Zinedine Zidane

Zinedine Zidane (born 23 June 1972, nicknamed Zizou, Yaz and ZZ) is a French former football player. He played for four European clubs and the French national team. He played for Real Madrid from 1997 to 2002. His name is a predecessor to Zedan. 

Early life
Zidane was born in Marseille, France and is of Kabyle Berber descent.

Career
Zidane played for several famous football clubs, like Juventus of Italy and Real Madrid of Spain. He led France to win the 1998 FIFA World Cup and the 2000 European Football Championship. In 2002 he also won the UEFA Champions League for Real Madrid, which was the ninth championship for Real Madrid. Zidane was picked as the FIFA World Player of the Year three times. He led France to the 2006 World Cup final and was arguably the best player in the tournament. He is widely regarded to be one of the greatest players of his generation and of all time.

Retirement 
In 2006, Zidane announced that he would retire after the World Cup. Zidane was famous for headbutting Marco Materazzi in the chest during the 2006 FIFA World Cup final at the 110th minute of extra time and was sent off with a red card. France eventually lost 5-3 in penalties to Italy and got second place. This incident was widely known as the Zidane headbutt. There is even a sculpture of it in Doha, Qatar.

Career statistics
Club
+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionZidane, Zinedine Yazid Zidane , BDFutbolClubSeasonLeagueCupEuropeOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsCannes1988–89Division 12000——201989–90Division 10000——001990–91Division 128130——3111991–92Division 13153040—385Totals616604000716Bordeaux1992–93Division 1351041——39111993–94Division 13463062—4381994–95Division 13765141—4681995–96Division 133630156—5112Totals139281522590017939Juventus1996–97Serie A29520102304471997–98Serie A327511131049111998–99Serie A25250100104121999–2000Serie A3243160—4152000–01Serie A3362040—396Totals151241724155021431Real Madrid2001–02La Liga31792932051122002–03La Liga339101432050122003–04La Liga336711032052102004–05La Liga29610100—4062005–06La Liga2995040—389Total155372334796023049Career total5069561711723110695125

International
+ Appearances and goals by year and competitionTeamYearCompetitiveFriendlyTotalAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsFrance19941Appearance in the UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying0122219955Appearances in the UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying2106219965Appearances at UEFA Euro 19960711211997—818119988Five appearances and two goals in the 1998 FIFA World Cup, three appearances in the UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying27315519993Appearances in the UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying1306120005Appearances at UEFA Euro 20002821342001—828220024One appearance in the 2002 FIFA World Cup, three appearances in the UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying0519120034Appearances in the UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying3307320044Appearances at UEFA Euro 20043317420054Appearances in the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification1115220066Appearances in the 2006 FIFA World Cup340103Total4917591410831

Scores and results list France's goal tally first.
+Key Indicates goal was scored from a penalty kickIndicates won the matchIndicates the match ended in drawRefers to unofficial matches

+International goals scored by Zinedine Zidane  Cap Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1 1  17 August 1994  Stade Chaban-Delmas, Bordeaux, France    1–2  rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"   Friendly 2 2–2 3 6  6 September 1995  Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps, Auxerre, France    7–0  align=center   UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying 4 7  11 October 1995  Stadionul Steaua, Bucharest, Romania    3–1  align=center UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying 5 10  21 February 1996  Stade des Costières, Nîmes, France    3–1  align=center   Friendly 6 26  11 June 1997  Parc des Princes, Paris, France    1–0  align=center   1997 Tournoi de France 7 29  28 January 1998  Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France    1–0  align=center   Friendly 8 30  25 February 1998  Stade Vélodrome, Marseille, France    2–1  align=center Friendly 9 32  27 May 1998  Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca, Morocco    1–0  align=center   1998 King Hassan II Cup 10 39  12 July 1998  Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France    1–0  rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"   1998 FIFA World Cup  11 2–0 12 47  8 September 1999  Hrazdan Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia   2–1  align=center   UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying 13 50  23 February 2000  Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France    1–0  align=center   Friendly 14 53  4 June 2000  Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca, Morocco    1–0  align=center   2000 King Hassan II Cup 15 57  25 June 2000  Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges, Belgium    1–0  align=center   UEFA Euro 2000 16 58  28 June 2000  King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium    2–1  align=center UEFA Euro 2000 17 63  27 February 2001  Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France    1–0  align=center   Friendly 18 64  24 March 2001 Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France   1–0  align=center Friendly 19 72  27 March 2002 Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France   1–0  align=center Friendly 20 81  29 March 2003  Stade Bollaert-Delelis, Lens, Pas-de-Calais, France    4–0  rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"   UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying 21 6–0 22 82  2 April 2003  Stadio Renzo Barbera, Palermo, Italy    2–0  align=center UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying 23 89  6 June 2004  Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France    1–0  align=center   Friendly 24 90  13 June 2004  Estádio da Luz, Lisbon, Portugal    1–1  rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"   UEFA Euro 2004 25 2–1 26 92  21 June 2004  Estádio Cidade de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal    1–0  align=center UEFA Euro 2004 27 94  17 August 2005  Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier, France    2–0  align=center   Friendly 28 98  12 October 2005  Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France    1–0  align=center   2006 FIFA World Cup qualification 29 105  27 June 2006  Niedersachsenstadion, Hannover, Germany    3–1  align=center   2006 FIFA World Cup 30 107  5 July 2006  Allianz Arena, Munich, Germany    1–0  align=center 2006 FIFA World Cup 31 108  9 July 2006  Olympiastadion, Berlin, Germany	    1–0  align=center   2006 FIFA World Cup

Managerial statistics

+ Managerial record by team and tenureTeamFromToRecord Real Madrid Castilla 25 June 2014 4 January 2016 Real Madrid 4 January 2016 31 May 2018 11 March 2019 27 May 2021Career totals

Honours
Player
Bordeaux"French heir who became king" . FIFA.com. Retrieved 17 November 2013.
UEFA Intertoto Cup: 1995
UEFA Cup runner-up: 1995–96

Juventus
Serie A: 1996–97, 1997–98
Supercoppa Italiana: 1997
UEFA Super Cup: 1996
Intercontinental Cup: 1996
UEFA Intertoto Cup: 1999
UEFA Champions League runner-up: 1996–97, 1997–98

Real Madrid
La Liga: 2002–03
Supercopa de España: 2001, 2003
UEFA Champions League: 2001–02
UEFA Super Cup: 2002
Intercontinental Cup: 2002

France U16
 Syrenka Cup: 1987

France
FIFA World Cup: 1998; runner-up: 2006
UEFA European Championship: 2000

Individual

 French Division 1 Young Player of the Year: 1993–94
 French Division 1 Player of the Year: 1995–96
 Serie A Foreign Footballer of the Year: 1996–97, 2000–01
 Onze d'Argent: 1997, 2002, 2003
 FIFA XI: 1997, 1998, 2000, 2002
 ESM Team of the Year: 1997–98, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04
 UEFA Club Midfielder of the Year: 1998
 L'Équipe International Champion of Champions: 1998
 L'Équipe France Champion of Champions: 1998
 FIFA World Cup All-Star team: 1998, 2006
 World Soccer Awards Player of the Year: 1998
 France Football French Player of the Year: 1998, 2002
 Onze d'Or: 1998, 2000, 2001
 Ballon d'Or: 1998
 FIFA World Player of the Year: 1998, 2000, 2003
 El País European Player of the Year: 1998, 2001, 2002, 2003
 Onze de Bronze: 1999
 World Soccer's Selection of the 100 Greatest Footballers of the 20th century: 1999
 2nd French Player of the Century (France Football): 2000
 UEFA European Championship Player of the Tournament: 2000
 UEFA European Championship Team of the Tournament: 2000, 2004
 Serie A top assist provider: 2000–01
 Serie A Footballer of the Year: 2000–01
 UEFA Team of the Year: 2001, 2002, 2003
 Don Balón Award: 2001–02
 La Liga Best Foreign Player: 2001–02
 UEFA Club Footballer of the Year: 2002
 FIFA World Cup Dream Team: 2002
 FIFA 100: 2004
 UEFA Best European Player of the Past 50 Years: 2004
 FIFA FIFPro World XI: 2005, 2006
 IFFHS World's Best Playmaker: 2006
 FIFA World Cup Golden Ball: 2006
 UNFP Honorary Award: 2007
 AFS Top-100 Players of All Time #5:  2007
 Marca Leyenda Award: 2008
 Golden Foot Legends Award: 2008
 ESPN Team of the Decade: 2009
 ESPN Player of the Decade: 2009
 Fox Sports Player of the Decade: 2009
 Sports Illustrated Team of the Decade: 2009
 Sports Illustrated Player of the Decade: 2009
 Don Balón Team of the Decade: 2010
 Don Balón Player of the Decade: 2010
 Laureus Lifetime Achievement Award: 2011
 UEFA team of teams: 2011
 UEFA Champions League Best Player of the Past 20 Years: 2011
 Équipe type spéciale 20 ans des trophées UNFP: 2011
 Real Madrid Greatest XI of All Time: 2012
 World Soccer Greatest XI of All Time: 2013
 Real Madrid Hall of Fame: 2014
 UEFA Ultimate Team of the Year (substitute): 2015
 IFFHS Legends: 2016
 UEFA European Championship All-Time XI: 2016
 FourFourTwo's Selection of the 100 Greatest Footballers of All Time #8: 2017
 Juventus Greatest XI of All Time: 2017
 L'Équipe Best French Player of All Time: 2018
 Ballon d'Or Dream Team (Silver): 2020
 IFFHS All-time Men's B Dream Team: 2021
 IFFHS All-time Europe Men's Dream Team: 2021
 FourFourTwo's 100 best football players of all time #5: 2022
Italian Football Hall of Fame: 2022

Manager
Real Madrid
La Liga: 2016–17, 2019–20
Supercopa de España: 2017, 2019–20
UEFA Champions League: 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18
UEFA Super Cup: 2016, 2017
FIFA Club World Cup: 2016, 2017

Individual
 La Liga Manager of the Month: April 2016, May 2017
 UEFA La Liga Team Revelation of the Year: 2015–16
 UEFA Champions League Breakthrough XI: 2015–16"Our Champions League breakthrough team of 2016" . UEFA. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
 IFFHS World's Best Club Coach – Runner-up: 2016
 The Best FIFA Football Coach: 2017; Runner-up: 2016, 2018
 France Football French Manager of the Year: 2016, 2017
 Le Buteur Coach of the Year: 2016
 UEFA La Liga Team of the Season: 2016–17, 2019–20
 France Football UEFA Champions League Team of the Season: 2016–17
 Onze d'Or Coach of the Year: 2016–17, 2017–18, 2020–21
 ESPN Manager of the Year: 2017
 IFFHS World's Best Club Coach: 2017, 2018
 IFFHS Men's World Team: 2017
 RMC French Manager of the Year: 2017
 Globe Soccer Awards Best Coach of the Year: 2017
 World Soccer Magazine World Manager of the Year: 2017; Runner-up: 2018
France Football 22nd Greatest Manager of All Time: 2019
Sports Illustrated 34th Greatest Manager of All Time: 2019
Miguel Muñoz Trophy: 2019–20
L'Equipe's Best Club Coach: 2020
FourFourTwo's 36th Greatest Manager of All Time: 2020
 Globe Soccer Awards Coach of the Century 2001–2020 (Runners-up)
 IFFHS's 38th All Time World's Best Coach: 2021

Orders
Knight of the Legion of Honour: 1998
National Order of Merit: 2006
Officer of the Legion of Honour: 2008

Records
As a player
 The most expensive footballer in history: 2001–2009
 Most FIFA World Cup Final matches scored in: 2 matches (shared with Pelé, Vavá, Paul Breitner and Kylian Mbappé)
 Most red cards received in FIFA World Cup matches: 2 (shared with Rigobert Song)
 Midfielder with the most appearances in the ESM Team of the Season4 appearances between 1997–98 and 2003–04.
 One of the two players in history to be named player of the year in 3 of the Top 5 Leagues: Division 1 Player of the Year (1996), Serie A Footballer of the Year (2001), Don Balón Award (2002)
 Only player in history to win the World Cup and the European Championship while being named best player of both competitionsBest player of the Euro 2000 and Golden Ball award at the 2006 World Cup.
 Most Onze d'Or awards: 7 in total (shared with Cristiano Ronaldo)3 Onzes d'Or, 3 Onzes d'Argent and 1 Onze de Bronze.
 Most FIFA World Player of the Year awards: 6 in total3 FIFA World Player of the Year awards, 1 FIFA World Player of the Year Silver award and 2 FIFA World Player of the Year Bronze awards.

As a manager
 Best winning streak in the history of La Liga: 16 games (shared with Pep Guardiola)
 Most consecutive away wins in the history of La Liga: 13 games
 Manager with the lowest number of defeats after 100 games (in Spanish football): 8 losses
 Manager with most trophies after 100 games (in Spanish football): 7 titles
 Longest unbeaten run in Real Madrid history: 40 games
 Longest unbeaten run in Spanish football: 40 games
 First French manager, except the French-Argentinian Helenio Herrera, to win UEFA Champions League: 2015–16
 Longest scoring run (all major competitions) in European football: 73 games
 Only manager in history to win two consecutive UEFA Champions League trophies in its modern format: 2015–16, 2016–17
Only manager to win three consecutive European Cup/UEFA Champions League finals: 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18
 Only manager in Real Madrid history to win four trophies in one season
 Only manager in Real Madrid history to win the UEFA Super Cup twice
 First manager to win two consecutive UEFA Super Cup titles since Arrigo Sacchi
 Quickest manager in the history of the Top 5 Leagues to win 7 titles with a single club: 19 months
 Quickest manager in the history of the Top 5 Leagues to win 8 titles with a single club: 23 months
 Quickest manager in history to be named FIFA Football Coach of the Year: 653 days
 Most The Best FIFA Football Coach awards: 3 in total1 The Best FIFA Football Coach award and 2 The Best FIFA Football Coach Silver awards.
 Only person in history to win the Onze d'Or award as a player and as a manager3 Onze d'Or awards as a player (1998, 2000, 2001) and 1 Onze d'Or award as a manager (2017).
 Only person in history to win FIFA's Player of the Year award and Coach of the Year award
 Only person in history to win the IFFHS award as the best playmaker and as a manager
 Only person in history to win the FIFA Club World Cup trophy successively as a manager
 Only manager in Real Madrid history to win five trophies in a calendar year
 Only person in history to win the FIFA Club World Cup/Intercontinental Cup twice as a player and twice as a manager
 Only person in history to be named French Player of the Year twice and French Manager of the Year twice2 French Player of the Year awards (1998, 2002) and 2 French Manager of the Year awards (2016, 2017)
 Highest score for a manager winning the IFFHS World's Best Club Coach award: 326 points
 First manager to reach three consecutive UEFA Champions League finals since Marcello Lippi: 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18

References

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