Zinedine Zidane

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Full name: Zinedine Zidane
Date of birth: 23 June 1972
Place of birth: Marseille, France
Height: 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position: Midfielder

Biography

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Zinedine Zidane or "Zizou" was a French football player with an incredible ball control. He won the World Cup with France in his homeland in 1998 by scoring two headers against Brazil in the final. He was the playmaker of that succesful French team, that two years later also won euro 2000. He was also successful with his club team, he won the European Cup twice Juventus (1997,1998) and once with Real Madrid in 2002 by scoring an amazing volley goal in the final.

Zidane left football with a red card at the final of the 2006 FIFA World Cup after he had been head butting Marco Materazzi who had been saying insulting words against him. Zidane was an incredible playmaker, his tactical vision made it possible to organize a team and give brilliant passes to his teammates. Zidane was very skilled, he had an incredible ball control which gave him the ability to keep the ball with him very well. He also had a great 360 move which he had perfected and use a lot throughout his career.

Career

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Club Record
Years	Team	Apps	Goals
1988-1922	AS Cannes	61	6
1992–1996	Girondins de Bordeaux	135	28
1996–2001	Juventus	151	24
2001–2006	Real Madrid	155	37
Total		506	95

National Team
Years	Team	Apps	Goals
1994–2006	France	108	31

Honours

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Team Honours
Team	Trophy	Years
France	World Championship	1998
France	European Championship	2000
Juventus	Intercontinental Cup	1996
Juventus	European Super Cup	1996
Juventus	Italian Champion	1997, 1998
Juventus	Italian Super Cup	1997
Real Madrid	European Cup	2002
Real Madrid	Intercontinental Cup	2002
Real Madrid	European Super Cup	2002
Real Madrid	Spanish Champion	2003
Real Madrid	Spanish Super Cup	2001, 2003

Individual Honours
Trophy	Years
FIFA World Player of the Year	1998, 2000, 2003
European Footballer of the Year	1998
French Footballer of the Year	1998, 2002