Bixente Lizarazu

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

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Lizarazu, a Basque, has been capped 95 times for France, and helped them win the and . He has won four Bundesliga championships with Bayern Munich, as well as three German Cups, the Champions League, and the Intercontinental Cup.

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Before moving to Germany, Lizarazu played for 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 said he would leave Bayern in the 2004 offseason, and eventually signed with Olympique Marseille. However, six months after signing with Marseille, he returned to Bayern Munich in January 2005.

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

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December 9: December 9 is the 343rd day (344th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 22 days remaining....

1969: 1969 was a common year starting on Wednesday...

Saint-Jean-de-Luz: Saint-Jean-de-Luz (Basque Donibane Lohitzun) is a commune of the Pyr?n?es-Atlantiques d?partement in France. It is in the traditional province of Lapurdi of the Basque Country....