Life of Zinedine Zidane!
Zinedine Yazid Zidane is the most remembered football player in the history of football. He was born on 23 June 1972 in Marseille, France. His parents were immigrants from Algeria. He began playing soccer on the streets of Marseille. He joined the junior team of US Saint-Henri, a local soccer club in Marseille. At the age of 14, he participated in the junior selection for the league championship, and caught the attention of the scout Jean Varraud from AS Cannes. He was called for a six week trial and successfully made the team and stayed in Cannes for four years to play at the professional level. Zidane played his first league match when he was seventeen years old, and scored his first goal on 8 February 1991.
Zidane wanted to live back in France and luckily got transferred to Girondins de Bordeaux for the 1992-93 seasons. He won the 1995 Intertoto Cup and Bordeaux were the runner up in the 1995 to 1996 UEFA Cup just in the four years with the club. He became a player who could play any midfield combinations. In 1996, signed with Juventus for £3 million. He again achieved many awards such as the 1996-1997 Scudetto and the Intercontinental Cup, but lost the UEFA Champions League 1997 final 1-3 to Borussia Dortmund. He scored seven goals in thirty two match appearances and helped Juventus win the Scudetto again the next season and make a second consecutive UEFA Champions League final.
Unfortunately, they lost to Real Madrid 1-0, and the Spanish manager saw the magic in Zidane and wanted him for sure. Juventus were the runner ups again in the 2000-2001 Champions League. In 2001, Zinedine Zidane joined Real Madrid for €73.5 million, which was the most expensive transfer fee in football history, and signed a four year contract with them. In 2002 UEFA Champions League final, Zidane scored the match winning goal in Madrid’s 2-1 win against Bayer Leverkusen, winning his first Champions League final.
Next season, Zidane was achieved the FIFA World Player of the Year award for the third time. He was voted by the fans as the UEFA fiftieth anniversary Golden Jubilee Poll, and also included in the FIFA 100 players in the history of football. Even though he scored his first ever hat-trick in a 4-2 win against Sevilla FC, Zidane’s final season of his final club ended with any trophy. On 7 May 2006, Zidane announced his plans to the media of soccer to retire after the 2006 FIFA World Cup. He played his last club match against Villarreal CF and scored in a 3-3 draw.
Zidane played the 2006 FFA World Cup quite well, and won the Golden Boots award for the tournament. France did not win the World Cup, but still were the runner ups for the final match against Italy. There was an incident during this final World Cup, where he head butted an Italian player Materazzi and got sent off with a red card during the second half of the extra time. That was the last international match of his life and he got sent off. France lost the match in the penalties. Moreover, Zinedine Yazid Zidane remains the all-star footballer and will never be forgotten.
