Biography
Name: Zinedine Yazid Zidane
Born: 23 june, 1972- Marseille, France
Nationality: French
Height: 1.80 m
Weight: 80 kg
Profession: Football-player
Post in game: midfielder
Nickname: Zizou
Family
Zinedine Zidane is frenchman from algirian origin.
His father- Smail and his mother- Malika are algirians.
Zidane has three brothers and one sister.
Now he's happy married. His wife is from spanish origin. She's name is
Veronique Fernandez. She is a famous topmodel. They have four sons-
Enzo (1995), Luca (23.05.1998), Teo (18.05.2002) and Elias (26.12.2005).
Zidane think about himself for hearty and rational human.He's living very modest.
The one big scandal in Zidane's life is the problem with Marco Materazzi in
final match of his career.
Sport career
Early career, Cannes and Bordeaux (1988-1996)
Zidane got an early start in football when he joined the junior team of US Saint-Henri, a local club
in the La Castellane district of Marseille. At the age of fourteen, he left Septemes and participated
in the first-year junior selection for the league championship, where he caught the attention of
AS Cannes scout Jean Varraud. He went to Cannes for a six-week stay, but ended up remaining
at the club for four years to play at the professional level. Zidane played his first Ligue 1 match at
seventeen, and scored his first goal on 8 February 1991, for which he received a car as a gift from
the team president. His first season with Cannes eventually culminated in a UEFA Cup berth.
Zidane transferred to FC Girondins de Bordeaux for the 1992-93 season, winning the 1995 Intertoto
Cup and finishing runner-up in the 1995-96 UEFA Cup in four years with the club. He played a set of
midfield combinations with Bixente Lizarazu and Christophe Dugarry, which would become the trademark
of both Bordeaux and the 1998 French national team.
Juventus (1996–2001)
In 1996, Zidane moved to Champions League winners Juventus F.C. for a fee of £3 million. Zidane
served as the top playmaker in Marcello Lippi's team as Juventus won the 1996-97 Scudetto and
the Intercontinental Cup with a 1-0 win over River Plate. He also reached the 1997 UEFA Champions
League final, which Juventus lost 3-1 to Borussia Dortmund.
He netted 7 goals in 32 matches to help Juventus retain the Scudetto the following season and make
their second consecutive UEFA Champions League final appearance, losing 1-0 to Real Madrid.
In the 2000-01 Serie A season Juventus finished second, two points behind champions AS Roma.
In total, he scored 24 league goals over five seasons for Juventus, winning an Intercontinental Cup,
the 1999 Intertoto Cup, in addition to the two Scudetti
Real Madrid (2001–2006)
In 2001, Zidane joined Real Madrid for ˆ76 million, the most expensive transfer
fee in football history, and signed a four-year contract.
He enjoyed a steady run of success on the individual and team fronts, beginning
with a spectacular winning volley in a 2-1 win over Bayer Leverkusen in the 2002
UEFA Champions League final in Glasgow. The next season, Real Madrid won
the European Super Cup, and in addition to winning the 2003 Spanish Super Cup,
Zidane was named the 2003 FIFA World Player of the Year for the third time, joining
Ronaldo and Birgit Prinz as the only three-time winners of the award.
Despite scoring his first-ever hat-trick in 4-2 win over Sevilla FC, Zidane's final season of club
football was less fruitful, as Madrid were eliminated early from the Copa del Rey and the
Champions League, and finished the league 12 points behind champions FC Barcelona.
2006 World Cup
France began the tournament in similar fashion to their dismal performance in Korea/Japan, frustrated to
a 0-0 draw against Switzerland. In the closing minutes of France's second match of the group stage,
against South Korea, Zidane was yellow-carded after pushing an opposing defender, which was his
second booking of the tournament and resulted in his suspension from the final match of the group
stage. France nonetheless advanced to the knockout round after beating Togo 2-0. Zidane returned to
action in the second round match against Spain, setting up Patrick Vieira for a goal by sending a free kick
into the penalty area, and scoring one himself in the 91st minute after going down the left wing then firing
the ball past Spain goalkeeper Iker Casillas. The victory sent France into the quarter-final against defen-
ding champions Brazil in a rematch of the 1998 final. As France held Brazil to just one shot on goal for
the entire match, Zidane's free kick led to a goal by Thierry Henry, sealing a 1-0 win. Zidane was na-
med "Budweiser Man of the Match" by FIFA.[15] In the semi-final against Portugal four days later,
Zidane netted a penalty for the only goal of the match that saw France through to the final against Italy
on 9 July, in what would be his career finale.
After scoring a 7th-minute penalty with a chip shot that hit the crossbar and narrowly crossed the goal
line, Zidane became only the fourth player in World Cup history to score in two different finals, along with
Pele, Paul Breitner, and Vava, in addition to being tied for first place with Vava, Pele and Geoff Hurst with
three WC final goals apiece. However, he was sent off (see below) in the 110th minute with the match tied
1-1, and did not participate in the penalty shootout, which Italy won 5-3. Despite his red card and the sub-
sequent controversy that followed, Zidane was nonetheless awarded the Golden Ball as the best player
of the competition.
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