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Zinedine Zidane

French football player and manager (born 1972)

"Zidane" and "Zizou" redirect here. For other people, see Zidane (name) and Zizou (name).

Zinedine Yazid Zidane (French: Zinédine Yazid Zidane;^[4]Kabyle: Zineddin Lyazid Zidan; Arabic: زين الدين يزيد زيدان; born 23 June 1972), popularly known as Zizou, is a French professional football manager and former player who played as an attacking midfielder. He most recently coached La Liga club Real Madrid and is one of the most successful coaches in the world. Widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time, Zidane was a playmaker renowned for his elegance, vision, passing, and ball control. He received many individual accolades as a player, including being named FIFA World Player of the Year in 1998, 2000 and 2003, and winning the 1998 Ballon d'Or.

Zidane started his career at Cannes, before establishing himself as one of the best players in the French Ligue 1 at Bordeaux. In 1996, he moved to Italian club Juventus, where he won several trophies, including two Serie A titles. He moved to R

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The waif-like figure seemed to float across the ground, his toes barely kissing the lush green turf beneath his feet. An imperceptible external distraction had caused him to change direction. It was a cue that went unnoticed by mere mortals but resulted in the man in white receiving the ball in a seemingly unnatural and unbalanced position. Yet, in the blink of an eye, the slender limbs had unfurled and were accelerating away, leaving three Danish players momentarily frozen in time.

The official FIFA film of the 1986 World Cup in Mexico plays a segment where the camera focuses solely on the Uruguay number 10. Michael Caine’s dulcet tones try to describe the movement and profile of the player, but if you watch the footage without any sound, dressed head to toe in white, the ethereal being’s movements are akin to those of a prima ballerina. His movement during this piece of film is so graceful yet powerful, so quick yet thoughtful, so controlled yet spontaneous.

The 1986 World Cup arguably possessed the greatest collection of fantasistis – players who wore the number 10 shir

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The Prince of Uruguay, how Zinedine Zidane idolised his mercurial ways and his son slept in his shirt

WHEN SCOTLAND FACED Uruguay in the 1986 World Cup in Mexico, they had to win to get out of the group.

Instead, with Sir Alex Ferguson in charge, they were held to a 0-0 draw in what was a ferocious, violent clash.

The South Americans were reduced to 10 men after just 56 seconds after Jose Batista’s awful challenge on Gordon Strachan. It set the tone for the remainder of the game – a bitter, contentious affair with the Uruguayan players experts in the dark arts.

There was much to complain about in the aftermath – and rightly so. Ferguson bore the brunt of the criticism after he decided to drop the 33-year-old Graeme Souness, who had been struggling in the intense heat.

But, according to Craig Brown – who was part of Ferguson’s back-room team – there was another reason why Scotland were heading home early.

“A player who gave the greatest individual performance I’ve ever seen,” is how he described Enzo Francescoli.

He played our entire back four on his own.”

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