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Bixente Lizarazu (born December 9 , 1969 in Saint-Jean-de-Luz , France ) is a Football (soccer) Left Defender and Midfielder for Bayern Munich and the France National Football Team . Lizarazu, a Basque , has been capped 101 times for France, scoring two goals, and helped them win the and . He has won five Bundesliga championships with Bayern Munich, as well as five German Cup s, the Champions League , and the Intercontinental Cup . 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. He has been threatened by the Basque terrorist group, ETA . He also has a stadium named after him in the French Basque country, the "Stade Bixente-Lizarazu" (former "Belcenia Stadium"). His fiancée is french singer and actress Elsa Lunghini . Lizarazu announced his retirement from football on April 30, 2006 four days after former teammate Zinedine Zidane. He ends his career with the distinction of the most 'titled' player in French history. HONOURS
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