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This is a partial list of French sportspeople. For the full plain list of French sportspeople on Wikipedia, see Category:French sportspeople. ... Sport in France;
French competitors by sports event (6 C) French sportspeople by location (5 C)! French sportspeople by sport (106 C) * Lists of French sportspeople (1 C, 11 P) +
Pages in category "Lists of French sportspeople" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. ... Gloire du sport; List of Olympic female artistic ...
French sport wrestlers (4 C) French squash players ... French tennis people (4 C, 1 P) French traceurs (4 P) French triathletes (5 C, 3 P) U. French underwater divers ...
Zinedine Yazid Zidane (French: Zinédine Yazid Zidane; [4] Kabyle: Zineddin Lyazid Zidan; Arabic: زين الدين يزيد زيدان; born 23 June 1972), popularly known as Zizou, is a French professional football manager and former player who played as an attacking midfielder.
Classification: People: By occupation: Sportspeople by sport: Athletes: By nationality: French Also: France : People : By occupation : Sportspeople by sport : Athletes This category is for competitors within the sport of athletics , comprising track and field , road running , cross country running and racewalking .
Jean Ducret became the first French international to reach 20 caps, doing so on 29 March 1914 in a 2–0 defeat to Italy. [4] He was also one of the first permanent captains of the national team. [5] Ducret was later surpassed by defender Raymond Dubly and goalkeeper Pierre Chayriguès, who both played with the national team until 1925. [6]
Sport in France plays an important role in French society, which is reflected in its popularity among the French people and the nation's strong sporting history. [1] Various types of sports are played and followed in France, notably cycling, fencing, football, [2] and handball, which has earned France eight victories in world championships and five Olympic medals.