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Zinedine Zidane
Zinedine Yazid Zidane, popularly known as Zizou, is a French professional football manager and former player who played as an attacking midfielder. He is the head coach of the France national team. Widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time, Zidane was a playmaker renowned for his elegance, vision, passing, and ball control. He received many individual accolades as a player, includ…
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sports · French football player and manager (born 1972) · association football player · association football coach · also Zinedine Zidane, Zidane, Zinedine Yazid Zidane
Born 23 June 1972 · Q1835
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I was lucky to come from a difficult area. It teaches you not just about football but also life. There were lots of kids from different races and poor families. People had to struggle to get through the day. Music was important. Football was the easy part.
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2026· 53 entries
El Nacional.cat: De ser el protegido de Zidane a estar a un paso de ser la primera baja sonada de Mourinho en el Real Madrid
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Mshale: The Referee Who Sent Off Zinedine Zidane | Horacio Elizondo 2006 World Cup Final Landlord (gB8mrVs7Ze)
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French Football Weekly: France – Italy: sold out for Zinédine Zidane’s debut at the Stade de France
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Mshale: 04/05 Away Zinedine Zidane Vs Sevilla Spurs Vs Timberwolves (BFHynwahw9)
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France 24: Fabien Barthez to coach France's goalkeepers under former teammate Zidane
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French Football Weekly: Christophe Dugarry is enthusiastic about Zinédine Zidane at the head of the Blues
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247Sports: Zinedine Zidane TAKES CHARGE of France National Team - Scoreline
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The Real Champs: Jose Mourinho wants a repeat of the history that gave Zinedine Zidane and Carlo Ancelotti a dynasty
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French Football Weekly: French team: Luis Fernandez’s crazy prediction on Zinedine Zidane
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Modern Ghana: ‘The only job I wanted’: Zidane’s first words as France head coach
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Goal: Confirmado por un tribunal el descenso del Burdeos a la sexta división mientras el exclub de Zinedine Zidane se enfrenta a la amenaza de liquidación
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French Football Weekly: French team: the unexpected message from the Quai d’Orsay for Zidane
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Yardbarker: Bordeaux relegation to sixth tier confirmed by court as Zinedine Zidane's former club faces liquidation threat
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French Football Weekly: French team: Kylian Mbappé’s reaction to the appointment of Zinedine Zidane
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French Football Weekly: French team: Zidane’s touching message to the Gironde firefighters
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French Football Weekly: French team: Zinédine Zidane is already signing his first autographs
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OneFootball: Zinédine Zidane, el favorito de Marsella que nunca vistió al OM
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French Football Weekly: French team: Zidane has no plans to speak to Deschamps
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French Football Weekly: French team: Bruno Genesio pays tribute to Zinédine Zidane
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Fana News -: French Football Federation Appoint Zinedine Zidane as National Team Coach - Fana News -
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French Football Weekly: French team: Zinedine Zidane’s first strong speech
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“It's hard to explain but I have a need to play intensely every day, to fight every match hard. And this desire never to stop fighting is something else I learnt in the place where I grew up.”
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“I was lucky to come from a difficult area. It teaches you not just about football but also life. There were lots of kids from different races and poor families. People had to struggle to get through the day. Music was important. Football was the easy part.”
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“It was my father who taught us that an immigrant must work twice as hard as anybody else, that he must never give up.”
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“Sometimes I don't know what takes me over during a game. Sometimes I just feel I have moved to a different place and I can make the pass, score the goal or go past my marker at will.”
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“This is massive. Before it was hard to talk about certain things, especially if like me you came from a difficult area or from an immigrant background. But now it tells you how France has changed and is changing. It”
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“[The turnaround] was definitely the mister,”
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Lecturas: Luca, hijo de Zinedine Zidane: “Cuando éramos pequeños llevábamos el apellido de mi madre para protegernos”
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Independent en Español: Fabien Barthez se reúne con Zinedine Zidane como nuevo entrenador de porteros de Francia
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The Nation Newspaper: Barthez joins Zidane’s new France coaching setup
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Noticias del Vino: El refugio de Zinedine Zidane: un pueblo de 60 habitantes con patrimonio minero y casas de piedra
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businesstimes-bd.com: Zidane Appoints Fabien Barthez as France Team's Goalkeeper Coach - businesstimes-bd.com
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Jamaica Gleaner: Barthez reunited with Zidane as France’s new goalkeeper coach
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ESPN: Fabien Barthez reunited with Zinedine Zidane as France GK coach
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Goal: Zinedine Zidane nombra a su cuerpo técnico en Francia con Fabien Barthez como entrenador de porteros
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TUDN: La expulsión a Zinedine Zidane por un árbitro mexicano
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Soccer America: FRANCE: Fabien Barthez joins Zidane’s new coaching setup
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The News Pakistan: Fabien Barthez joins Zidane’s new France coaching setup
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Revista Semana: Zinedine Zidane anuncia su primer fichaje para la selección de Francia: llega otra leyenda
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Fabien Barthez se reúne con Zinedine Zidane como nuevo entrenador de porteros de Francia - Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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OneFootball: Barthez, Bettoni, Sanhadji: el staff de Francia de Zinédine Zidane
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Semana: Luca, hijo de Zinedine Zidane: “En el colegio mis padres nos ponían el apellido de mi madre, Fernández, para protegernos un poco”
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Benin Web TV: France Team: Fabien Barthez joins Zidane's coaching staff -
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Infobae: Luis Enrique quiere igualar la gesta del Real Madrid de Zidane: “No creo que haya un equipo más motivado que nosotros”
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Public attention spiked: 72,509 Wikipedia readers in one day, 4.5× the usual 16,084, with 19 article edits. Editors noted: France national team
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Public attention spiked: 72,509 Wikipedia readers in one day, 4.5× the usual 16,084, with 19 article edits. Coverage that week: “‘He’s back’: Zinedine Zidane named France head coach in long-awaited homecoming” (The Guardian).
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Public attention spiked: 65,504 Wikipedia readers in one day, 4.1× the usual 16,084, with 7 article edits. Editors noted: Personal life
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Public attention spiked: 61,312 Wikipedia readers in one day, 3.8× the usual 16,084, with 3 article edits. Editors noted: Managerial statistics
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Public attention spiked: 53,006 Wikipedia readers in one day, 3.3× the usual 16,084, with 0 article edits.
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Public attention spiked: 53,651 Wikipedia readers in one day, 3.3× the usual 16,084, with 0 article edits.
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Public attention spiked: 49,742 Wikipedia readers in one day, 3.1× the usual 16,084, with 0 article edits.
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Returned to coaching, succeeding Didier Deschamps as the new head coach of the France national team
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2025· 1 entry
Won award: Juventus Hall of Fame (2025).
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2022· 3 entries
Won award: FourFourTwo's 100 best football players of all time #7 (2022).
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Won award: Italian Football Hall of Fame (2022).
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fact checker rated the claim “A photo shows Zinedine Zidane watching Real Madrid vs. Manchester City at the Bernabeu stadium.” misleading.
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2021· 4 entries
fact checker rated the claim “A shows Zinedine Zidane in Casablanca during his vacation in Morocco.” fake.
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fact checker rated the claim “A photo depicts Zinedine Zidane shortly after France's elimination from Euro 2020.” fake.
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Won award: IFFHS All-time Europe Men's Dream Team (2021).
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Won award: IFFHS All-time Men's B Dream Team (2021).
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2020· 3 entries
Won: Supercopa de España with Real Madrid (2020).
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Won award: Ballon d'Or Dream Team (Silver) (2020).
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Won: La Liga with Real Madrid (2019–20).
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2019· 1 entry
Commented, "You ask me about two players but what interests me is the group
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2018· 4 entries
Won: UEFA Champions League with Real Madrid (2017–18).
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Won award: L'Équipe Best French Player of All Time (2018).
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But returned to the club in 2019, and won another La Liga title and a Supercopa de España, before leaving again in 2021
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According to UNDP, "two-thirds of all proceeds will go toward helping the hardest-hit countries of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone build back better from the Ebola epidemic." In June 2018, Zidane reunited with his France 1998 World Cup winning teammates to play a charity game against an All-Star side which included Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt.
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2017· 9 entries
Won the FIFA Club World Cup with Real Madrid (2017).
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Won: La Liga with Real Madrid (2016–17).
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Won: FIFA Club World Cup with Real Madrid (2017).
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Won: UEFA Super Cup with Real Madrid (2017).
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Won: UEFA Champions League with Real Madrid (2016–17).
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Won: Supercopa de España with Real Madrid (2017).
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Won award: La Liga Manager of the Month (May 2017).
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Won award: Juventus Greatest XI of All Time (2017).
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Won award: FourFourTwo's Selection of the 100 Greatest Footballers of All Time #8 (2017).
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2016· 11 entries
Won the FIFA Club World Cup with Real Madrid B (2016).
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Won: UEFA Champions League with Real Madrid (2015–16).
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Won: UEFA Super Cup with Real Madrid (2016).
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Won: FIFA Club World Cup with Real Madrid (2016).
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Won award: UEFA European Championship All-Time XI (2016).
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Won award: UEFA La Liga Team Revelation of the Year (2015–16).
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Won award: IFFHS Legends (2016).
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Won award: La Liga Manager of the Month (April 2016).
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Joined Real Madrid in 2016.
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In a study led by French newspaper Le Parisien, Zidane was named "best French player of all time"
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Zidane was ranked one of the 500 most influential Muslims in the world by the Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre of Jordan, which noted: "[Zidane's] modest character has endeared him to the wider public
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2015· 3 entries
Won award: UEFA Ultimate Team of the Year (substitute) (2015).
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Played in a futsal tournament in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, during which an opposition player received a yellow card to much amusement for taking an in-match selfie with Zidane
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The 12th Match against Poverty took place in Saint-Étienne, France, on Monday 20 April 2015, where Ronaldo and Zidane teamed up with other football stars against past and present players of French Ligue 1 club AS Saint-Étienne.
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2014· 4 entries
Won award: Real Madrid Hall of Fame (2014).
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In a poll carried out by French TV channel TF1, Zidane was voted as the best player in the history of the French league
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Joined Real Madrid B in 2014.
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Australian sports presenter Les Murray collaborated with the band Vaudeville Smash and performed a Zidane tribute song portraying Zidane as the greatest among dozens of legendary players
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2013· 3 entries
Won award: World Soccer Greatest XI of All Time (2013).
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Zidane was appointed assistant coach to Carlo Ancelotti at Real Madrid
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On 2 June 2013, Zidane took part in a charity match played at Old Trafford as part of the Manchester United Legends vs.
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2012· 4 entries
Won award: Real Madrid Greatest XI of All Time (2012).
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French-Algerian artist Adel Abdessemed unveiled a bronze sculpture depicting Zidane's headbutt of Marco Materazzi in the 2006 World Cup Final
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Zidane featured for Madrid in an All Stars Match against Manchester United which resulted in a 3–2 win for Real
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And 2017, respectively, Zidane was named in Real Madrid's and Juventus's greatest XI of all time
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2011· 4 entries
Won award: Laureus Lifetime Achievement Award (2011).
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Won award: Équipe type spéciale 20 ans des trophées UNFP (2011).
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Won award: UEFA Champions League Best Player of the Past 20 Years (2011).
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Won award: UEFA team of teams (2011).
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2010· 5 entries
Won award: Don Balón Team of the Decade (2010).
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Won award: Don Balón Player of the Decade (2010).
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Footage of Zidane appeared in the "Waka Waka" music video by Shakira, which shows him celebrating France winning the 1998 World Cup
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Zidane said that he would "rather die than apologize" to Materazzi for the headbutt in the final, but also admitted that he "could never have lived with himself" had he been allowed to remain on the pitch and help France
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On 6 June 2010, Zidane took part in the biennial charity event Soccer Aid.
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2009· 6 entries
Won award: ESPN Team of the Decade (2009).
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Won award: Sports Illustrated Player of the Decade (2009).
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Won award: Sports Illustrated Team of the Decade (2009).
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Won award: Fox Sports Player of the Decade (2009).
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Won award: ESPN Player of the Decade (2009).
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In June and July 2009, Zidane toured across Canada with stops in Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver.
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2008· 5 entries
Won award: Golden Foot Legends Award (2008).
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Awarded Officer of the Legion of Honour (2008).
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Won award: Marca Leyenda Award (2008).
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Made a cameo appearance in Asterix at the Olympic Games as Numérodis (a pun on "Number 10", his squad number for the French national team), an Egyptian who tests out a new round object
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On 19 November 2008, Zidane took part in the fifth annual Match Against Poverty in Málaga, Spain, which also ended in a 2–2 draw; he went scoreless but set up his team's second goal.
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2007· 3 entries
Won award: UNFP Honorary Award (2007).
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Won award: AFS Top-100 Players of All Time #5 (2007).
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On 24 February 2007, before a crowd of 10,000 fans at a match in northern Thailand for the Keuydaroon children's AIDS charity, Zidane scored the first goal and set up the second for a Malaysian teammate as the match ended 2–2.
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2006· 6 entries
Won award: FIFA FIFPro World XI (2006).
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Won award: FIFA World Cup Golden Ball (2006).
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Won World Cup Golden Ball (2006).
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Won award: IFFHS World's Best Playmaker (2006).
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Runner-up: FIFA World Cup with France (2006).
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Won award: FIFA World Cup All-Star team (2006).
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2005· 3 entries
Won award: FIFA FIFPro World XI (2005).
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Filmmakers Philippe Parreno and Douglas Gordon filmed a documentary Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait, which follows Zidane during an entire match, filmed with 17 cameras
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Upon Zidane's return to the French national team, his teammate Thierry Henry stated, "In France, everybody realized that God exists, and that he is back in the French international team
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2004· 8 entries
Won award: UEFA Best European Player of the Past 50 Years (2004).
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Won award: UEFA European Championship Team of the Tournament (2004).
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Won award: FIFA 100 (2004).
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Won award: ESM Team of the Year (2003–04).
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Was named in the FIFA 100, a list of the world's greatest living players compiled by Pelé, and in the same year was named the best European footballer of the past 50 years in the UEFA Golden Jubilee Poll
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Forbes magazine listed his earnings of $15
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Was voted UEFA Best European Player of the Past 50 Years, and was named in the FIFA 100 list of the world's greatest living players
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Fans voted him as the best European footballer of the previous 50 years in UEFA's fiftieth-anniversary Golden Jubilee Poll
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2003· 8 entries
Won award: FIFA World Player of the Year (2003).
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Won award: UEFA Team of the Year (2003).
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Won award: El País European Player of the Year (2003).
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Won: Supercopa de España with Real Madrid (2003).
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Won: La Liga with Real Madrid (2002–03).
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Won award: ESM Team of the Year (2002–03).
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Won award: Onze d'Argent (2003).
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Awarded FIFA World Player of the Year (2003).
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2002· 15 entries
Won the FIFA Club World Cup with Real Madrid (2002).
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Won: UEFA Super Cup with Real Madrid (2002).
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Won award: UEFA Team of the Year (2002).
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Won award: El País European Player of the Year (2002).
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Won: UEFA Champions League with Real Madrid (2001–02).
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Won award: France Football French Player of the Year (2002).
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Won award: Don Balón Award (2001–02).
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Won award: ESM Team of the Year (2001–02).
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Won award: FIFA XI (2002).
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Won award: Onze d'Argent (2002).
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Won: Intercontinental Cup with Real Madrid (2002).
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Won award: FIFA World Cup Dream Team (2002).
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Won award: UEFA Club Footballer of the Year (2002).
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Won award: La Liga Best Foreign Player (2001–02).
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ESPN described Zidane as "the greatest player in the world in the world's biggest game"
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2001· 13 entries
Won award: Serie A Foreign Footballer of the Year (2000–01).
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Won award: Serie A top assist provider (2000–01).
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Won award: UEFA Team of the Year (2001).
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Won award: Serie A Footballer of the Year (2000–01).
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Won: Supercopa de España with Real Madrid (2001).
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Won award: Onze d'Or (2001).
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Won award: El País European Player of the Year (2001).
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Which remained a record for the next eight years
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Zidane joined Real Madrid for a world-record fee of 150 billion Italian lire, (about €77
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Zidane was named Serie A Foreign Footballer of the Year for the second time
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Zidane, a UN Goodwill Ambassador since 2001, stated before the game that "everyone can do something to make the world a better place."
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Played for Real Madrid Club de Fútbol (2001–2006) — 155 appearances, 37 goals.
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Joined Real Madrid in 2001.
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2000· 8 entries
Awarded FIFA World Player of the Year (2000).
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Won award: UEFA European Championship Player of the Tournament (2000).
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Won award: 2nd French Player of the Century (France Football) (2000).
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Won award: Onze d'Or (2000).
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Won award: FIFA XI (2000).
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Won award: FIFA World Player of the Year (2000).
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Won award: UEFA European Championship Team of the Tournament (2000).
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Won: UEFA European Championship with France (2000).
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1999· 3 entries
Won: UEFA Intertoto Cup with Juventus (1999).
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Third place: Onze de (1999).
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Won award: World Soccer's Selection of the 100 Greatest Footballers of the 20th century (1999).
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1998· 23 entries
Won the FIFA Ballon d Or with Juventus (1998).
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Won award: ESM Team of the Year (1997–98).
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Won: Serie A with Juventus (1997–98).
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Runner-up: UEFA Champions League with Juventus (1997–98).
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Won: FIFA World Cup with France (1998).
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Won award: FIFA XI (1998).
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Won award: UEFA Club Midfielder of the Year (1998).
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Won award: L'Équipe International Champion of Champions (1998).
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Won award: L'Équipe France Champion of Champions (1998).
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Won award: FIFA World Cup All-Star team (1998).
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Won award: World Soccer Awards Player of the Year (1998).
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Won award: France Football French Player of the Year (1998).
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Won award: Onze d'Or (1998).
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Won award: Ballon d'Or (1998).
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Won award: FIFA World Player of the Year (1998).
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Won award: El País European Player of the Year (1998).
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Won award: RSSSF Player of the Year (1998).
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Won Ballon d'Or (1998).
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Awarded FIFA World Player of the Year (1998).
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Awarded L'Équipe Champion of Champions (1998).
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Awarded Knight of the Legion of Honour (1998).
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Zidane was named FIFA World Player of the Year, and won the Ballon d'Or
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2000 and 2003, and winning the 1998 Ballon d'Or
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1997· 6 entries
Won: Supercoppa Italiana with Juventus (1997).
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Runner-up: UEFA Champions League with Juventus (1996–97).
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Won: Serie A with Juventus (1996–97).
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Won award: Serie A Foreign Footballer of the Year (1996–97).
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Won award: Onze d'Argent (1997).
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Won award: FIFA XI (1997).
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1996· 9 entries
Won the FIFA Club World Cup with Bordeaux (1996).
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Runner-up: UEFA Cup with Bordeaux (1995–96).
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Won: UEFA Super Cup with Juventus (1996).
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Won: Intercontinental Cup with Juventus (1996).
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Won award: French Division 1 Player of the Year (1995–96).
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Played for Juventus FC (1996–2001) — 151 appearances, 24 goals.
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Joined Juventus in 1996.
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Zidane received the award for Ligue 1 Player of the Year
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Moved to Italian club Juventus, where he won two Serie A titles and played in consecutive UEFA Champions League finals in 1997 and 1998
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1995· 3 entries
Won: UEFA Intertoto Cup with Bordeaux (1995).
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Blackburn Rovers manager Kenny Dalglish had expressed interest in signing both Zidane and Dugarry, to which club owner Jack Walker reportedly replied, "Why do you want to sign Zidane when we have Tim Sherwood
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Played for France B national football team (1995–1995).
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1994· 4 entries
Won award: French Division 1 Young Player of the Year (1993–94).
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Have four sons: Enzo Zidane (born 24 March 1995), Luca Zidane (born 13 May 1998), Théo Zidane (born 18 May 2002), and Elyaz Zidane (born 26 December 2005)
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Played for France men's national association football team (1994–2006) — 108 appearances, 31 goals.
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Married in 1994, they have four sons: Enzo Zidane (born 24 March 1995), Luca Zidane (born 13 May 1998), Théo Zidane (born 18 May 2002), and Elyaz Zidane (born 26 December 2005).
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1992· 2 entries
Played for FC Girondins de Bordeaux (1992–1996) — 139 appearances, 28 goals.
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Joined Bordeaux in 1992.
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1990· 1 entry
Played for France national under-21 association football team (1990–1994) — 20 appearances, 3 goals.
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1989· 3 entries
And 1990, when the tournament was known as the European Cup
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Played for AS Cannes (1989–1992) — 61 appearances, 6 goals.
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Played for France national under-18 association football team (1989–1990) — 6 appearances, 0 goals.
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1988· 2 entries
At the age of 17, Zidane met his future wife, Véronique Fernández (born in Aveyron of Spanish descent), while playing for Cannes in the 1988–89 season.
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Played for France national under-17 association football team (1988–1989) — 4 appearances, 1 goals.
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1987· 1 entry
Won: Syrenka Cup with France U16 (1987).
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1972· 1 entry
Born 1972-06-23.
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