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
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.
I think we have the team to go very far at the European championships. Now we just have to be ready on time.
If we are at 150 percent on D-Day, I don't see which country could trouble us apart from Brazil, obviously, because they are the only fearsome team as they have always been.
I came out of retirement not just to help qualification but also because this team has the players who can do something.
The England team must always be respected. They always fight to the end.
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 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.
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.
It was an exceptional game, like we had in 2000 with Portugal and Italy, ... In these two matches we managed to reverse the trend, and we did it again.
think -- and I stress my words -- about the consequences of voting for a party that does not at all correspond to the values of France.
Before it was hard to talk about certain things, especially if, like me, you came from a difficult area or an immigrant background.
The sooner we find the net the better. We know that we must slot a fair number of goals to compensate for a possible away victory by the Swiss.