Bixente Lizarazu

**Bixente Lizarazu** (born 9 December 1969) is a former French football player. He is one of the most successful football players in the world. He won the FIFA World Cup in 1998 and the European Football Championship in 2000. He has also won the UEFA Champions League (2001) and was champion of the Bundesliga (both with Bayern Munich) five times in a six-year period (1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005).

Lizarazu was born in Saint-Jean-de Luz, a small village in Basque region of France, in 1969. His first club was Eglantins Hendaje (1977-1989). He then went to Girondins Bordeaux (1989-1996). After playing for Bordeaux, he played for the Spanish club Athletic Bilbao (1996-1997) before he went to Bayern Munich (1997-2005). For a six months, he played for Olympique Marseille (2004). He ended his career in 2005.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|National Cup|colspan="2"|League Cup|colspan="2"|Continental|colspan="2"|Total||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="9"|Bordeaux|1988–89|rowspan="3"|Division 1|16|0|1|0|–|0|0|17|0||
|1989–90|38|2|4|0|–|–|42|2|||||||
|1990–91|35|2|1|0|–|6|0|42|2||||||
|1991–92|Division 2|33|0|3|0|–|–|36|0||||||
|1992–93|rowspan="4"|Division 1|35|4|3|0|–|–|38|4|||||
|1993–94|32|9|3|0|–|6|0|41|9||||||
|1994–95|32|2|2|1|1|0|4|0|39|3|||||
|1995–96|23|3|0|0|0|0|17|5|40|8|||||
|Athletic Bilbao|1996–97|La Liga|16|0|2|0|–|–|18|0|||||
|rowspan="8"|Bayern Munich|1997–98|rowspan="7"|Bundesliga|19|0|3|0|2|0|2|0|24|0|
|1998–99|19|2|5|1|0|0|9|0|33|3|||||
|1999–2000|22|1|1|0|0|0|10|0|33|1|||||
|2000–01|15|0|1|0|0|0|10|0|26|0|||||
|2001–02|25|1|1|0|0|0|14|0|40|1|||||
|2002–03|26|2|5|0|0|0|3|0|34|2|||||
|2003–04|26|1|1|0|0|0|8|0|35|1|||||
|Olympique Marseille|2004–05|Ligue 1|14|0|0|0|1|0|–|15|0||||
|rowspan="3"|Bayern Munich|2004–05|rowspan="2"|Bundesliga|13|0|2|0|0|0|4|0|19|0|
|2005–06|18|0|2|0|1|0|6|0|27|0|||||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="13"|France|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|||

- _Scores and results list France's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Lizarazu goal._

|scope="col"|No.|scope="col"|Date|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"|Opponent|scope="col"|Score|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align="center"|1|15 November 1995|Stade Michel d'Ornano, Caen, France||align="center"|2–0|align="center"|2–0|UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying|||||
|align="center"|2|18 June 1998|Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France||align="center"|4–0|align="center"|4–0|1998 FIFA World Cup|||||

## Honours

**Bordeaux**
- Division 2: 1991–92
- UEFA Intertoto Cup: 1995
- UEFA Cup runner-up: 1995–96

**Bayern Munich**
- Bundesliga: 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2005–06
- DFB-Pokal: 1997–98, 1999–2000, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2005–06
- DFB-Ligapokal: 1997
- UEFA Champions League: 2000–01; runner-up: 1998–99
- Intercontinental Cup: 2001

**France**
- FIFA World Cup: 1998
- UEFA European Championship: 2000
- FIFA Confederations Cup: 2001, 2003

**Individual**
- ESM Team of the Year: 1998–99
- UEFA Team of the Year: 2001
- FIFA XI: 2002
- Équipe type spéciale 20 ans des trophées UNFP: 2011

**Orders**
- Knight of the Legion of Honour: 1998

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Bixente Lizarazu
- **image**: Bixente Lizarazu (cropped).jpg
- **caption**: Lizarazu in 2011
- **full name**: Bixente Jean-Michel Lizarazu
- **birth place**: Saint-Jean-de-Luz, France
- **height**: 1.69 m
- **position**: Left-back
- **youthyears1**: 1977–1984
- **youthclubs1**: Les Églantins Hendaye
- **youthyears2**: 1984–1988
- **youthclubs2**: FC Girondins de Bordeaux, Bordeaux
- **years1**: 1986–1989
- **clubs1**: FC Girondins de Bordeaux, Bordeaux B
- **caps1**: 43
- **goals1**: 10
- **years2**: 1988–1996
- **clubs2**: FC Girondins de Bordeaux, Bordeaux
- **caps2**: 246
- **goals2**: 22
- **years3**: 1996–1997
- **clubs3**: Athletic Bilbao
- **caps3**: 16
- **goals3**: 0
- **years4**: 1997–2004
- **clubs4**: FC Bayern Munich, Bayern Munich
- **caps4**: 151
- **goals4**: 7
- **years5**: 2004
- **clubs5**: Olympique de Marseille, Marseille
- **caps5**: 14
- **goals5**: 0
- **years6**: 2005–2006
- **clubs6**: FC Bayern Munich, Bayern Munich
- **caps6**: 31
- **goals6**: 0
- **totalcaps**: 501
- **totalgoals**: 39
- **nationalyears1**: 1992–2004
- **nationalteam1**: France national football team, France
- **nationalcaps1**: 97
- **nationalgoals1**: 2
- **nationalyears2**: 1993
- **nationalteam2**: Basque Country national football team, Basque Country
- **nationalcaps2**: 1
- **nationalgoals2**: 0