| The full name | Zinedine Yazid Zidane | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | June 23, 1972 | ||
| Place of birth | Marseille, France | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position play | Attacking Midfield | ||
Zinedine Yazid Zidane (IPA: [ˌ zinedin Jazi Zidan ː d]; Arabic: زين الدين زيدان,Zainuddin Zidan was born June 23, 1972, age 39 years) are well known and popular with the call Zizou is a French footballer Algerian descent. His position is an attacking midfielder. Began his career as a player at the club AS Cannes, he later played in Bordeaux, Juventus and real madrid last. He retired from club football in 2006 and retired from the french national football team after the 2006 word cup . He also briefly
holds the record as the world's most expensive player when the transfer from Juventus to Real Madrid in the 2001-02 season with a value of 46 million pounds.
As a world-class footballer, Zidane had received his many accomplishments, including two Serie A titles with Juventus, the European Champions League titles and one league title with Real Madrid. Zidane also successfully led the French to be world champion and 1998 World Cup 2000 European Cup winners. Together with his friend Ronaldo, Zidane became a football player is capable of reaching the FIFA World Player of the Year title three times. He also won the Ballon d'Or in 1998.
Zidane was born in Marseille and raised in La Castellane. Although born in Marseille, Zidane has never played for Olympique de Marseille. Zidane Muslim religious parents, and they immigrated from Algeria to France in 1954.
Zidane's career began at age 14, son of Algerian immigrants is seen by a talent scout named Jean Varraud and then offered a place at the U.S. Academy of Cannes. Originally he was just getting a chance to survive in Cannes for six weeks, before finally making good talent Zidane is able to secure its first contract for four seasons. Zidane went on to play in the first professional level at age 17 in 1991. He then scored his first goal on February 8, 1991, which later earned him a prize from the automobile club president. Zidane then managed to take Cannes enter the UEFA Cup at the end of the 1991-92 season.
Zidane then transferred to Girondins de Bordeaux in the 1992-93 season, and then led the club won the Intertoto Cup and the 1995 season runner-up 1995-96 UEFA Cup. Colleagues in Bordeaux is Bixente Lizarazu and Christophe Dugarry, who later would become a powerful trio in the French national team at the 1998 World Cup.In the spring of 1995, Blackburn Rovers coach Ray Harford had offered a contract on Zidane and Dugarry, but Zidane refused an offer from English club.
In 2001 Zidane transferred from Italian club, Juventus FC Real Madrid to a contract for 4 years. Fee of € 66 million, making it be a football player with the most expensive transfer in the world. He scored a 2-1 victory against the German club, Bayer Leverkusen in the 2001-2002 Champions League Final at Hampden Park in Glasgow. The next year at the 2002 World Cup he only appeared once for injury-hit defense of France. In the tournament, the French did not managed to score one golpun and slumped in the bottom group in the first half that failed to qualify for next round.
2004 after the end of the 2004 European Cup, Zidane retired from international football, but when the French had difficulty to escape to the 2006 World Cup, Zidane announdced on August 2005 that he would return to play in national team. French finally escaped, but the new Zidane through an injury-filled seasons in Madrid, decided that he would step down after the World Cup ends.
On 25 April 2006, Zidane officially announced his decision to quit the club and national team football World Cupin France after 2006.
On May 7, 2006 Zizou played the last game as a host to Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium. Real Madrid players wearing special T-shirt marked "Zidane 2001 - 2006" written below the club logo. As might be expected, Real Madrid fans gave him a warm welcome and support throughout the game Zizou. This match against Villarreal CF and, unfortunately for Zidane, the best result obtained is the series 3-3 Real Madrid. Zidane scored the second goal for Real Madrid without a massive celebration. Zidane exchanged his T-shirt with Juan Roman Riquelme, Villarreal CF and Argentinian midfielder. At the end of the match, Real Madrid fans say goodbye to Zizou by giving it a long applause, which made him shed tears.
World Cup 2006
In the initial two games of World Cup 2006, he performed poorly and even had to miss three games due to yellow card accumulation. Zidane then showed again his best game in the later rounds, starting from the aborted match against Spain 3-1, then defeated Brazil 1-0, and then defeated Portugal 1-0. With the form of the game at that time, many are hoping that Zidane will hang with the beautiful shoes by beating Italy in the final game, but his career ended when he was bitter referee Horacio Elizondo red carded in the final result of butting Italian defender Marco Materazzi in the chest.Although his football career ends bitterly Zidane voted Footballer of the FIFA 2006 World Cup and the reporters covering the event to get 2012 points, the Italy captain Fabio Cannavaro in second place with 1977 points, and other Italians, Andrea Pirlo in the top three with 715 points. The reason he was chosen as the best player because it managed to display a charming appearance and showed good leadership in bringing the French strugglers in the group stage to the final round. France coach Domenech and the "Emperor" Beckenbauer defended FIFA's decision to continue to give the title even though Zizou considered doing such stupid acts against Materazzi. Materazzi may be saying the very words of the world's best offensive player three times so that made it into the emotions and finally complete this action.
According to BBC reports, Player of the election conducted at the break after the first round. BBC correspondent Gordon Farquhar, argues that "if we asked the reporters who have made the selection after the game ended - whether they would change his voice - perhaps they will."
Inspired a song called Headbutt Zinedine Zidane from ramming head into Marco Materazzi's chest in the 2006 World Cup finals to be the most popular songs in France. In two and a half weeks earlier, there are 80 000 downloaders song on the site.
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