
- Expatriate footballers in Germany
- La Liga footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Spain
- UEFA Euro 1996 players
- 1998 FIFA World Cup players
- UEFA Euro 2000 players
- 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup players
- 2002 FIFA World Cup players
- 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup players
- UEFA Euro 2004 players
- FIFA World Cup-winning players
- FIFA Confederations Cup-winning players
- UEFA European Football Championship-winning players
- Basque footballers
- Chevaliers of the Légion d'honneur