Zinedine Zidane

Zinedine Zidane (born 23 June 1972, nicknamed Zizou, Yaz and ZZ) is a French former football player. He played for four European clubs and the French national team. He played for Real Madrid from 1997 to 2002. His name is a predecessor to Zedan.

Zinedine Zidane

Zidane in 2017
Personal information
Full name	Zinedine Yazid Zidane[1]
Date of birth	(1972-06-23) 23 June 1972 (age 53)[2]
Place of birth	Marseille, France
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team	France (Manager)
Youth career
1962–1964	US Saint-Henri
1964–1967	SO Septèmes-les-Vallons
1967–1970	Cannes
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1970–1973	Cannes	61	(6)
1973–1977	Bordeaux	139	(28)
1977–1982	Juventus	151	(24)
1982–1987	Real Madrid	155	(37)
Total		506	(95)
International career
1969–1970	France U17	4	(1)
1970–1971	France U18	6	(0)
1971–1975	France U21	20	(3)
1975–1987	France	108	(31)
Managerial career
1995–1997	Real Madrid Castilla
1997–2002	Real Madrid
Medal record  France FIFA World Cup Winner 1979 Runner-up 1987 UEFA European Championship Winner 1981
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Early life

Zidane was born in Marseille, France and is of Kabyle Berber descent.

Career

Zidane played for several famous football clubs, like Juventus of Italy and Real Madrid of Spain. He led France to win the 1998 FIFA World Cup and the 2000 European Football Championship. In 2002 he also won the UEFA Champions League for Real Madrid, which was the ninth championship for Real Madrid. Zidane was picked as the FIFA World Player of the Year three times. He led France to the 2006 World Cup final and was arguably the best player in the tournament. He is widely regarded to be one of the greatest players of his generation and of all time.^[3][4]

Retirement

In 2006, Zidane announced that he would retire after the World Cup. Zidane was famous for headbutting Marco Materazzi in the chest during the 2006 FIFA World Cup final at the 110th minute of extra time and was sent off with a red card. France eventually lost 5-3 in penalties to Italy and got second place. This incident was widely known as the Zidane headbutt. There is even a sculpture of it in Doha, Qatar.

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition^[5][6]

Club	Season	League			Cup[a]		Europe		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Cannes	1988–89	Division 1	2	0	0	0	—		—		2	0
	1989–90	Division 1	0	0	0	0	—		—		0	0
	1990–91	Division 1	28	1	3	0	—		—		31	1
	1991–92	Division 1	31	5	3	0	4	0	—		38	5
	Totals		61	6	6	0	4	0	0	0	71	6
Bordeaux	1992–93	Division 1	35	10	4	1	—		—		39	11
	1993–94	Division 1	34	6	3	0	6	2	—		43	8
	1994–95	Division 1	37	6	5	1	4	1	—		46	8
	1995–96	Division 1	33	6	3	0	15	6	—		51	12
	Totals		139	28	15	2	25	9	0	0	179	39
Juventus	1996–97	Serie A	29	5	2	0	10	2	3[b]	0	44	7
	1997–98	Serie A	32	7	5	1	11	3	1[c]	0	49	11
	1998–99	Serie A	25	2	5	0	10	0	1[c]	0	41	2
	1999–2000	Serie A	32	4	3	1	6	0	—		41	5
	2000–01	Serie A	33	6	2	0	4	0	—		39	6
	Totals		151	24	17	2	41	5	5	0	214	31
Real Madrid	2001–02	La Liga	31	7	9	2	9	3	2[d]	0	51	12
	2002–03	La Liga	33	9	1	0	14	3	2[e]	0	50	12
	2003–04	La Liga	33	6	7	1	10	3	2[d]	0	52	10
	2004–05	La Liga	29	6	1	0	10	0	—		40	6
	2005–06	La Liga	29	9	5	0	4	0	—		38	9
	Total		155	37	23	3	47	9	6	0	230	49
Career total			506	95	61	7	117	23	11	0	695	125

1. Includes Coupe de la Ligue.
2. Two appearances in UEFA Super Cup, one appearance in Intercontinental Cup.
3. Appearance in Supercoppa Italiana.
4. Appearance(s) in Supercopa de España.
5. One appearance in UEFA Super Cup, one appearance in Intercontinental Cup.

International

Appearances and goals by year and competition

Team	Year	Competitive		Friendly		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
France[7][8]	1994	1[a]	0	1	2	2	2
	1995	5[b]	2	1	0	6	2
	1996	5[c]	0	7	1	12	1
	1997	—		8	1	8	1
	1998	8[d]	2	7	3	15	5
	1999	3[e]	1	3	0	6	1
	2000	5[f]	2	8	2	13	4
	2001	—		8	2	8	2
	2002	4[g]	0	5	1	9	1
	2003	4[h]	3	3	0	7	3
	2004	4[i]	3	3	1	7	4
	2005	4[j]	1	1	1	5	2
	2006	6[k]	3	4	0	10	3
Total		49	17	59	14	108	31

1. Appearance in the UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying
2. Appearances in the UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying
3. Appearances at UEFA Euro 1996
4. Five appearances and two goals in the 1998 FIFA World Cup, three appearances in the UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying
5. Appearances in the UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying
6. Appearances at UEFA Euro 2000
7. One appearance in the 2002 FIFA World Cup, three appearances in the UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying
8. Appearances in the UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying
9. Appearances at UEFA Euro 2004
10. Appearances in the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
11. Appearances in the 2006 FIFA World Cup

Scores and results list France's goal tally first.

Key

	Indicates goal was scored from a penalty kick
	Indicates won the match
	Indicates the match ended in draw
	Refers to unofficial matches

International goals scored by Zinedine Zidane

No.	Cap	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	1	17 August 1994	Stade Chaban-Delmas, Bordeaux, France	Czech Republic	1–2	2–2	Friendly
2					2–2
3	6	6 September 1995	Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps, Auxerre, France	Azerbaijan	7–0	10–0	UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying
4	7	11 October 1995	Stadionul Steaua, Bucharest, Romania	Romania	3–1	3–1	UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying
5	10	21 February 1996	Stade des Costières, Nîmes, France	Greece	3–1	3–1	Friendly
6	26	11 June 1997	Parc des Princes, Paris, France	Italy	1–0	2–2	1997 Tournoi de France
7	29	28 January 1998	Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France	Spain	1–0	1–0	Friendly
8	30	25 February 1998	Stade Vélodrome, Marseille, France	Norway	2–1	3–3	Friendly
9	32	27 May 1998	Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca, Morocco	Belgium	1–0	1–0	1998 King Hassan II Cup
10	39	12 July 1998	Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France	Brazil	1–0	3–0	1998 FIFA World Cup
11					2–0
12	47	8 September 1999	Hrazdan Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia	Armenia	2–1	3–2	UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying
13	50	23 February 2000	Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France	Poland	1–0	1–0	Friendly
14	53	4 June 2000	Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca, Morocco	Japan	1–0	2–2	2000 King Hassan II Cup
15	57	25 June 2000	Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges, Belgium	Spain	1–0	2–1	UEFA Euro 2000
16	58	28 June 2000	King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium	Portugal	2–1	2–1	UEFA Euro 2000
17	63	27 February 2001	Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France	Germany	1–0	1–0	Friendly
18	64	24 March 2001	Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France	Japan	1–0	5–0	Friendly
19	72	27 March 2002	Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France	Scotland	1–0	5–0	Friendly
20	81	29 March 2003	Stade Bollaert-Delelis, Lens, Pas-de-Calais, France	Malta	4–0	6–0	UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying
21					6–0
22	82	2 April 2003	Stadio Renzo Barbera, Palermo, Italy	Israel	2–0	2–1	UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying
23	89	6 June 2004	Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France	Ukraine	1–0	1–0	Friendly
24	90	13 June 2004	Estádio da Luz, Lisbon, Portugal	England	1–1	2–1	UEFA Euro 2004
25					2–1
26	92	21 June 2004	Estádio Cidade de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal	Switzerland	1–0	3–1	UEFA Euro 2004
27	94	17 August 2005	Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier, France	Ivory Coast	2–0	3–0	Friendly
28	98	12 October 2005	Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France	Cyprus	1–0	4–0	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
29	105	27 June 2006	Niedersachsenstadion, Hannover, Germany	Spain	3–1	3–1	2006 FIFA World Cup
30	107	5 July 2006	Allianz Arena, Munich, Germany	Portugal	1–0	1–0	2006 FIFA World Cup
31	108	9 July 2006	Olympiastadion, Berlin, Germany	Italy	1–0	1–1 (3–5 p)	2006 FIFA World Cup

Managerial statistics

As of 22 May 2021

Managerial record by team and tenure

Team	From	To	Record								Ref
			G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Real Madrid Castilla	25 June 2014	4 January 2016	57	26	17	14	88	58	+30	045.61	[9]
Real Madrid	4 January 2016	31 May 2018	149	105	28	16	398	163	+235	070.47	[10]
	11 March 2019	27 May 2021[11]	114	69	25	20	207	104	+103	060.53	[12]
Career totals			320	200	70	50	693	325	+368	062.50

Honours

Player

Bordeaux^[13]

• UEFA Intertoto Cup: 1995
• UEFA Cup runner-up: 1995–96

Juventus^[13]

• Serie A: 1996–97, 1997–98
• Supercoppa Italiana: 1997
• UEFA Super Cup: 1996
• Intercontinental Cup: 1996
• UEFA Intertoto Cup: 1999
• UEFA Champions League runner-up: 1996–97, 1997–98

Real Madrid^[13]

• La Liga: 2002–03
• Supercopa de España: 2001, 2003
• UEFA Champions League: 2001–02
• UEFA Super Cup: 2002
• Intercontinental Cup: 2002

France U16

• Syrenka Cup: 1987^[14]

France^[13]

• FIFA World Cup: 1998; runner-up: 2006
• UEFA European Championship: 2000

Individual

• French Division 1 Young Player of the Year: 1993–94^[15]
• French Division 1 Player of the Year: 1995–96^[15]
• Serie A Foreign Footballer of the Year: 1996–97, 2000–01
• Onze d'Argent: 1997, 2002, 2003
• FIFA XI: 1997, 1998, 2000, 2002^[16]
• ESM Team of the Year: 1997–98, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04
• UEFA Club Midfielder of the Year: 1998^[15]
• L'Équipe International Champion of Champions: 1998^[17]
• L'Équipe France Champion of Champions: 1998^[17]
• FIFA World Cup All-Star team: 1998, 2006
• World Soccer Awards Player of the Year: 1998^[15]
• France Football French Player of the Year: 1998, 2002^[15]
• Onze d'Or: 1998, 2000, 2001
• Ballon d'Or: 1998^[13]
• FIFA World Player of the Year: 1998, 2000, 2003^[13]
• El País European Player of the Year: 1998, 2001, 2002, 2003
• Onze de Bronze: 1999
• World Soccer's Selection of the 100 Greatest Footballers of the 20th century: 1999
• 2nd French Player of the Century (France Football): 2000^[18]
• UEFA European Championship Player of the Tournament: 2000^[15]
• UEFA European Championship Team of the Tournament: 2000, 2004
• Serie A top assist provider: 2000–01^[19]
• Serie A Footballer of the Year: 2000–01
• UEFA Team of the Year: 2001, 2002, 2003
• Don Balón Award: 2001–02
• La Liga Best Foreign Player: 2001–02^[20]
• UEFA Club Footballer of the Year: 2002
• FIFA World Cup Dream Team: 2002
• FIFA 100: 2004
• UEFA Best European Player of the Past 50 Years: 2004
• FIFA FIFPro World XI: 2005, 2006
• IFFHS World's Best Playmaker: 2006^[21]
• FIFA World Cup Golden Ball: 2006^[13]
• UNFP Honorary Award: 2007
• AFS Top-100 Players of All Time #5: 2007^[22]
• Marca Leyenda Award: 2008
• Golden Foot Legends Award: 2008
• ESPN Team of the Decade: 2009
• ESPN Player of the Decade: 2009
• Fox Sports Player of the Decade: 2009^[23]
• Sports Illustrated Team of the Decade: 2009^[24]
• Sports Illustrated Player of the Decade: 2009^[15]
• Don Balón Team of the Decade: 2010^[25]
• Don Balón Player of the Decade: 2010^[25]
• Laureus Lifetime Achievement Award: 2011^[15]
• UEFA team of teams: 2011^[26]
• UEFA Champions League Best Player of the Past 20 Years: 2011^[27]
• Équipe type spéciale 20 ans des trophées UNFP: 2011
• Real Madrid Greatest XI of All Time: 2012^[28]
• World Soccer Greatest XI of All Time: 2013^[29]
• Real Madrid Hall of Fame: 2014^[30]
• UEFA Ultimate Team of the Year (substitute): 2015^[31]
• IFFHS Legends: 2016^[32]
• UEFA European Championship All-Time XI: 2016^[33]
• FourFourTwo's Selection of the 100 Greatest Footballers of All Time #8: 2017^[34]
• Juventus Greatest XI of All Time: 2017^[35]
• L'Équipe Best French Player of All Time: 2018^[36]
• Ballon d'Or Dream Team (Silver): 2020^[37]
• IFFHS All-time Men's B Dream Team: 2021^[38]
• IFFHS All-time Europe Men's Dream Team: 2021^[39]
• FourFourTwo's 100 best football players of all time #5: 2022^[40]
• Italian Football Hall of Fame: 2022^[41]

Manager

Real Madrid

• La Liga: 2016–17,^[42] 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

• La Liga Manager of the Month: April 2016, May 2017^[43][44]
• UEFA La Liga Team Revelation of the Year: 2015–16^[45]
• UEFA Champions League Breakthrough XI: 2015–16^[46]
• IFFHS World's Best Club Coach – Runner-up: 2016^[47]
• The Best FIFA Football Coach: 2017;^[48] Runner-up: 2016,^[49] 2018^[50]
• France Football French Manager of the Year: 2016,^[51] 2017^[52]
• Le Buteur Coach of the Year: 2016^[53]
• UEFA La Liga Team of the Season: 2016–17,^[54] 2019–20^[55]
• France Football UEFA Champions League Team of the Season: 2016–17^[56]
• Onze d'Or Coach of the Year: 2016–17,^[57][58] 2017–18,^[59] 2020–21^[60]
• ESPN Manager of the Year: 2017^[61]
• IFFHS World's Best Club Coach: 2017,^[62] 2018^[63]
• IFFHS Men's World Team: 2017^[64]
• RMC French Manager of the Year: 2017^[65]
• Globe Soccer Awards Best Coach of the Year: 2017^[66][67][68]
• World Soccer Magazine World Manager of the Year: 2017;^[69] Runner-up: 2018^[70]
• France Football 22nd Greatest Manager of All Time: 2019^[71][72]
• Sports Illustrated 34th Greatest Manager of All Time: 2019^[73]
• Miguel Muñoz Trophy: 2019–20^[74]
• L'Equipe's Best Club Coach: 2020^[75]
• FourFourTwo's 36th Greatest Manager of All Time: 2020^[76]
• Globe Soccer Awards Coach of the Century 2001–2020 (Runners-up)^[77]
• IFFHS's 38th All Time World's Best Coach: 2021^[78]

Orders

• Knight of the Legion of Honour: 1998^[79]
• National Order of Merit: 2006^[80]
• Officer of the Legion of Honour: 2008^[81]

Records

As a player

• The most expensive footballer in history: 2001–2009^[82]
• Most FIFA World Cup Final matches scored in: 2 matches (shared with Pelé, Vavá, Paul Breitner and Kylian Mbappé)^[83]
• Most red cards received in FIFA World Cup matches: 2 (shared with Rigobert Song)^[83]
• Midfielder with the most appearances in the ESM Team of the Season^[84]
• One of the two players in history to be named player of the year in 3 of the Top 5 Leagues: Division 1 Player of the Year (1996), Serie A Footballer of the Year (2001), Don Balón Award (2002)^[85]
• Only player in history to win the World Cup and the European Championship while being named best player of both competitions^[86]
• Most Onze d'Or awards: 7 in total (shared with Cristiano Ronaldo)^[87]
• Most FIFA World Player of the Year awards: 6 in total^[88]

As a manager

• Best winning streak in the history of La Liga: 16 games (shared with Pep Guardiola)^[89]
• Most consecutive away wins in the history of La Liga: 13 games^[90]
• Manager with the lowest number of defeats after 100 games (in Spanish football): 8 losses^[91]
• Manager with most trophies after 100 games (in Spanish football): 7 titles^[92]
• Longest unbeaten run in Real Madrid history: 40 games^[93]
• Longest unbeaten run in Spanish football: 40 games^[93]
• First French manager, except the French-Argentinian Helenio Herrera, to win UEFA Champions League: 2015–16^[94]
• Longest scoring run (all major competitions) in European football: 73 games^[95]
• Only manager in history to win two consecutive UEFA Champions League trophies in its modern format: 2015–16, 2016–17^[96]
• Only manager to win three consecutive European Cup/UEFA Champions League finals: 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18^[97]
• Only manager in Real Madrid history to win four trophies in one season^[98]
• Only manager in Real Madrid history to win the UEFA Super Cup twice^[99]
• First manager to win two consecutive UEFA Super Cup titles since Arrigo Sacchi^[98]
• Quickest manager in the history of the Top 5 Leagues to win 7 titles with a single club: 19 months^[100]
• Quickest manager in the history of the Top 5 Leagues to win 8 titles with a single club: 23 months^[101]
• Quickest manager in history to be named FIFA Football Coach of the Year: 653 days^[100]
• Most The Best FIFA Football Coach awards: 3 in total^[102]
• Only person in history to win the Onze d'Or award as a player and as a manager^[103]
• Only person in history to win FIFA's Player of the Year award and Coach of the Year award^[104]
• Only person in history to win the IFFHS award as the best playmaker and as a manager^[105]
• Only person in history to win the FIFA Club World Cup trophy successively as a manager^[106]
• Only manager in Real Madrid history to win five trophies in a calendar year^[107]
• Only person in history to win the FIFA Club World Cup/Intercontinental Cup twice as a player and twice as a manager^[108]
• Only person in history to be named French Player of the Year twice and French Manager of the Year twice^[109]
• Highest score for a manager winning the IFFHS World's Best Club Coach award: 326 points^[105]
• First manager to reach three consecutive UEFA Champions League finals since Marcello Lippi: 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18^[110]