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Zinedine Yazid Zidane born 23 June 1972 in Marseille, popularly nicknamed Zizou, is a French former professional football midfielder of Algerian Kabyle Berber descent. He was a member of the French national team that won the 1998 FIFA World Cup and Euro 2000, and was also the recipient of the Golden Ball after he captained the French side to the 2006 World Cup final, a match that saw his career end in controversy after he was sent off for headbutting Italy defender Marco Materazzi.

He played for four European clubs and lifted the 2002 UEFA Champions League trophy with Real Madrid C.F. after scoring the match-winning goal. One of only two three-time FIFA World Player of the Year winners (Ronaldo the other), he also finished in the top three an additional three occasions, and was also named European Footballer of the Year in 1998. In 2004, fans voted him atop UEFA's fiftieth-anniversary Golden Jubilee Poll, and he was included in Pelé's selection of the 125 greatest living footballers.

Zidane retired from professional football after the 2006 FIFA World Cup.

Honours


Club
Girondins de Bordeaux
UEFA Cup
Runners Up: 1995–1996
UEFA Intertoto Cup: 1995
Juventus F.C.
Serie A: 1996–1997, 1997–1998
European Super Cup: 1996
International Cup: 1996
Italian Super Cup: 1997
UEFA Champions League
Runners Up: 1996–1997, 1997–1998
Real Madrid
La Liga: 2002–2003
UEFA Champions League: 2001–2002
International Cup: 2002
European Super Cup: 2002
Spanish Super Cup: 2001, 2003


Country
France
FIFA World Cup: 1998
Runner Up: 2006
UEFA Euro: 2000


Individual
UEFA Club Football Awards, Best Midfielder: 1997/1998
World Soccer Player of the Year: 1998
FIFA World Player of the Year: 1998, 2000, 2003
FIFA Silver World Player of the Year: 2006
FIFA Bronze World Player of the Year: 1997, 2002
European Footballer of the Year (Ballon d'Or): 1998
UEFA Champions League Most Valuable Player: 2001/2002
UEFA Golden Jubilee Poll (Best European player of the past 50 years): 2004
FIFA World Cup Golden Ball Award: 2006
FIFPro World XI Team: 2005, 2006
Onze d'Or: 1998, 2000, 2001
UEFA European Championship Player of the Tournament: 2000
FIFA All-Star Team: 1998, 2006
UEFA BEST XI: 2001, 2002, 2003
Chevalier (Knight) of the Légion d'honneur: since 1998

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