Zinedine Yazid Zidane (born 23 June 1972).Who is a French former footballer. He played as an attacking midfielder for the French national football team, Real Madrid, Juventus and Bordeaux. Zinedine Zidane was named best European footballer of the past 50 years by The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). Many football experts and commentators consider him as a great football player in the history of the game. In his professional club career he scored 95 goals in 506 appearances. And for national team Zidane scored 31 goals in 108 appearances.
Zinedine Zidane exceeded his Youth career in Cannes. He made his professional debut with Cannes at the age of sixteen in a Ligue 1 match on 18 May,1989 against Nantes. He scored his first goal for the club also against Nantes on 8 February 1991. After the match during a party for all the Cannes football players, Zinedine Zidane was gifted a beautiful car by Cannes chairman Pedretti, who had promised him one the day he scored his first goal for Cannes. He scored 6 goals in 61 appearances for Cannes.
In the 1992–93 season, Zidane was transferred to Girondins de Bordeaux from Cannes. He scored 28 goals in 139 appearances for Girondins de Bordeaux. In 1996, Zinedine Zidane moved to UEFA League winners Juventus for a fee of £3.2 million. And won two Serie A league championships and an Intercontinental Cup with Juventus. Zidane scored 24 goals in 151 appearances for Juventus. In 2001, he joined Real Madrid Fc for a then world record fee of €75 million. The next season, Zinedine Zidane helped Real Madrid to win the 2002–03 La Liga and was named the FIFA World Player of the Year for the third time in his football career. On 7 May 2006, Zidane, who had announced his plans to retire after the 2006 football World Cup, played his last home match with Villarreal. He scored 37 goals in 155 appearances for Real Madrid. In April 2013, Zidane was named by Marca as a member of the "Best foreign eleven in Real Madrid's history".
On 17 August 1994, Zinedine Zidane earned his first cap with France as a substitute in a friendly match against the Czech Republic. The 1998 FIFA World Cup was the first World Cup that Zinedine Zidane participated in. Which was held in his home country France.In that World cup Zidane helps his country to win first ever World Cup by scoring two identical goals against defending champions and favourites Brazil at the Stade de France in the 1998 FIFA World Cup Final.
In 2006 World Cup, France reached in final.In Which match Zidane was sent off in the 110th minute of the game after headbutting Materazzi in the chest. For this reason Zidane did not participate in the penalty shootout which Italy won 5–3. Zinedine Zidane currently holds the post of Real Madrid assistant coach.
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