Zinedine Zidane

   (Marseille, 1972), French football player , world and European champion with France team , considered one of the best players in the world . Zizou , nickname by which he is known, possessed some outstanding football skills and a track record that does not need any title , as well as win it all for France , Zidane won in the category of clubs, be league champions , the European Supercup and the Intercontinental Cup. Within the field , Zinedine Zidane was an attacking midfielder who liked cope with freedom to organize your team's offense ; exquisite technical quality, a powerful physique and a privileged view of play made ​​him a creative, unpredictable and enormous resources footballer could dribble , dribble, make walls , throw or break a great passing defense speed ; Additional accuracy in shooting , which ran with both legs , made ​​him a constant threat to opposing goalkeepers, who feared his pitches especially from free kicks .

Born into a family of Algerian immigrants, from very young Zinedine Zidane practiced several sports , including judo, but did not have a long time before that football happen to occupy most of his spare time and became in his greatest passion ; then dreamed of emulating his greatest idol , the great Uruguayan Enzo Francescoli a fine playmaker who was the star of the team of Marseille , Olympique. After playing in several local teams , in 1986 the young Zinedine was hired by the Cannes, one of whose leaders , Jean Claude Elineau , welcomed him home. His shy nature and apparent coldness that characterize it were no impediment to soon begin to develop the fields around the soccer potential in him training.In May 1989 , a month before his seventeenth birthday , Zinedine Zidane made ​​his debut in First Division with Cannes. In the 1990/1991 season he scored his first goal in the top flight and the next he became a regular , playing over thirty matches and reaching a total of five goals.

In 1992 he left the Cannes to signing for Bordeaux , one of the biggest clubs in France, and which in its first year it became one of its pillars : played 35 matches and scored ten goals , although never been known for being a great scorer .His outstanding performances led him to debut with the national team in August 1994 in a match against the Czech Republic ; by then, the Les Bleus went through times of hardship sport ( had been absent in the last two World Championships ) but a new generation

of players , among which also included his teammates in Bordeaux, Christoph Dugarry and Bixente Lizarazu , contributed to a revival which resulted in a good showing at Euro 1996. The magnificent impression made on that date, along with a stellar season in the Girondins , led to Zinedine Zidane to sign in the summer of 1996 by Juventus , one of the most prestigious teams in Europe.
In the demanding and competitive Italian football, known calcium, faced the toughest challenge of his career , more if it is due to the indelible memory in the Turin club had left in the eighties compatriot Michel Platini . However , despite the inevitable ups and downs and some injuries , Zidane was crowned one of the best European players.

Along the Italian Alessandro Del Piero , Zinedine Zidane formed a formidable tandem attack that led to the conquest Juventus to two league championships in 1997 and 1998 , the European Supercup and the Intercontinental Cup in 1996 , and play two consecutive late Champions League (formerly European Cup ), but both times settled with defeat: in 1997 , against Borussia Dortmund, and in 1998 against Real Madrid.
 In June 1998 , Zidane was instrumental to the World Cup in France who played hostess adjudicase , driving brilliantly attacking play , and above all , scoring the first two goals in the final against Brazil , a success that they joined their excellent career with Juventus , made him deserving this year 's prestigious Golden Ball His last two seasons in Italy were not as bright as the previous ones, in part because of ferrous labels to often be subjected and by the irregularity shown by his team. At Euro 2000, one of the highlights of his career, he left his immense class samples in every game and scored a decisive penalty goal in the semifinal

against Portugal. Thereafter , successfully accomplished his time in Italy, began to emerge speculation about his possible transfer to another big European club , often denied , but finally came true in the summer of 2001 with his billionaire signing - over 12,000 million pesetas by Real Madrid, decision that held sway his marriage to a Spanish , Veronica .In historical white club Zinedine Zidane became reinforce a template that already had the likes of Luis Figo , Raul Gonzalez and Roberto Carlos , and which expanded its already extensive record after conquering the only major title that still possessed : European Cup (2002 ) . In 2003 he won the Madrid team 's Spanish league. However, the title drought plunged the subsequent seasons Real Madrid in a time of crisis in which the same Zidane and other galactic players were

questioned . Zidane retired from professional football at the end of the World Cup (2006 ) , which was named best player despite being sent off in the final.