Zinedine Zidane
Why Is He Famous?
Zinedine Zidane is considered by many to be the best soccer players ever. Thanks to Real Madrid, he is one of the most expensive, having transferred from Italian giant Juventus for $66 million US -- a record that still holds. He led France to a memorable World Cup in 1998 by scoring two goals in the final.
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"When we don't know what to do, we just give it to Zizou and he works something out." -former teammate Bixente Lizarazu, on Zidane's talent
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Biography
Zinedine Zidane (a.k.a. Zizou) was born June 23, 1972, in Marseille, France. Zidane got his start in football (known as soccer in North America) at an early age, when he joined the US Saint-Henri club.He moved on to Septemes Sports Olympiques after the coach convinced the director of the club to sign him. After leaving Septemes at the age of 14, Zidane participated in the first year junior selection for the league championship, the same year he was discovered.
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He was called in for 3 days at the sport regional center in Aix-en-Provence, where Jean Varraud, Cannes' recruiter, noticed the French/Algerian player. He ventured off to Cannes for what was intended to be a six-week stay, but remained even longer. Playing with professionals at the age of 16, it would only be a matter of time when he too would turn pro, and he knew he was on his way to realizing his dreams.
Showing the determination of an athlete who wants to exceed expectations, Zidane had played his first game in First Division at the age of 17, and it was from then that football went from an ambition to a passion. The Cannes midfielder scored his first goal on February 8th, 1991 (he received a Clio as a promise from the Cannes President, who promised him a car when he scored his first goal as a professional), and his first season with the club was marked by a qualification for the UEFA Cup.
Zidane's second season with Cannes wasn't as promising, but on the non-professional front he met his future wife Veronique, a Spanish dancer. After a lukewarm 91-92 season, Zidane felt it was time for a change and switched to Bordeaux after he was asked to sign a four-year contract. Marseille also wanted Zidane, but Bordeaux proved to want him more.
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His beginning with Bordeaux was hard on 24-year-old Zidane, as it forced him to adapt, but once he did, he did so with flying colors. Not only did Bordeaux qualify every year that Zidane played with the team, but Bordeaux also qualified for the UEFA Cup through Intertoto and went to the final in 95-96, Zidane's last year with the team.
At the same time, Juventus sought out Zidane, and after his four crucial seasons with Bordeaux, he moved to Torino. Again, Zidane was forced to adapt to the Italian way of playing as well as to the lifestyle, but after his first year, he was a bona fide star.
It was with Juventus that Zidane won titles, as Winner of the 1996 European Super Cup, the 1996 European/South American Cup, Winner of the 1997 League Super Cup, named 1997 and 1998 Italy Champion, and Finalist of the 1997 and 1998 Champions League.
His individual awards include the Golden Ball in 1998, and he was named Best Player of the Year by the FIFA in 1998 and 2000.
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In 2001, Zizou became the most expensive player in football history when Real Madrid acquired him for 46 million pounds (roughly $66 million USD). His tenure with the Spanish giants has done nothing but cement his reputation as one of the all-time greats of European football.
Zinedine and Veronique have two sons, Enzo (named after Enzo Francescoli) and Luca. In addition to promoting a slew of sports products, Zidane is also Christian Dior's first male model.
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Readers Comments: 115 Posts
Kudos to zizou.I like the way he usef to cordinate the field,the confidnt give to his teammates particularly henry and viera
Kudos to zizou.I like the way he usef to cordinate the field,the confidnt give to his teammates particularly henry and viera
u r the boss of soccer
zidane was phenomenal player and dribbler .yugoslav dragan dzajic in 70s was more elegant dribbler then zidane when are compare all clips of zidane and dzajic .we all can say your opion even great pele wanted to play last game for brazil against yugoslavia because of dragan dzajic
zizou the greatest ever after pele. the greatest player of your time. will name my sons after you
Truly the best player ever
man you are still the best i have ever.
wish you all the best.
the best player in the world who control the ball that nobody does the best architech of the game which we call football
I wish that Zizou would come out of retirement and schow this Kids that think that they are Stars.(.like Rooney and Christiano Rinaldo) he still is the best Player there is
love ya 4ever ..zz
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