Biography of Bixente Lizarazu -

Bixente Lizarazu (born December 9, 1969 in
Saint-Jean-de-Luz, France) is a football (soccer)
defender (football)|left defender and midfielder
for Bayern Munich and France national football
team|France. 

Lizarazu, a Basque people|Basque, has been capped
95 times for France, and helped them win the
Wc|1998 and Ec2|2000.  He has won four Bundesliga
(football)|Bundesliga championships with Bayern
Munich, as well as three German Cups, the UEFA
Champions League|Champions League, and the
European/South American Cup|Intercontinental Cup. 


Before coming to Germany, Lizarazu played for FC
Girondins de Bordeaux|Girondins de Bordeaux, where
he played in the 1996 UEFA Cup final against
Bayern; and Athletic Bilbao, where he was the
club's only non-Spanish player since World War I.
He had said he would leave Bayern in the 2004
offseason, and eventually signed with Olympique de
Marseille|Olympique Marseille.  However, six
months after signing with Marseille, he returned
to Bayern Munich in January 2005.

He has been threatened by the Basque terrorist
group, ETA.

== Honours ==
*French second division championship 1992
*UEFA Cup finalist 1996
*DFB League Cup 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000
*1998 World Cup
*DFB German Cup 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005
*German championship 1999, 2000
*Champions League 2001
*World Club Cup 2001
*Confederations Cup 2003

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Biography of Bixente Lizarazu -