Zinedine Zidane
Zinedine Zidane
Zinedine Yazid Zidane, born 23 June 1972), nicknamed "Zizou", is a French retired footballer and current manager of Real Madrid. He played as an attacking midfielder for the France national team, Cannes, Bordeaux, Juventus and Real Madrid. Renowned for his elegance, vision, ball control and technique, Zidane was named the best European footballer of the past 50 years in the UEFA Golden Jubilee Poll. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of the game...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionSoccer Player
Date of Birth23 June 1972
CityMarseille, France
CountryFrance
I have won many awards and I am very happy about this, but I am not the best player in the world.
There are evil people, and I don't even want to hear those guys speak.
I am proud of where I come from and never forget the people I grew up with. Wherever I go, La Castellane is where I want to go back to.
I think Marseille is probably a place like Liverpool, very vibrant and very tough.
It was my father who taught us that an immigrant must work twice as hard as anybody else, that he must never give up.
Yes, I will play the World Cup (if we qualify).
I think we have the team to go very far at the European championships. Now we just have to be ready on time.
It is now for us to put that into practice.
We looked better in the second half (against England) when Thierry was moving out to the wing more,
Marseille cannot have any regrets about this match,
I still have six months or maybe a year (left). At the best I have a year and a half. I'm closer to the end than the beginning.
We had a long discussion. I have always said the French team is the most important thing that has happened to me. I thought deeply about it and I want to play for France again.
I would not have come back otherwise. I did not only do it so we would qualify but because this team has the players who are capable of achieving something.
We have two matches ahead of us. You have to be honest, if you can't beat the Faeroe Islands then there is a problem.