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Zinedine Yazid Zidane (French: Zinédine Yazid Zidane; [4] Kabyle: Zineddin Lyazid Zidan; Arabic: زين الدين يزيد زيدان; born 23 June 1972), popularly known as Zizou, is a French professional football manager and former player who played as an attacking midfielder.
The former player was given the captaincy first, but handed it over to Zidane when he returned to the team in 2005. [23] [24] Zidane subsequently wore the armband at the 2006 FIFA World Cup and became the first French captain and just the fourth player in association football history to be sent off in a World Cup final match.
Zidane, A 21st Century Portrait (French: Zidane, un portrait du 21e siècle) is a 2006 French documentary film focusing on the playing style of the French football player Zinedine Zidane. Overview [ edit ]
The 1998 Ballon d'Or, given to the best football player in Europe as judged by a panel of sports journalists from UEFA member countries, was awarded to Zinedine Zidane on 22 December 1998. [ 1 ] Rankings
Raúl is the player with the most appearances, with 741 matches, while more than 100 players have played only one match. In terms of minutes played, Iker Casillas has the most with 64,920 minutes, while the player with the fewest minutes is Pedro Mosquera, who played just one minute. Alongside Spain, players from 44 different nationalities have ...
An earlier Petit corner kick had set up Zinedine Zidane's header for France's first goal. [19] Petit was also part of the 2002 World Cup squad, though France failed to advance past the group stages and failed to score a single goal in three matches during their defence of the trophy. [20] Petit retired from international football in September ...
Zinedine Zidane and David Beckham with Real Madrid in 2003. Both are examples of the Galácticos policy.. Galácticos (Spanish for galactics, referring to superstars) are expensive, world-famous football players recruited during the "galácticos" policy pursued by Florentino Pérez during his presidency at Real Madrid, where in his first tenure between 2000 and 2006, he purchased at least one ...
As of December 2021, his son Favio was playing as a defensive midfielder for the under-19 team of Peñarol, Nacional's rivals; [16] as of June 2020, his middle child Martina was a field hockey player. [11] His cousin Jairo (born 2001) also played for Peñarol. [17] In 2013, O'Neill wrote an autobiography, Hasta la última gota (Until the Last ...