Bixente Lizarazu

Bixente Lizarazu
Lizarazu in 2011
Personal information
Full name Bixente Jean-Michel Lizarazu[1]
Date of birth (1969-12-09) 9 December 1969 (age 54)[2]
Place of birth Saint-Jean-de-Luz, France
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)[3]
Position(s) Left-back
Youth career
1977–1984 Les Églantins Hendaye
1984–1988 Bordeaux
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1986–1989 Bordeaux B 43 (10)
1988–1996 Bordeaux 246 (22)
1996–1997 Athletic Bilbao 16 (0)
1997–2004 Bayern Munich 151 (7)
2004 Marseille 14 (0)
2005–2006 Bayern Munich 31 (0)
Total 501 (39)
International career
1992–2004 France 97 (2)
1993 Basque Country[4] 1 (0)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  France
FIFA World Cup
Winner 1998
UEFA European Championship
Winner 2000
FIFA Confederations Cup
Winner 2001
Winner 2003
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Bixente Jean-Michel Lizarazu (Basque pronunciation: [biˈʃente liˈs̪araˌs̪u], born 9 December 1969) is a French former professional footballer who played as a left-back.

He rose through the ranks at Bordeaux, where he was part of a team that finished second in the French First Division in 1989–1990, were administratively relegated to the Second Division at the end of the 1990–1991 due to financial problems, and then won promotion from the Second Division in the 1991–92 season. His Bordeaux team finished runners-up in the 1995–96 UEFA Cup. Due to his Basque heritage, he was able to join Athletic Club in 1996, but did not nail down a starting spot during his one season at the club.

In 1997, he joined German giants Bayern Munich, where he enjoyed much success. He won six Bundesliga championships with the team, as well as the 2000–01 UEFA Champions League, where he scored his penalty in the shootout in the final.[5]

In a 12-year international career from 1992 to 2004, Lizarazu earned 97 caps for the France national team. He played in three UEFA European Championships and two FIFA World Cups for France, winning the 1998 World Cup and UEFA Euro 2000.

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  3. ^ "Bixente Lizarazu". L'Équipe (in French). Paris. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
  4. ^ "Euskadi 3–1 Bolivia" (in Spanish). Euskadiko Futbol Federakundea. 22 December 1993. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
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