“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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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, including being named FIFA World Player of the Year in 1998, 2000 and 2003, and winning the 1998 Ballon d'Or. He coached his former club Real Madrid in two separate stints between 2016 and 2021, winning multiple domestic and international club trophies.
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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.”
“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.”
“It was my father who taught us that an immigrant must work twice as hard as anybody else, that he must never give up.”
“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.”
“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”
“[The turnaround] was definitely the mister,”
Lecturas: Luca, hijo de Zinedine Zidane: “Cuando éramos pequeños llevábamos el apellido de mi madre para protegernos”
Independent en Español: Fabien Barthez se reúne con Zinedine Zidane como nuevo entrenador de porteros de Francia
The Nation Newspaper: Barthez joins Zidane’s new France coaching setup
Noticias del Vino: El refugio de Zinedine Zidane: un pueblo de 60 habitantes con patrimonio minero y casas de piedra
businesstimes-bd.com: Zidane Appoints Fabien Barthez as France Team's Goalkeeper Coach - businesstimes-bd.com
Jamaica Gleaner: Barthez reunited with Zidane as France’s new goalkeeper coach
ESPN: Fabien Barthez reunited with Zinedine Zidane as France GK coach
Goal: Zinedine Zidane nombra a su cuerpo técnico en Francia con Fabien Barthez como entrenador de porteros
TUDN: La expulsión a Zinedine Zidane por un árbitro mexicano
Soccer America: FRANCE: Fabien Barthez joins Zidane’s new coaching setup
The News Pakistan: Fabien Barthez joins Zidane’s new France coaching setup
Revista Semana: Zinedine Zidane anuncia su primer fichaje para la selección de Francia: llega otra leyenda
Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Fabien Barthez se reúne con Zinedine Zidane como nuevo entrenador de porteros de Francia - Seattle Post-Intelligencer
OneFootball: Barthez, Bettoni, Sanhadji: el staff de Francia de Zinédine Zidane
Semana: Luca, hijo de Zinedine Zidane: “En el colegio mis padres nos ponían el apellido de mi madre, Fernández, para protegernos un poco”
Benin Web TV: France Team: Fabien Barthez joins Zidane's coaching staff -
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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Returned to coaching, succeeding Didier Deschamps as the new head coach of the France national team
Won award: Juventus Hall of Fame (2025).
Won award: Italian Football Hall of Fame (2022).
Won award: FourFourTwo's 100 best football players of all time #7 (2022).
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Won award: IFFHS All-time Men's B Dream Team (2021).
Won award: IFFHS All-time Europe Men's Dream Team (2021).
Won award: Ballon d'Or Dream Team (Silver) (2020).
Won: Supercopa de España with Real Madrid (2020).
Won: La Liga with Real Madrid (2019–20).
Commented, "You ask me about two players but what interests me is the group
Won: UEFA Champions League with Real Madrid (2017–18).
Won award: L'Équipe Best French Player of All Time (2018).
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.
But returned to the club in 2019, and won another La Liga title and a Supercopa de España, before leaving again in 2021
Won the FIFA Club World Cup with Real Madrid (2017).
Won award: FourFourTwo's Selection of the 100 Greatest Footballers of All Time #8 (2017).
Won: UEFA Super Cup with Real Madrid (2017).
Won award: Juventus Greatest XI of All Time (2017).
Won award: La Liga Manager of the Month (May 2017).
Won: Supercopa de España with Real Madrid (2017).
Won: UEFA Champions League with Real Madrid (2016–17).
Won: FIFA Club World Cup with Real Madrid (2017).
Won: La Liga with Real Madrid (2016–17).
Won the FIFA Club World Cup with Real Madrid B (2016).
Won award: IFFHS Legends (2016).
Won award: UEFA European Championship All-Time XI (2016).
Won: FIFA Club World Cup with Real Madrid (2016).
Won award: UEFA La Liga Team Revelation of the Year (2015–16).
Won: UEFA Super Cup with Real Madrid (2016).
Won: UEFA Champions League with Real Madrid (2015–16).
Won award: La Liga Manager of the Month (April 2016).
Joined Real Madrid in 2016.
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
In a study led by French newspaper Le Parisien, Zidane was named "best French player of all time"
Won award: UEFA Ultimate Team of the Year (substitute) (2015).
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.
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
Won award: Real Madrid Hall of Fame (2014).
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
Joined Real Madrid B in 2014.
In a poll carried out by French TV channel TF1, Zidane was voted as the best player in the history of the French league
Won award: World Soccer Greatest XI of All Time (2013).
Zidane was appointed assistant coach to Carlo Ancelotti at Real Madrid
On 2 June 2013, Zidane took part in a charity match played at Old Trafford as part of the Manchester United Legends vs.
Won award: Real Madrid Greatest XI of All Time (2012).
French-Algerian artist Adel Abdessemed unveiled a bronze sculpture depicting Zidane's headbutt of Marco Materazzi in the 2006 World Cup Final
Zidane featured for Madrid in an All Stars Match against Manchester United which resulted in a 3–2 win for Real
And 2017, respectively, Zidane was named in Real Madrid's and Juventus's greatest XI of all time
Won award: UEFA team of teams (2011).
Won award: UEFA Champions League Best Player of the Past 20 Years (2011).
Won award: Équipe type spéciale 20 ans des trophées UNFP (2011).
Won award: Laureus Lifetime Achievement Award (2011).
Won award: Don Balón Team of the Decade (2010).
Won award: Don Balón Player of the Decade (2010).
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
On 6 June 2010, Zidane took part in the biennial charity event Soccer Aid.
Footage of Zidane appeared in the "Waka Waka" music video by Shakira, which shows him celebrating France winning the 1998 World Cup
Won award: Sports Illustrated Team of the Decade (2009).
Won award: Sports Illustrated Player of the Decade (2009).
Won award: ESPN Team of the Decade (2009).
Won award: Fox Sports Player of the Decade (2009).
Won award: ESPN Player of the Decade (2009).
In June and July 2009, Zidane toured across Canada with stops in Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver.
Won award: Golden Foot Legends Award (2008).
Won award: Marca Leyenda Award (2008).
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
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.
Won award: AFS Top-100 Players of All Time #5 (2007).
Won award: UNFP Honorary Award (2007).
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.
Won award: FIFA World Cup Golden Ball (2006).
Won award: FIFA FIFPro World XI (2006).
Runner-up: FIFA World Cup with France (2006).
Won award: IFFHS World's Best Playmaker (2006).
Won award: FIFA World Cup All-Star team (2006).
Won award: FIFA FIFPro World XI (2005).
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
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
Won award: UEFA Best European Player of the Past 50 Years (2004).
Won award: FIFA 100 (2004).
Won award: ESM Team of the Year (2003–04).
Won award: UEFA European Championship Team of the Tournament (2004).
Forbes magazine listed his earnings of $15
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
Fans voted him as the best European footballer of the previous 50 years in UEFA's fiftieth-anniversary Golden Jubilee Poll
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
Won award: FIFA World Player of the Year (2003).
Won award: El País European Player of the Year (2003).
Won award: Onze d'Argent (2003).
Won: La Liga with Real Madrid (2002–03).
Won award: UEFA Team of the Year (2003).
Won: Supercopa de España with Real Madrid (2003).
Won award: ESM Team of the Year (2002–03).
Won the FIFA Club World Cup with Real Madrid (2002).
Won: UEFA Champions League with Real Madrid (2001–02).
Won award: UEFA Club Footballer of the Year (2002).
Won award: El País European Player of the Year (2002).
Won award: Onze d'Argent (2002).
Won award: UEFA Team of the Year (2002).
Won: UEFA Super Cup with Real Madrid (2002).
Won award: La Liga Best Foreign Player (2001–02).
Won: Intercontinental Cup with Real Madrid (2002).
Won award: France Football French Player of the Year (2002).
Won award: Don Balón Award (2001–02).
Won award: ESM Team of the Year (2001–02).
Won award: FIFA XI (2002).
Won award: FIFA World Cup Dream Team (2002).
ESPN described Zidane as "the greatest player in the world in the world's biggest game"
Won award: Serie A Footballer of the Year (2000–01).
Won award: Serie A top assist provider (2000–01).
Won award: El País European Player of the Year (2001).
Won award: Onze d'Or (2001).
Won: Supercopa de España with Real Madrid (2001).
Won award: Serie A Foreign Footballer of the Year (2000–01).
Won award: UEFA Team of the Year (2001).
Joined Real Madrid in 2001.
Zidane, a UN Goodwill Ambassador since 2001, stated before the game that "everyone can do something to make the world a better place."
Zidane was named Serie A Foreign Footballer of the Year for the second time
Zidane joined Real Madrid for a world-record fee of 150 billion Italian lire, (about €77
Which remained a record for the next eight years
Won award: FIFA XI (2000).
Won award: FIFA World Player of the Year (2000).
Won: UEFA European Championship with France (2000).
Won award: UEFA European Championship Team of the Tournament (2000).
Won award: UEFA European Championship Player of the Tournament (2000).
Won award: Onze d'Or (2000).
Won award: 2nd French Player of the Century (France Football) (2000).
Won award: World Soccer's Selection of the 100 Greatest Footballers of the 20th century (1999).
Third place: Onze de (1999).
Won: UEFA Intertoto Cup with Juventus (1999).
Won the FIFA Ballon d Or with Juventus (1998).
Won award: ESM Team of the Year (1997–98).
Won award: World Soccer Awards Player of the Year (1998).
Won award: L'Équipe France Champion of Champions (1998).
Won: FIFA World Cup with France (1998).
Runner-up: UEFA Champions League with Juventus (1997–98).
Won award: France Football French Player of the Year (1998).
Won award: RSSSF Player of the Year (1998).
Won award: UEFA Club Midfielder of the Year (1998).
Won award: FIFA World Player of the Year (1998).
Won award: Ballon d'Or (1998).
Won award: L'Équipe International Champion of Champions (1998).
Won award: FIFA XI (1998).
Won award: Onze d'Or (1998).
Won: Serie A with Juventus (1997–98).
Won award: El País European Player of the Year (1998).
Won award: FIFA World Cup All-Star team (1998).
Zidane was named FIFA World Player of the Year, and won the Ballon d'Or
2000 and 2003, and winning the 1998 Ballon d'Or
Won award: Serie A Foreign Footballer of the Year (1996–97).
Won award: FIFA XI (1997).
Runner-up: UEFA Champions League with Juventus (1996–97).
Won: Supercoppa Italiana with Juventus (1997).
Won: Serie A with Juventus (1996–97).
Won award: Onze d'Argent (1997).
Won the FIFA Club World Cup with Bordeaux (1996).
Won: Intercontinental Cup with Juventus (1996).
Runner-up: UEFA Cup with Bordeaux (1995–96).
Won: UEFA Super Cup with Juventus (1996).
Won award: French Division 1 Player of the Year (1995–96).
Zidane received the award for Ligue 1 Player of the Year
Joined Juventus in 1996.
Moved to Italian club Juventus, where he won two Serie A titles and played in consecutive UEFA Champions League finals in 1997 and 1998
Won: UEFA Intertoto Cup with Bordeaux (1995).
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
Won award: French Division 1 Young Player of the Year (1993–94).
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).
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)
Joined Bordeaux in 1992.
And 1990, when the tournament was known as the European Cup
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.
Won: Syrenka Cup with France U16 (1987).