Bixente Lizarazu

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Bixente Lizarazu

Lizarazu in 2011
Personal information
Full nameBixente Lizarazu
Date of birth (1969-12-09) 9 December 1969
Place of birthSaint-Jean-de-Luz, France
Height1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing positionLeft back
Youth career
1977–1988Les Églantins Hendaye
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
1986–1989Bordeaux B43(10)
1988–1996Bordeaux246(22)
1996–1997Athletic Bilbao16(0)
1997–2004Bayern Munich151(7)
2004Olympique Marseille14(0)
2005–2006Bayern Munich31(0)
Total501(39)
National team
1992–2004France97(2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Bixente Lizarazu (Basque pronunciation: [biˈʃente lis̻aˈɾas̻u]), initially registered as Vincent Lizarazu,[1] (born 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.

In a twelve-year international career from 1992 to 2004, Lizarazu played in three European championships and two World Cups for France, winning the 1998 World Cup and Euro 2000.

Club career

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 has won six Bundesliga championships with Bayern Munich, as well as five German Cups, the Champions League, and the Intercontinental Cup. On winning the Intercontinental Cup in 2001, he became the first player to be a current European and World champion in club and international football.

Lizarazu said that he would leave Bayern in the Summer of 2004 and eventually signed with Olympique Marseille. However, six months after signing with Marseille, he returned to Bayern Munich in January 2005. During his second spell with Bayern Munich, ending in 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.[2]

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 in August 2006, participating in Robbie Mustoe's testimonial alongside Curtis Fleming.

International career

Lizarazu was 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.

Personal life

Lizarazu is an ethnic Basque. He has a stadium named after him in the French Basque Country, the "Stade Bixente-Lizarazu" (former "Belcenia Stadium").[citation needed] 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]

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.[3][4]

Career statistics

[5]

Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
France League Coupe de France Coupe de la Ligue Europe Total
1988–89Girondins de BordeauxDivision 1160
1989–90382
1990–91352
1991–92Division 2330
1992–93Division 1354
1993–94329
1994–95322
1995–96233
Spain League Copa del Rey Supercopa de España Europe Total
1996–97Athletic BilbaoLa Liga160
Germany League DFB-Pokal Other Europe Total
1997–98Bayern MunichBundesliga11030
1998–9918251
1999–0022110
2000–0115010
2001–0225110
2002–0326250
2003–0426110
France League Coupe de France Coupe de la Ligue Europe Total
2004–05Olympique MarseilleLigue 1140
Germany League DFB-Pokal Other Europe Total
2004–05Bayern MunichBundesliga13020
2005–0618020
Total France 25822
Spain 160
Germany 1747
Career total 44829

[6]

France national team
YearAppsGoals
199210
199360
199450
199551
199690
199740
1998131
199960
2000120
2001100
200270
2003120
200470
Total972

International Goals

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 15 November 1995 Stade Michel d'Ornano, Caen, France  Israel
2 – 0
2 – 0
 UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying
2. 18 June 1998 Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France  Saudi Arabia
4 – 0
4 – 0
 1998 FIFA World Cup

Honours

Club

FC Bordeaux
FC Bayern Munich

International

France

Orders and special awards

References

  1. ↑ According to Lizarazu in an interview on 3 November 2009 by Philippe Vandel for France Info, a town hall employee did not want to register his Basque name which had been chosen by his parents and put the French equivalent Vincent instead.
  2. ↑ Bandini, Paolo; Bass, Ian and Dart, James (27 September 2006). "Have any footballers ever admitted moving for the money?". The Guardian (UK). Retrieved 27 September 2006. 
  3. ↑ "NomeFaixaIdadePesoColocacaoAcademia". Ibjjf.org. Retrieved 28 April 2011. 
  4. ↑
  5. ↑ "LIZARAZU (Bixente Lizarazu) – Retired football (soccer) player from France". Footballdatabase.com. Retrieved 28 April 2011. 
  6. ↑ Pla Diaz, Emilio (1 October 2004). "Bixente Lizarazu - International Appearances". RSSSF. Retrieved 28 April 2011. 
  7. ↑ "France honors World Cup winners – Government gives Legion of Honor to players, coaches". CNN/SI. 1 September 1998. Retrieved 20 July 2006. 
  8. ↑ "Décret du 24 juillet 1998 portant nomination à titre exceptionnel". JORF 1998 (170): 11376. 25 July 1998. PREX9801916D. Retrieved 10 March 2009. 

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