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 very inspired by him-it was my father who taught us that an immigrant must work twice as hard as anybody else, that he must never give up.
Football boots are very technical and have lots of specific requirements.
Messi is the Mozart of football.
Every day I think about where I come from and I am still proud to be who I am: first, a Kabyle from La Castellane, then an Algerian from Marseille, and then a Frenchman.
It's hard to explain but I have a need to play intensely every day, to fight every match hard. And this desire never to stop fighting is something else I learnt in the place where I grew up.
I don't know if we are the best team in the world. I am lucky to be playing alongside some of the best players around. It's a dream.
You can't get bored of winning. You can win 10 games in a row but you keep the same will to snatch the 11th. You always need more.
Life is full of regrets, but it doesn't pay to look back.
Zidane was from another planet. When Zidane stepped onto the pitch, the 10 other guys just got suddenly better. It is that simple.
Nobody knows if Zidane is an angel or demon. He smiles like Saint Teresa and grimaces like a serial killer.
My toughest opponent? Scholes of Manchester. He is the complete midfielder.
You don't need a reason to help people.
I am proud of where I come from and I will never forget the people I grew up with.
Everything I have achieved in football is due to playing football in the streets with my friends