Nickname: Zizou
Birth: Marseille, France, June 23, 1972
Position: Attacking Midfielder
Professional Career:
AS Cannes, 6 goals from 65 times a game (1988-1992)
Girondins Bordeaux, 32 goals from 157 times a game, (1992-1996)
Juventus FC, 29 goals from 190 times a game (1996-2001)
Real Madrid, 46 goals from 202 times a game (2001-2006)
French National Team, 31 goals from 108 times a game, (1994-2006)
Awards:
European Player (1998)
World Player (1998, 2000, and 2003)
Player of the World Cup (2006)
BIOGRAPHY Zinedine Zidane
Zinedine Yazid Zidane (born in Marseille, France, June 23, 1972), nicknamed Zizou is a French footballer Algerian descent. His position was an attacking midfielder. He began his career as a player at the club AS Cannes and then played at Girondins Bordeaux, Juventus and Real Madrid last. He retired from club football in 2006 and retired from the France national football team after the 2006 World Cup.
After the appearance of Zidane in the 1998 World Cup and the European Cup in 2000, not least the football public who regard it as the best player in the world. Advantages and doing dribbling skills and ball control, making it harder for an opponent to steal the ball from him.
Zidane had four children, his marriage with Véronique Zidane (born Lentisco), a former dancer, French and Spanish models.
Zidane was born in Marseille and raised in La Castellane. Although born in Marseille, Zidane has never played for Olympique de Marseille. Zizou career began at the age of 14 years, Algerian immigrant children's talent was discovered by a talent scout and a place in the academy of AS Cannes. While in the French league, Zizou played for AS Cannes and Girondins Bordeaux, before being bought by Juventus for £ 3 million.
In 2001, Zidane transferred from Italian club Juventus FC to Real Madrid for a contract for 4 years with a transfer fee of € 66 million, making it a football player with the most expensive transfer in the world. He scored a 2-1 victory against German club Bayer Leverkusen in the 2001-2002 Champions League Final at Hampden Park in Glasgow.
In 2004 after Euro 2004 ends, Zidane decided to retire from international football, but when the French find it difficult to escape the 2006 World Cup, Zidane announced in August 2005 that he would return to play in the national team and decided that he would step down after 2006 World Cup ended. On 25 April 2006, Zizou officially announced his decision to quit the club and the French national football team after the 2006 World Cup.
On May 7, 2006 Zizou played the last game as host to Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium. Real Madrid players wore T-shirts that read "Zidane 2001-2006" written below the club logo. This match against Villarreal CF 3-3 draw with the final result.
At the beginning of the two 2006 World Cup matches, he performed poorly and even had to miss the third match due to yellow card accumulation. Zidane then showed his best in the next round. However, Zidane's career had ended badly when he was red-carded by referee Horacio Elizondo in the finals of the World Cup due to butting Italian defender Marco Materazzi in the chest.
Zidane was chosen as the best player of FIFA World Cup 2006 and the reporters covering the event to get 2012 points, Italy captain Fabio Cannavaro in second place with 1977 points and another Italian, Andrea Pirlo in the top three with 715 points. The reason he was chosen to be the best player because it successfully displays a charming appearance and showed good leadership in bringing France to the final round.
Degree that has been give to the French Zidane and his club over the years, among others: the World Cup (1998), European Cup (2000), Champions League (2001/2002), Toyota Cup (1996 and 2002), Serie A (1996/1997 and 1997/1998), La Liga (2002/2003), and the World Cup Runner Up (2006)
Zidane ever elected three times World Player (1998, 2000, 2003) and once a European Player (1998), as well as the Player of the World Cup (2006).
