In July 2011, Zidane named former MarseilleВ players BlaЕѕ SliЕЎkoviД‡, Enzo FrancescoliВ and Jean-Pierre PapinВ as his idols while growing up. It was in Castellane where Zidane had his earliest introduction in football, joining in at the age of five in football games that the neighbourhood's children played on the Place Tartane, an 80-by-12-yard plaza that served as the main square of the housing complex. The family lived a reasonably comfortable life by the standards of the neighbourhood, which was notorious throughout Marseille for its high crime and unemployment rates. His father worked as a warehouseman and nightwatchman at a department store, often on the night shift, while his mother was a housewife. In 1972, Zidane was born there as the youngest of five siblings. The family, which had settled in the city's tough northern districts of BarbГЁsВ and Saint-Denis, found little work in the region, and in the mid-1960s moved to the northern Marseille suburb of La CastellaneВ in the 16th arrondissement of Marseille. His parents, SmaГЇl and Malika, emigrated to ParisВ from the village of AguemouneВ in the Berber-speaking region of KabylieВ in northern AlgeriaВ in 1953 before the start of the Algerian War. Zinedine Yazid Zidane ( Arabic: ШІЩЉЩ† Ш§Щ„ШЇЩЉЩ† ШІЩЉШЇШ§Щ† Ш§Щ„ЩЉШІЩЉШЇвЂЋвЂЋ) was born on 23 June 1972 in La Castellane, Marseille, in southern France. La Castellane in the northwestern edge of MarseilleВ where Zidane was born In his first season as manager, Zidane won the UEFA Champions League title. Zidane is currently the manager of Real Madrid, taking over the position in January 2016. In 2010, Zidane was an ambassador for Qatar's successful bid to stage the 2022 FIFA World Cup, the first ArabВ country to host the tournament. After a successful year in which the club won the UEFA Champions LeagueВ and Copa del Rey, Zidane became the coach of Real Madrid's B team, Real Madrid Castilla. Prior to the World Cup, he announced he would retire at the end of the tournament.ДЄfter retirement, Zidane became assistant coach at Real Madrid under Carlo AncelottiВ for the 2013вЂ“14 season. Zidane received the Golden BallВ for player of the tournament at the 2006 World Cup, despite his infamous sending off in the final against Italy for headbutting Marco MaterazziВ in the chest.

He was Ligue 1 Player of the YearВ in 1996, Serie A Footballer of the YearВ in 2001 and La Liga Best Foreign PlayerВ in 2002. Zidane was named the FIFA World Player of the YearВ three times, in 1998, 20, and won the 1998 Ballon d'Or.

The World Cup triumph made him a national hero in France, and he received the LГ©gion d'honneurВ in 1998. On the international stage with France, Zidane won the 1998 FIFA World Cup, scoring twice in the final, and UEFA Euro 2000В where he was named Player of the Tournament. His left-foot volleyed winner in the 2002 UEFA Champions League FinalВ is considered to be one of the greatest goals in the competition's history. His 2001 transfer from Juventus to Real Madrid set a world record feeВ of an equivalent в‚¬75 million. ДЄt club level, Zidane won the La LigaВ title and the UEFA Champions LeagueВ with Real Madrid, two Serie AВ league championships with Juventus and an Intercontinental CupВ and a UEFA Super CupВ each with both aforementioned teams.

He is widely regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of the game. An elite playmaker, 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 played as an attacking midfielderВ for the France national team, Cannes, Bordeaux, JuventusВ and Real Madrid. Zinedine Yazid ZidaneВ ( French pronunciation:, born 23 June 1972), nicknamed ' Zizou', is a retired French footballerВ and current manager of Real Madrid. * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. For other people named Zidane, see Zidane (name).

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