Bixente Lizarazu

Bixente Lizarazu

Lizarazu in 2011
Personal information
Full name Bixente Lizarazu
Date of birth (1969-12-09) 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 Marseille 14 (0)
2005–2006 Bayern Munich 31 (0)
Total 501 (39)
National team
1992–2004 France 97 (2)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Bixente Lizarazu (Basque pronunciation: [biˈʃente lis̻aˈɾas̻u]), initially registered as Vincent Lizarazu,[1] (born 9 December 1969) is a retired Basque-French footballer who played for Bordeaux and Bayern Munich, among other teams, as a left-back. He also had 97 caps for 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 the German Bundesliga, Lizarazu played for Girondins de Bordeaux, where he played in the 1996 UEFA Cup Final against Bayern; and Athletic Bilbao.[2] He has won six Bundesliga championships with Bayern Munich, as well as five times the DFB-Pokal, the Champions League, and the Intercontinental Cup.[2] 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 was not a lewd gesture, he said this was because he was born in 1969, his height is 1.69 m and he weighed 69 kg.[3]

International career

Lizarazu was capped 97 times for France (for the first time on 14 November 1992 against Finland[4]), scoring two goals, and helped them win the 1998 FIFA World Cup and Euro 2000.[2]

Personal life

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.[5][6]

Career statistics

Club

[7][8]
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

[9]

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[10] Stade Michel d'Ornano, Caen, France  Israel
2 – 0
2 – 0
 UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying
2. 18 June 1998[11] Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France  Saudi Arabia
4 – 0
4 – 0
 1998 FIFA World Cup

Honours

Club

Bordeaux[2]
Bayern Munich[2][12]

International

France[12]

Individual

Orders

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. 1 2 3 4 5 "Bixente Lizarazu". UEFA.com. 18 February 2014. Retrieved 21 April 2014.
  3. ↑ Bandini, Paolo; Bass, Ian; Dart, James (27 September 2006). "Have any footballers ever admitted moving for the money?". The Guardian. UK. Retrieved 27 September 2006.
  4. ↑ "Bixente LIZARAZU" (in French). fff.fr. Retrieved 21 April 2014.
  5. ↑ "NomeFaixaIdadePesoColocacaoAcademia". Ibjjf.org. Retrieved 28 April 2011.
  6. ↑ Uztarroz, Gorka. "The journey of a soccer World Champion to European BJJ Champion". Jits. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
  7. ↑ "LIZARAZU (Bixente Lizarazu) – Retired football (soccer) player from France". Footballdatabase.com. Archived from the original on 1 February 2009. Retrieved 28 April 2011.
  8. ↑ "Lizarazu, Bixente" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
  9. ↑ Pla Diaz, Emilio (1 October 2004). "Bixente Lizarazu - International Appearances". RSSSF. Retrieved 28 April 2011.
  10. ↑ "Match - France - Israel" (in French). fff.fr. Retrieved 21 April 2014.
  11. ↑ "Match - France - Arabie Saoudite" (in French). fff.fr. Retrieved 21 April 2014.
  12. 1 2 "Bixente Lizarazu" (in German). fussballdaten.de. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
  13. ↑ Karel Stokkermans (14 March 2007). "ESM XI". RSSSF. Retrieved 29 November 2015.
  14. ↑ "Team of the Year 2001". UEFA. 3 January 2002. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
  15. ↑ Leme de Arruda, Marcelo (20 October 2015). "FIFA XI´s Matches - Full Info". RSSSF. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
  16. ↑ "France honors World Cup winners – Government gives Legion of Honor to players, coaches". CNN/SI. 1 September 1998. Retrieved 20 July 2006.
  17. ↑ "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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