Bixente Lizarazu
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Full name | Bixente Lizarazu | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 9 December 1969 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Saint-Jean-de-Luz, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing position | Left back | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1977–1988 | Les Églantins Hendaye | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | Olympique Marseille | 14 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2005–2006 | Bayern Munich | 31 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total | 501 | (39) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
National team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1992–2004 | France | 97 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Honours
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* 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
Club performance | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | |||||||
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Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
France | League | Coupe de France | Coupe de la Ligue | Europe | Total | |||||||
1988–89 | Girondins de Bordeaux | Division 1 | 16 | 0 | ||||||||
1989–90 | 38 | 2 | ||||||||||
1990–91 | 35 | 2 | ||||||||||
1991–92 | Division 2 | 33 | 0 | |||||||||
1992–93 | Division 1 | 35 | 4 | |||||||||
1993–94 | 32 | 9 | ||||||||||
1994–95 | 32 | 2 | ||||||||||
1995–96 | 23 | 3 | ||||||||||
Spain | League | Copa del Rey | Supercopa de España | Europe | Total | |||||||
1996–97 | Athletic Bilbao | La Liga | 16 | 0 | ||||||||
Germany | League | DFB-Pokal | Other | Europe | Total | |||||||
1997–98 | Bayern Munich | Bundesliga | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||||
1998–99 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 1 | ||||||||
1999–00 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
2000–01 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
2001–02 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
2002–03 | 26 | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||||||||
2003–04 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
France | League | Coupe de France | Coupe de la Ligue | Europe | Total | |||||||
2004–05 | Olympique Marseille | Ligue 1 | 14 | 0 | ||||||||
Germany | League | DFB-Pokal | Other | Europe | Total | |||||||
2004–05 | Bayern Munich | Bundesliga | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
2005–06 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||
Total | France | 258 | 22 | |||||||||
Spain | 16 | 0 | ||||||||||
Germany | 174 | 7 | ||||||||||
Career total | 448 | 29 |
France national team | ||
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Year | Apps | Goals |
1992 | 1 | 0 |
1993 | 6 | 0 |
1994 | 5 | 0 |
1995 | 5 | 1 |
1996 | 9 | 0 |
1997 | 4 | 0 |
1998 | 13 | 1 |
1999 | 6 | 0 |
2000 | 12 | 0 |
2001 | 10 | 0 |
2002 | 7 | 0 |
2003 | 12 | 0 |
2004 | 7 | 0 |
Total | 97 | 2 |
International Goals
# | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 15 November 1995 | Stade Michel d'Ornano, Caen, France | Israel | UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying | ||
2. | 18 June 1998 | Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France | Saudi Arabia | 1998 FIFA World Cup |
Honours
Club
- FC Bordeaux
- Intercontinental Cup: 2001
- UEFA Champions League: 2000–01; 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
- ESM Team of the Year: 1999
- UEFA Team of the Year: 2001
- Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur: 1998[7][8]
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "NomeFaixaIdadePesoColocacaoAcademia". Ibjjf.org. Retrieved 28 April 2011.
- ↑
- ↑ "LIZARAZU (Bixente Lizarazu) – Retired football (soccer) player from France". Footballdatabase.com. Retrieved 28 April 2011.
- ↑ Pla Diaz, Emilio (1 October 2004). "Bixente Lizarazu - International Appearances". RSSSF. 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 (German)
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