About Bixente Lizarazu Bixente Lizarazu (Basque pronunciation: biˈʃente lisaˈrasu, French: ) (born Vicente Lizarazu on 9 December 1969 in Saint-Jean-de-Luz) is a former football left defender for Olympique Marseille and three other professional teams, as well as the French national team. Being such a successful French player he is now a footballing legend in France and is widely considered as one of the greatest left backs of all time.