Zidane's biografy

Full name- Zinedine Yazid Zidane

Nickname- Zizou

Date of birth-1972 june 23 (age 35)

Place of birth-marseille

Height-1.85 m

Playing position-Attacking midfielder

Youth clubs-US Saint-Henri (in 1982-1983),SO Septèmes-les-Vallons (in 1983-1987),Cannes(in 1987-1988)

Senior clubs-Cannes 1988-1992 (6 goal in 61 match), Bordeaux 1992-1996 (28 goal in 135 match),Juventus 1996-2001 (24 goal in 151 match),Real Madrid 2001-2006 (37 goal in 155 match)

National team-France 1994-2006 (31 goal in 108 match)

,,Zidane was born in Marseille on 23 June 1972 as the youngest of five children, and was raised in La Castellane, a government-sponsored housing project in the city's northern suburbs. In 1993, Zidane married Véronique Zidane.They have four sons: Enzo,Luca,Théo and Élyaz.

Zidane got his start in football at a young age when he joined the junior team of US Saint-Henri,At the age of 14, Zidane left Septemes and participated in the first year junior selection for the league championship, where Jean Varraud, AS Cannes' recruiter, took notice of him,He went to Cannes for what was intended to be a six-week stay, but remained at the club for four years to play with professionals.Zidane scored his first goal as a professional in1991 - 8 February.his first season with the club was marked by a qualification for the UEFA Cup.After this he spent four years with FC Girondins de Bordeaux, leading them to victory in the 1995 Intertoto Cup and to a 2nd place in the 1995/96 UEFA Cup tournament.In 1996, he was transferred to Italy's Juventus F.C. for a fee of £ 3 million.

At Juventus, Zidane was one of the top players and playmaker of Marcello Lippi's team, along with Didier Deschamps, Alessandro Del Piero, Angelo Di Livio, Ciro Ferrara and Edgar Davids. His team won two Serie A titles and reached UEFA Champions League finals consecutively, in 1997 and 1998, losing both. in 2001 he transfered to real madrid.The transfer fee was €66m, around £45.6m,highest in football history.He was playing in Real madrid with: Raúl, Luís Figo, Roberto Carlos, Ronaldo,David Beckham and other football stars....

On 7 May 2006, Zidane played his last home game for Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabéu stadium.The Real Madrid fans gave him a warm reception and kept cheering him throughout the game, The opposing team was Villarreal CF, and the game ended in a 3-3 draw, where he scored the second goal for Real Madrid,Zidane was given an ovation by spectators chanting "merci", which left him in tears.

He earned his first cap with the French national football team on 17 August 1994, coming on as a substitute in the 63rd minute of a friendly match against the Czech Republic. France was behind 0-2 when Zidane came on and scored two goals for a 2-2 draw.acquet rearranged the team and positioned Zidane as playmaker. Despite criticism from fans and pundits regarding the choice of players, France made it to the semi-finals of the Euro 1996, where the Czechs beat France on 6-5 on penalties (0-0 after extra time).Zidane was a member of the French national football team that won the 1998 FIFA World Cup.n the Euro 2000 tournament, Zidane helped his team reach the final with inspired play and important goals. He scored a direct free kick in the quarter-final against Spain and a golden goal penalty in the semi-final against Portugal.In the closing minutes of France's second match of the 2006 FIFA World Cup, against South Korea, Zidane received a yellow card for pushing a Korean defender, his second booking of the tournament. As a result, he was suspended from the third and final match of the group stage.On 9 July, Zidane played his second World Cup final—his final game—and scored in the 7th minute from the penalty spot with a chip shot that hit the crossbar before narrowly bouncing behind the goal line, and then bouncing out again. He became one of only four footballers to achieve the feat of scoring in two different World Cup finals, sharing the honour with Pelé, Paul Breitner, and Vavá.