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[177] In 2005, upon Zidane's return to the French national team, his teammate Thierry Henry stated, "In France, everybody realized that God exists, and that he is back in the French international team." [178] Zidane has been lauded by sportsmen outside football; having witnessed Zidane's goal against Deportivo La Coruña in January 2002, where ...
Zinedine Zidane is the only manager to have won titles in three consecutive years, all with Real Madrid. Pep Guardiola won three titles in 2009, 2011 and 2023, with Barcelona and Manchester City. Brian Clough won back-to-back titles as manager of Nottingham Forest. Ernst Happel was the first manager to win the title with two different clubs.
France coach Didier Deschamps sees Zinedine Zidane as a "natural” candidate to take over when he steps down from the national team. Deschamps announced last month that he will stop after the ...
Zinedine Zidane and David Beckham with Real Madrid in 2003. Both are examples of the Galácticos policy.. Galácticos (Spanish for galactics, referring to superstars) are expensive, world-famous football players recruited during the "galácticos" policy pursued by Florentino Pérez during his presidency at Real Madrid, where in his first tenure between 2000 and 2006, he purchased at least one ...
Enzo Alan Zidane Fernández (born 24 March 1995), known simply as Enzo, is a French former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.. Zidane is a youth product of Real Madrid, where he scored on his only first-team appearance in the Copa del Rey in 2016.
Following Zidane's retirement, Vieira was designated captain of the team for its UEFA Euro 2008 campaign, however, injuries hampered his stint as captain and, as a result, defender Lilian Thuram led the team at the competition. [28] The last permanent captain of the team was the national team's all-time leading goalscorer, Thierry Henry.
The Onze d'Or (alternative name: Onze Mondial European Footballer of the Year) is an association football award given by French magazine Onze Mondial since 1976. The award honors the best player in Europe, with any player in a European league eligible. Since 1991, there has also been a vote for the best coach of the year.
Zidane's parents' house in the village of Aguemoune Ath Slimane in Algeria.. Due to Algeria's historic ties with France, there have been a number of Algerian players playing professionally in the French leagues, while the France national team has included players of Algerian heritage, most notably Zinedine Zidane, Karim Benzema and Samir Nasri.