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Bixente Lizarazu

Legend LB
Rating
90
Caps
97
Goals
2
Life
1969
Clubs
FC Girondins de Bordeaux, Athletic Club, FC Bayern Munich
#13
Editorial rank of 33 for France
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The people's rank, live from duel votes

Bayern Munich's shootout against Valencia at the San Siro in May 2001 came down to nerve, and the small Basque left back buried his penalty on the way to the European Cup. He started the finals of both the 1998 World Cup and Euro 2000, won two Confederations Cups with France, and collected six Bundesliga titles and five German cups at Bayern. Career record: 97 caps and 2 goals for France; club career at FC Girondins de Bordeaux, Athletic Club, FC Bayern Munich.

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Career record

1988–1996FC Girondins de Bordeaux
1993–1993Basque Country regional football team
1996–1997Athletic Club
1997–2004FC Bayern Munich
2004–2005Paris Saint-Germain
2005–2006FC Bayern Munich
France97 caps, 2 goals

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One rank above: Alain Giresse at #12.

One rank below: Didier Deschamps at #14.

France's editorial top five: Zinedine Zidane · Michel Platini · Thierry Henry · Karim Benzema · Kylian Mbappé.