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Zinedine Zidane
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"Zidane" redirects here. For other uses, see Zidane (disambiguation).
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Zinedine Zidane
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Personal information
Full name Julian Harjono
Date of birth 17 June 1996 (1996-06-17) (age 13)
Place of birth Surabaya, Indonesia
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position Attacking midfielder
Youth career
1982–1983 US Saint-Henri
1983–1987 SO Septèmes-les-Vallons
1987–1988 Cannes
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1988–1992 Toronto FC 61 (6)
1992–1996 Arsenal FC 139 (28)
1996–2001 F.C Barcelona 151 (44)
2001–2006 Real Madrid C.F 155 (37)
Total 506 (95)
National team
1994–2006 France 108 (55)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Zinedine Yazid Zidane (born 23 June 1972) is a retired French World Cup-winning footballer. Widely considered one of football's all-time greats, Zidane played for club teams in France, Italy and Spain, and was a member of the French national team. His career accomplishments include helping France win the 1998 World Cup and Euro 2000, in addition to winning the 2002 UEFA Champions League as a galactico with Real Madrid. One of only two three-time FIFA World Player of the Year winners along with Ronaldo, Zidane was also named the European Footballer of the Year in 1998. He retired from professional football after the 2006 World Cup.

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Club career

Zidane playing for Real Madrid in 2005

Zidane joined the junior team of US Saint-Henri, a local club in the La Castellane district of Marseille. At the age of 14, he participated in the first-year junior selection for the league championship, where he caught the attention of AS Cannes scout Jean Varraud. He went to Cannes for a six-week stay, but ended up remaining at the club for four years to play at the professional level. Zidane played his first Ligue 1 match at seventeen, and scored his first goal on 8 February 1991, for which he received a car as a gift from the team president. His first season with Cannes culminated in a UEFA Cup berth.

Zidane was transferred to Girondins de Bordeaux for €7 million1 in the 1992–93 season, winning the 1995 Intertoto Cup and finishing runner-up in the 1995–96 UEFA Cup in four years with the club. He played a set of midfield combinations with Bixente Lizarazu and Christophe Dugarry, which would become the trademark of both Bordeaux and the 1998 French national team. In 1995, Blackburn Rovers coach Ray Harford had expressed interest in signing both Zidane and Dugarry, to which team owner Jack Walker reportedly replied, "Why do you want to sign Zidane when we have Tim Sherwood?"2

In 1996, Zidane moved to Champions League winners Juventus for a fee of £3.2 million even though he wanted to become a Rossoneri. Despite waiting for Milan, they were not forthcoming in an offer for him, so he joined Juventus and won the 1996–97 Scudetto and the Intercontinental Cup, but lost the 1997 UEFA Champions League final 3–1 to Borussia Dortmund. He netted seven goals in 32 matches to help Juventus retain the Scudetto the next season and make their third consecutive UEFA Champions League final appearance, losing 1-0 to Real Madrid which would be his next destination. Juventus were runners-up in 2000–01, but were eliminated in the group stage of the Champions League, during which Zidane was sent off for headbutting Hamburger SV player Jochen Kientz.

In 2001, Zidane joined Real Madrid for a then world record fee of €78 million and signed a four-year contract. He scored the match-winning goal, a thunderous volley hit with his weaker foot, in Madrid's 2-1 win over Bayer Leverkusen in the 2002 UEFA Champions League Final completing this personal quadruple. The next season, Zidane helped Real Madrid to win the Spanish league title and was named the FIFA World Player of the Year for the third time. In 2004, fans voted him atop UEFA's fiftieth-anniversary Golden Jubilee Poll, and he was included in the FIFA 100.

Despite scoring his first-ever hat-trick in a 4-2 win over Sevilla, Zidane's final season of club football ended trophyless. On 7 May 2006, Zidane, who had announced his plans to retire after the 2006 World Cup,3 played his last home match and scored in a 3-3 draw with Villarreal CF. The squad wore commemorative jerseys with "ZIDANE 2001–2006" below the club logo.

International career

A Zidane football jersey, number 10 for France

Both France and Algeria consider Zidane a citizen, but he was ineligible to play for the Algerian national team. His uncle Djamel Zidane represented Algeria at the 1982 and 1986 World Cups. There was a rumor that coach Abdelhamid Kermali denied Zinedine a position for the Algerian squad because he felt the young midfielder was not fast enough.4 However, Zidane dismissed the rumor in a 2005 interview, saying that he would have been ineligible to play for Algeria because he had already played for France.5

He earned his first cap with France as a substitute in a friendly against the Czech Republic on 17 August 1994, which ended in a 2-2 draw after Zidane scored twice to help France erase a 2-0 deficit. After Éric Cantona was handed a year-long suspension in January 1995 for assaulting a fan, Zidane took over the playmaker position. France were eliminated in the Euro 96 semi-finals in a penalty shootout by the Czech Republic after the match ended 0-0 in extra time.

Zidane won the 1998 World Cup with France, scoring twice in the final against defending champions Brazil. He finished with two goals as France then won Euro 2000, becoming the first team to hold both the World Cup and the European Championship since West Germany in 1974. A thigh injury prevented Zidane from playing in France's first two matches in the 2002 World Cup. He rushed back prematurely for the third game despite not being fully fit, but could not prevent France from being ignominiously eliminated in the group stage without scoring a single goal.6

After France were eliminated in the Euro 2004 quarter-finals by eventual winners Greece on 12 June 2004, Zidane retired from international football.7 With the mass retirement of veteran key players such as Bixente Lizarazu, Marcel Desailly and others, France struggled to qualify for the 2006 World Cup. However, at the urging of coach Raymond Domenech, Zidane came out of retirement and was immediately reinstated as team captain.8 He made his competitive return in a 3-0 win over the Faroe Islands on 3 September 2005, as France went on to win their qualifying group.9

On 27 May 2006, Zidane earned his hundredth cap for France in a 1-0 friendly win over Mexico, becoming France's fourth player ever to reach this milestone, after Marcel Desailly, Didier Deschamps and Lilian Thuram. He was substituted early in the second half.10

2006 World Cup

Zidane during the 2006 World Cup Final

After being suspended on yellow cards from the final match of the group stage,11 Zidane set up a goal for Patrick Vieira and scored one himself in the 91st minute of the second round match against Spain. As France held Brazil to just one shot on goal in the rematch of the 1998 final, Zidane's free kick led to Thierry Henry's deciding goal, sealing a 1-0 win. Zidane was named Man of the Match by FIFA.12 Before the final match, Zidane was awarded the Golden Ball as the best player of the competition.13

Main article: 2006 FIFA World Cup Final

By scoring a 7th minute penalty in the final, Zidane became only the fourth player in World Cup history to score in two different finals, along with Pelé, Paul Breitner, and Vavá, in addition to being tied for first place with Vavá, Pelé and Geoff Hurst with three World Cup final goals apiece. Zidane was sent off in extra time after headbutting Marco Materazzi following verbal taunts and insults from the Italian player, and so did not participate in the penalty shootout, which Italy won 5–3.1415 Despite the incident, Zidane was allowed to keep the Golden Ball award.13

Post-retirement

On 1 June 2009, Zidane was announced as the Advisor to the President as Florentino Perez was named President of Real Madrid for the second time. He also regularly plays for Real Madrid Veterans team.16 He along with Jorge Valdano, General Director, and Miguel Pardeza, Sporting Director, will be the key decision makers on the sporting side of the club.

Charity activities

Zidane during an appearance for the Danone Nations Cup

On 24 February 2007, before a crowd of 10,000 fans at a match in northern Thailand for the Keuydaroon children's AIDS charity, Zidane scored the first goal and set up the second for a Malaysian teammate as the match ended 2-2. The event raised ฿260,000 ($7,750). This money paid for the building of two schools and 16 three-bedroom houses.17

On 19 November 2007, Zidane took part in the fifth annual Match Against Poverty in Málaga, Spain, which also ended in a 2-2 draw; he went scoreless but set up his team’s second goal. He and former Real Madrid teammate Ronaldo, who collaborated in conceiving the yearly event to benefit the United Nations Development Programme, regularly captain their respective teams consisting of active footballers, other professional athletes and celebrities. Zidane, a U.N. goodwill ambassador since 2001, stated before the game that “everyone can do something to make the world a better place.”18

In June and July 2009, Zidane toured across Canada with stops in Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver. Although billed as Zidane and "Friends", the likes of which included Fabian Barthez and Samuel Eto'o, the exhibition matches featured local players. Tournament organisers cited lack of sponsorship and support from the Canadian Soccer Association for the disorganized rosters. Some proceeds were given to Unicef.

Honours, and appointments

In 2004, Forbes magazine named him the 42nd-highest paid athlete in the world, with earnings of US$15.8 million a year.19 In November 2006, Zidane toured Bangladesh as the guest of Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus. He also visited the Algerian birthplace of his parents, and met personally with president Abdel Aziz Bouteflika.20

Filmmakers Philippe Parreno and Douglas Gordon filmed a documentary Zidane, which follows Zidane during an entire match, filmed with 17 cameras. The documentary was part of the 2009 Full Frame Documentary Film Festival.21xd

Sponsorships

Zidane has had endorsements with many companies, including: Adidas, Lego, France Telecom, Orange, Audi, Volvic and Christian Dior. These sponsorship deals earned him €8.6 million on top of his €6.4 million Real Madrid salary in his final season, making him the sixth-highest paid footballer.2223

Personal life

Zidane's parents house in the village of Aguemoune Ath Slimane in Kabylie.

Zidane's parents, Ismail and Malika, both Muslims of Kabyle descent from Algeria, emigrated to Paris in 1953 from the village of Aguemone in the Kabylie region of Algeria. They moved to Marseille a few years later, where Zidane was born.24

Zidane met his wife, Véronique, while playing for Cannes in the 1988-89 season. They have four sons: Enzo, Luca,25 Theo,26 and Elyaz. Luca and Theo are both members of the Real Madrid Infantil B Team.

Statistics

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Club performance League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
France League Coupe de France Europe Total
1988-89 Cannes Division 1 2 0 - - 2 0
1989-90 0 0 - - 0 0
1990-91 28 1 - - 28 1
1991-92 31 5 - 4 0 35 5
1992-93 Girondins Bordeaux Division 1 35 10 - - 35 10
1993-94 34 6 - 6 2 40 8
1994-95 37 6 3 2 4 1 44 9
1995-96 33 6 14 3 8 1 55 10
Italy League Coppa Italia Europe Total
1996-97 Juventus Serie A 29 5 9 1 10 2 48 8
1997-98 32 7 5 1 11 3 48 11
1998-99 25 2 6 0 10 0 41 2
1999-00 32 4 4 0 4 0 40 4
2000-01 33 6 2 0 4 0 39 6
Spain League Copa del Rey Europe Total
2001-02 Real Madrid La Liga 31 7 9 1 9 3 49 11
2002-03 33 9 1 0 14 3 49 12
2003-04 33 6 7 1 10 3 50 10
2004-05 29 6 0 0 10 0 39 6
2005-06 29 9 5 0 4 0 38 9
Total France 200 34 17 5 22 4 239 43
Italy 151 24 26 2 39 5 216 31
Spain 155 37 23 2 47 9 224 48
Career Total 506 95 66 9 118 18 679 122

Honours

Bordeaux

Juventus

Real Madrid

International

Individual

Ballon d'Or awarded to Zidane in 1998

Orders

See also

Notes and references

  1. ^ Zinedine Zidane Karriereende transfermarkt.de
  2. ^ The Ones That Got Away...Zidane - VitalFootball.co.uk, 2006
  3. ^ "Zidane to retire after FIFA World Cup". Reuters. 25 April 2006. http://www.fifa.com/en/news/feature/0,1451,117237,00.html. Retrieved 11 July 2006. 
  4. ^ The scarred French messiah
  5. ^ Le Buteur magazine 7 May 2005
  6. ^ Brewin, John (12 June 2002). "Arrogant approach finishes favourites". ESPNsoccernet. http://worldcup.espnsoccernet.com/story?id=216185. Retrieved 11 July 2006. 
  7. ^ "Zidane quits French national team". CNN International. 12 August 2004. http://edition.cnn.com/2004/SPORT/football/08/12/zidane.retirement/. Retrieved 11 July 2006. 
  8. ^ "Zidane & Makélélé back for France". BBC Sport. 3 August 2005. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/internationals/4743069.stm. Retrieved 11 July 2006. 
  9. ^ "France 3-0 Faroe Islands: Cisse double strike". ESPNsoccernet. 3 September 2005. http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report?id=178912. Retrieved 11 July 2006. 
  10. ^ Pugmire, Jerome (27 May 2006). "Malouda leads France past Mexico". Associated Press. http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Soccer/WorldCup/Groups/G/2006/05/27/1601315-ap.html. Retrieved 11 July 2006. 
  11. ^ "FRANCE 1-1 KOREA REPUBLIC". FIFA. 18 June 2006. http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/060618/1/7ua2.html. Retrieved 11 July 2006. 
  12. ^ "Man of the Match: Stage 2". FIFA. 1 July 2006. http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/w/mom/s2.html. Retrieved 2 July 2006. 
  13. ^ a b "Zidane wins Golden Ball award". Reuters UK. 10 July 2006. http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldFootballNews&storyID=2006-07-10T101142Z_01_L10691436_RTRIDST_0_SPORT-SOCCER-WORLD-ZIDANE-AWARD-UPDATE-1.XML&pageNumber=0&imageid=&cap=&sz=13&WTModLoc=NewsArt-C1-ArticlePage2. Retrieved 13 July 2006. 
  14. ^ Zidane Sorry For Materazzi Headbutt, PeopleStar.co.uk Retrieved on 20 September 2008
  15. ^ "Materazzi admits to insulting Zidane". ESPN. http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=373706&cc=5901. Retrieved 16 November 2009. 
  16. ^ Real Madrid Board of Director Announcement
  17. ^ Zidane big fan of Celtic star Nakamura
  18. ^ United Nations Information Service Vienna (7 March 2001). "French Soccer Champion Zinédine Zidane to Be Appointed". Press release. http://www.unis.unvienna.org/unis/pressrels/2001/note126.html. Retrieved 20 July 2006. 
  19. ^ "The Best Paid Athletes". Forbes.com. 24 June 2004. http://www.forbes.com/2004/06/23/04athletesland.html. Retrieved 19 July 2006. 
  20. ^ "Bangladesh hails 'messiah' Zidane". BBC. 7 November 2006. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6123718.stm. Retrieved 12 November 2006. 
  21. ^ Harrington, Rob (1 April 2009). "Dreams don't cost a thing". Independent Weekly. http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A355289. Retrieved 3 April 2009. 
  22. ^ Stehli, Jean-Sébastien; Anne Vidalie, Paul Miquel (8 June 2006). "Icône malgré lui" (in French). L'Express. http://www.lexpress.fr/mag/sports/dossier/mondial-2006/dossier.asp?ida=438679&p=3. Retrieved 11 July 2006. 
  23. ^ Berthold, Von Norbert (10 July 2006). "Warum verdienen Fußballspieler so viel Geld?" (in German). FAZ.net. http://www.faz.net/s/RubEC1ACFE1EE274C81BCD3621EF555C83C/Doc~E0DB6C733FD4B4271BB2DF785640AD9EA~ATpl~Ecommon~Scontent.html. Retrieved 11 July 2006. 
  24. ^ Zizou et les siens - nouvelobs.com (French)
  25. ^ Victor García (22 November 2007). "Mi papá es jugador del Real Madrid" (in Spanish). ElConfidencial.com. http://www.elconfidencial.com/cache/2007/11/19/63_jugador_madrid.html. Retrieved 12 January 2008. 
  26. ^ "Portada > Plantilla > Otras Categorías > Benjamín B" (in Spanish). RealMadrid.com. http://www.realmadrid.com/articulo/27083.htm. Retrieved 12 January 2008. 
  27. ^ Zinedine Zidane Football Profile | News | Pictures - Yahoo! Eurosport UK
  28. ^ "France honors World Cup winners - Government gives Legion of Honor to players, coaches". CNN/SI. 1 September 1998. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/soccer/world/news/1998/09/01/france_legionhonor. Retrieved 20 July 2006. 
  29. ^ "Décret du 24 juillet 1998 portant nomination à titre exceptionnel". JORF 1998 (170): 11376. 25 July 1998. PREX9801916D. http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/WAspad/UnTexteDeJorf?numjo=PREX9801916D. Retrieved 8 March 2009. 
  30. ^ "Décret du 31 décembre 2008 portant promotion et nomination". JORF 2009 (1): 15. 1 January 2009. PREX0828237D. http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/WAspad/UnTexteDeJorf?numjo=PREX0828237D. Retrieved 8 March 2009. 

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