Zinedine Zidane
Zinedine Zidane
Zinedine Yazid Zidane, born 23 June 1972), nicknamed "Zizou", is a French retired footballer and current manager of Real Madrid. He played as an attacking midfielder for the France national team, Cannes, Bordeaux, Juventus and Real Madrid. Renowned for his elegance, vision, ball control and technique, Zidane was named the best European footballer of the past 50 years in the UEFA Golden Jubilee Poll. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of the game...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionSoccer Player
Date of Birth23 June 1972
CityMarseille, France
CountryFrance
Messi is the Mozart of football.
The England team must always be respected. They always fight to the end.
Music was important. Football was the easy part.
My memories of events and games are fragmented.
Zidane is unique. The ball flows with him. He is more like a dancer than a football player.
In France, everybody realized that God exists, and that he is back in the French international team. God is back, there is little left to say.
The French team has given me so much and I want to help it. I told myself I did not have much time left in soccer, and I want to profit from it to the maximum.
We are well aware of the task ahead of us in what will be a very difficult match but which we all dream of playing.
Zidane is one of the greatest players in history, a truly magnificent player.
I am first of all from La Castellane and Marseille.
It's the first time it's happened to me and maybe the last. It's a strange sensation, not normal for me. I can't remember scoring three goals, even when I was a kid.
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.
To be recognised by a whole country is incredible. This is massive.
The only important thing I have to say is that my father never fought against his country.