Zinedine Yazid Zidane (born 23 June 1972), popularly known as Zizou, is a French former professional football player who played as an attacking midfielder. He is the current manager of La Liga club Real Madrid and is one of the most successful managers in the world. Widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time, Zidane was an elite playmaker renowned for his elegance, vision, passing, ball control, and technique. He received many individual accolades as a player, including being named FIFA World Player of the Year in 1998, 2000 and 2003, and winning the 1998 Ballon d'Or.
Zidane started his career at Cannes before establishing himself as one of the best players in the French Division 1 at Bordeaux. In 1996, he moved to Juventus where he won trophies including two Serie A titles. He moved to Real Madrid for a world record fee at the time of €77.5 million in 2001, which remained unmatched for the next eight years. In Spain, Zidane won several trophies, including a La Liga title and the UEFA Champions League. In the 2002 UEFA Champions League Final, he scored a left-foot volleyed winner which is considered to be one of the greatest goals in the competition's history.
Capped 108 times by France, Zidane won the 1998 FIFA World Cup, scoring twice in the final, and was named to the All-Star Team. This triumph made him a national hero in France, and he received the Légion d'honneur in 1998. He won UEFA Euro 2000, and was named Player of the Tournament. He also received the Golden Ball for Player of the Tournament at the 2006 World Cup, despite his infamous sending off in the final against Italy for headbutting Marco Materazzi in the chest. He retired as the fourth-most capped player in France history.
In 2004, he was named in the FIFA 100, a list of the world's greatest living players compiled by Pelé, and in the same year was named the best European footballer of the past 50 years in the UEFA Golden Jubilee Poll. Zidane is one of eight players to have won the FIFA World Cup, the UEFA Champions League and the Ballon d'Or. He was the ambassador for Qatar's successful bid to stage the 2022 FIFA World Cup, the first Arab country to host the tournament.
After retiring as a player, Zidane transitioned into coaching, and began his head coaching career at Real Madrid Castilla. He remained in the position for two years before taking the helm of the first team in 2016. In his initial two and a half seasons, Zidane became the first coach to win the Champions League three times consecutively, won the UEFA Super Cup and FIFA Club World Cup twice each, as well as a La Liga title and a Supercopa de Espana. This success led to Zidane being named Best FIFA Men's Coach in 2017. He resigned in 2018, but returned to the club as manager in 2019,and proceeded to win another La Liga and Supercopa de Espana title.<\/P>","BA50BEB0DB40F3ADF7C4575FF4221F17":"","BFA4903D06441BD5032C18CFE9B50683":"
PLAYER
<\/U><\/STRONG>
Bordeaux<\/STRONG>
<\/FONT>UEFA Intertoto Cup: 1995
Juventus
<\/STRONG><\/FONT>Serie A: 1996–97, 1997–98
Supercoppa Italiana: 1997
UEFA Super Cup: 1996
Intercontinental Cup: 1996
UEFA Intertoto Cup: 1999
Real Madrid
<\/STRONG><\/FONT>La Liga: 2002–03
Supercopa de España: 2001, 2003
UEFA Champions League: 2001–02
UEFA Super Cup: 2002
Intercontinental Cup: 2002
France<\/STRONG>
<\/FONT>FIFA World Cup: 1998; runner-up: 2006
UEFA European Championship: 2000
INDIVIDUAL
<\/U><\/STRONG>
French Division 1 Young Player of the Year:
<\/STRONG>1993–94
French Division 1 Player of the Year:<\/STRONG>
1995–96
Serie A Foreign Footballer of the Year:<\/STRONG>
1996–97, 2000–01
Ballon d'Or:<\/STRONG>
Bronze award 1997
FIFA World Player of the Year:<\/STRONG>
Bronze award 1997, 2002
Onze d'Argent:
<\/STRONG>1997, 2002, 2003
FIFA XI:
<\/STRONG>1997, 1998, 2000, 2002
ESM Team of the Year:<\/STRONG>
1997–98, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04
UEFA Club Midfielder of the Year:<\/STRONG>
1998
L'Equipe International Champion of Champions:
<\/STRONG>1998
L'Equipe France Champion of Champions:<\/STRONG>
1998
FIFA World Cup All-Star Team:<\/STRONG>
1998, 2006
World Soccer Awards Player of the Year:<\/STRONG>
1998
France Football French Player of the Year:<\/STRONG>
1998, 2002
Onze d'Or:
<\/STRONG>1998, 2000, 2001
Ballon d'Or:<\/STRONG>
1998
FIFA World Player of the Year:
<\/STRONG>1998, 2000, 2003
El Pais European Player of the Year:<\/STRONG>
1998, 2001, 2002, 2003
Onze de Bronze:<\/STRONG>
1999
World Soccer's Selection of the 100 Greatest Footballers of the 20th century:<\/STRONG>
1999
2nd French Player of the Century (France Football):<\/STRONG>
2000
<\/FONT>Ballon d'Or:
<\/STRONG>Silver award 2000
UEFA European Championship Player of the Tournament:<\/STRONG>
2000
UEFA European Championship Team of the Tournament:<\/STRONG>
2000, 2004
Serie A top assist provider:<\/STRONG>
2000–01
Serie A Footballer of the Year:<\/STRONG>
2000–01
UEFA Team of the Year:<\/STRONG>
2001, 2002, 2003
Don Balon Award:
<\/STRONG>2001–02
La Liga Best Foreign Player:<\/STRONG>
2001–02
UEFA Club Footballer of the Year:<\/STRONG>
2002
FIFA World Cup Dream Team:<\/STRONG>
2002
FIFA 100:<\/STRONG>
2004
UEFA Best European Player of the Past 50 Years:<\/STRONG>
2004
FIFA FIFPro World XI:<\/STRONG>
2005, 2006
IFFHS World's Best Playmaker:
<\/STRONG>2006
FIFA World Cup Golden Ball:
<\/STRONG>2006
FIFA World Player of the Year:<\/STRONG>
Silver award 2006
UNFP Honorary Award:<\/STRONG>
2007
AFS Top-100 Players of All Time #5:
<\/STRONG>2007
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Marca Leyenda Award:<\/STRONG>
2008
Golden Foot Legends Award:<\/STRONG>
2008
ESPN Team of the Decade:<\/STRONG>
2009
ESPN Player of the Decade:<\/STRONG>
2009
Fox Sports Player of the Decade:<\/STRONG>
2009
Sports Illustrated Team of the Decade:<\/STRONG>
2009
Sports Illustrated Player of the Decade:<\/STRONG>
2009
Don Balon Team of the Decade:<\/STRONG>
2010
Don Balon Player of the Decade:<\/STRONG>
2010
Laureus Lifetime Achievement Award:<\/STRONG>
2011
UEFA team of teams:<\/STRONG>
2011
UEFA Champions League Best Player of the Past 20 Years:<\/STRONG>
2011
Equipe type speciale 20 ans des trophees UNFP:<\/STRONG>
2011
Real Madrid Greatest XI of All Time:<\/STRONG>
2012
World Soccer Greatest XI of All Time:<\/STRONG>
2013
Real Madrid Hall of Fame:<\/STRONG>
2014
UEFA Ultimate Team of the Year (substitute):<\/STRONG>
2015
IFFHS Legends:<\/STRONG>
2016
UEFA European Championship All-Time XI:<\/STRONG>
2016
FourFourTwo's Selection of the 100 Greatest Footballers of All Time #8:
<\/STRONG>2017
Juventus Greatest XI of All Time:<\/STRONG>
2017
L'Equipe Best French Player of All Time:<\/STRONG>
2018
MANAGER
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Real Madrid
<\/STRONG><\/FONT>La Liga: 2016–17,2019–20
Supercopa de España: 2017, 2019–20
UEFA Champions League: 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18
UEFA Super Cup: 2016, 2017
FIFA Club World Cup: 2016, 2017
INDIVIDUAL<\/U><\/STRONG>
La Liga Manager of the Month:<\/STRONG>
April 2016, May 2017
UEFA La Liga Team Revelation of the Year:<\/STRONG>
2015–16
UEFA Champions League Breakthrough XI:<\/STRONG>
2015–16
IFFHS World's Best Club Coach – Runner-up:
<\/STRONG>2016
The Best FIFA Football Coach – Runner-up:<\/STRONG>
2016, 2018
France Football French Manager of the Year:<\/STRONG>
2016, 2017
Le Buteur Coach of the Year:<\/STRONG>
2016
UEFA La Liga Team of the Season:<\/STRONG>
2016–17, 2019-20
France Football UEFA Champions League Team of the Season:<\/STRONG>
2016–17
Onze d'Or Coach of the Year:<\/STRONG>
2016–17,2017–18
The Best FIFA Football Coach:<\/STRONG>
2017
ESPN Manager of the Year:<\/STRONG>
2017
IFFHS World's Best Club Coach:
<\/STRONG>2017, 2018
IFFHS Men's World Team:
<\/STRONG>2017
RMC French Manager of the Year:<\/STRONG>
2017
Globe Soccer Awards Best Coach of the Year:<\/STRONG>
2017
World Soccer Magazine World Manager of the Year:<\/STRONG>
2017
World Soccer Magazine World Manager of the Year – Runner-up:
<\/STRONG>2018
France Football 22nd Greatest Manager of All Time:<\/STRONG>
2019
Sports illustrated 34th Greatest Manager of All Time:
<\/STRONG>2019
Miguel Munoz Trophy:<\/STRONG>
2019–20
L'Equipe's Best Club Coach:
<\/STRONG>2020
FourFourTwo's 36th Greatest Manager of All Time:<\/STRONG>
2020
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