Bixente Lizarazu

Lizarazu is one of those footballers I respect for sheer relentlessness. A small left-back from the Basque coast who became a World Cup winner and a Knight of the Legion of Honour, he embodied tireless overlapping runs and defensive grit rather than flash. But what fascinates me most is his life after football: radio, punditry, and astonishingly, competitive skeleton racing. Throwing yourself head-first down an ice track after a top-flight football career signals a man who simply refuses to coast. He never seems content to rest on past glory, and that restless competitive fire is exactly why he stays compelling to me long after retirement.

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Name (English)

Bixente Lizarazu

Name (Japanese)

ビセンテ・リザラズ

Reading

びせんて・りざらず

Born

December 9, 1969 (age 56)

Origin

Saint-Jean-de-Luz, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France

Height

169 cm

Occupation

association football player / radio personality / sports commentator / skeleton racer

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Sagittarius / Rooster

Awards & achievements

• 1998 Knight of the Legion of Honour

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/bixentelizarazu/
• Xhttps://x.com/BixeLizarazu
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bixente%20Lizarazu
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%93%E3%82%BB%E3%83%B3%E3%83%86%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AA%E3%82%B6%E3%83%A9%E3%82%BA
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q44073

Tags

• Pyrénées-Atlantiques
• association football player
• radio personality
• sports commentator

Last updated

September 23, 2026

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