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Zinédine Zidane
Birth at
23 June 1972
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Zinédine Zidane was born in Marseille, France on June 23, 1972. He has Kabyle roots, as his family emigrated to France before the outbreak of the war in Algeria.
The family of the famous footballer is quite large, Zidane has four brothers and sisters and is the youngest child. Zidane’s father worked most of his life as a storekeeper, his mother was a housewife. Since childhood, the boy was fond of judo, bicycles and football. He started playing football with friends in the neighborhood. Coming
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Zinédine Zidane was born in Marseille, France on June 23, 1972. He has Kabyle roots, as his family emigrated to France before the outbreak of the war in Algeria.
The family of the famous footballer is quite large, Zidane has four brothers and sisters and is the youngest child. Zidane’s father worked most of his life as a storekeeper, his mother was a housewife. Since childhood, the boy was fond of judo, bicycles and football. He started playing football with friends in the neighborhood. Coming from school, the boy threw a briefcase, took the ball and rushed to the court. This passion for the game later developed into a career, Zidane received a football license at the age of ten and already then began to play in the junior group of one of the local clubs.
When the boy was 14 years old, he was taken to training camp at the French Football Federation, where he was noticed by Cannes Jean Varro, who recommended Zidane to the director of this club.
The parents of the future footballer were happy when the boy was offered to study and play in a youth football school. In 1987, Zinedine Zidane signed his first contract and moved to the Côte d'Azur, Cannes, where his rise to fame began.
He made his professional football debut at the French Championship on May 20, 1989. After that, he was repeatedly tried to lure into different football teams, so he got to Bordeaux in 1992, then to Juventus, and later to Real Madrid.
In 2005, the famous football player was invited to take part in the shooting of a sports drama.
Goal This was the first part of the trilogy. The film won the sympathy of the audience, and in 2007 the second part of the film “Gol-2” was filmed. Life is like a dream. The film also starred such celebrities as Ronaldo, David Beckham and Iker Casillas.
Since 2010, Zidane has been director of Real Madrid.