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'm disappointed and happy at the same time that he's not here,
I have six months or one year left, that's true. I am closer to the end than the start. I want to make the most of my last moments as a football player and experience them at 100%. I know that otherwise after I retire I will regret all those times.
The England team must always be respected. They always fight to the end.
We are well aware of the task ahead of us in what will be a very difficult match but which we all dream of playing.
In France, everybody realized that God exists, and that he is back in the French international team. God is back, there is little left to say.
I am first of all from La Castellane and Marseille.
I have a need to play intensely every day, to fight every match hard.
Zidane is unique. The ball flows with him. He is more like a dancer than a football player.
Zidane is one of the greatest players in history, a truly magnificent player.
We were a family who had come from nothing and now we had respect from French people of all sorts.
There was huge pressure, especially before the big games. Not many people believed in us, but we believed in ourselves. We wanted to do something good and we did.
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.
The French team has given me so much and I want to help it. I told myself I did not have much time left in soccer, and I want to profit from it to the maximum.
Music was important. Football was the easy part.