Zinedine Zidane is a famous French footballer who, after finishing a successful sports career, became an excellent coach. What is interesting about his biography and personal life?
Biography of Zidane
The future footballer was born on June 23, 1972 in the French city of Marseille. Shortly before this, his family moved from Algeria to a new permanent residence. Therefore, Zidane still has dual citizenship and does not forget his historical homeland.
From childhood, Zinedine showed an unprecedented craving for sports. He was fond of judo, skateboard. In the family, Zidane was already the fifth child and the parents could not afford to devote much time to raising children. For this reason, they were independent from birth. This helped a lot for Zidane in the future, when he got the opportunity to play for various clubs in Europe.
Zinedin took his first steps in football on the courtyard. He was distinguished by a special technique of working with the ball at a high height. This could not pass by the football specialists. At the age of 10, he receives a special license to play for professional youth teams.
Zidane spends several seasons as part of the Saint-Henri team. Then he was noticed by the leaders of French football and assigned to one of their institutes, which is located in the resort town of Cannes. It was there that Zinedine made his debut in big football. He successfully plays for the local team Caen and is invited to Bordeaux. Then it was one of the best collectives in the country.
Thanks to Zidane, Bordeaux is already in fourth place in the first season. And the footballer himself becomes the team's top scorer. This allows the club to take part in the UEFA Cup, where the 20-year-old shines in all his glory.
The Italian Juventus laid eyes on him, and in 1996 Zidane moved to this club for 3 million euros. For five years of performances in this team, Zinedine not only won several times in the Italian Championship, but also became the best football player in the world in 1998.
In 2001, Zidane moves to Real Madrid and becomes the new leader of the Galacticos. Thanks to his inspired performance, Real Madrid win the Champions League, and the Frenchman is once again recognized as the best player in the world. Zinedine also spends five years in Madrid and announces the end of his career.
In addition to his club career, Zidane successfully played for the French national team. As part of it, he became the world champion and European champion, and also participated in another famous final of the world championship in 2006. It was the famous blow by Materazzi Zidane and the subsequent removal that prevented the French from becoming two-time world champions. After this incident, the great Frenchman ended his football career.
Zidane - coach
But he did not stay out of work for long. After resting for several seasons, Zidane headed the youth team of Real Madrid. He passed on all his knowledge to the pupils. This allowed the youth teams to show good results. And Zinedine was appointed assistant head coach of the Royal Club, Carlo Ancelotti. And after a couple of seasons after receiving the necessary license, Zidane became the head coach of Real Madrid. Under his leadership, the club set a record and won three consecutive Champions League victories. At the end of the 2018 season, Zinedine announced his departure from the team. Now he decided to rest a little and gain strength for new achievements.
The personal life of a football player
Zidane met his future wife Veronique Lentisco-Fernandez back in 1989. They got married five years later. During this time, they had four sons, who also continued the football dynasty and are engaged in this sport.
