Happy birthday Legend
He is someone who defined football for my generation.. Someone who epitomised Flair, finesse and control. When I was growing up I used to hear people say "What a control man" and Then looking on to the TV it used to be Zinedine Zidane : someone Renowned for his elegance, vision, ball control and technique. An anonymous person rightly said, "How can I define you what poetry is if you have never seen Zinedine Zidane play." He is a modern day legend and probably one of a kind footballer.
Some Trivia about Zidane. The nickname Zizou was given to Zidane when he played for Bordeaux in the mid-1990s. Yaz - for Yazid, his middle name - is another of Zidane's nicknames, given to him by his brothers and used by his family and close friends. When Zidane came back from international retirement, in August 2005, he was reinstated as captain of the French national team, where he wears squad number 10. At Real Madrid he wore squad number 5. In an interview Zidane declared that when he was a teenager, he admired Olympique de Marseille's Uruguayan playmaker Enzo Francescoli (after whom he named his eldest son). He once was a ballboy at a match with Francescoli and thus saw him up close. He was an Athens 2004 Torchbearer. In 2004, Zinedine Zidane was appointed as "Chevalier" (Knight) of the Légion d'honneur by French President Jacques Chirac. The first penalty kick Zidane ever missed for France was during his last match in a French stadium, while playing a friendly game against China in Saint-Étienne, June 7, 2006, the last preparation game for the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany, where he accidentally slid and placed the ball above the goal. Zidane's first hat-trick was against Espanyol in La Liga 2006 with Real Madrid. The assist for Thierry Henry's goal against Brazil in the 2006 FIFA World Cup quarter-final was Zidane's first in 53 games for his teammate. The game ended 1-0. Zidane scored the only goal of the game, a penalty, in France's semi-final win over Portugal in the 2006 FIFA World Cup. It was the team's eighth consecutive successful spot-kick. Zidane also scored a penalty kick against Portugal in the semi-final of Euro 2000. Zidane shares his birthday with former French teammate Patrick Vieira. Zidane is known to be modest, quiet and admittedly shy. However, Zidane has occasionally shown a quick temper on the pitch.
One such display occurred in a 2000/2001 Champions League match between Juventus Turin and Hamburger SV, in which Zidane headbutted Jochen Kientz; he received a red card for this action. He also received a red card and a two-game suspension for stomping on Saudi Arabia's team captain Fuad Amin in the 1998 World Cup, allegedly in response to an insult. In extra time of the 2006 World Cup final, he was sent off for head-butting Italy's Marco Materazzi. Overall, he was sent off 14 times in his career. Zidane was not the first player to be sent off in a World Cup final match (three others preceeded him in that), nor was he the first to sent off in two World Cup tournaments (Rigobert Song from Cameroon was the first, in 1998), but Zidane was the first to be sent off during extra time. Zidane was sponsored by LEGO for a while and wore its logo. He was the official endorser of the company's Soccer/Football line, and was also immortalised in plastic in the form of a LEGO minifigure of himself, available in several of the sets. He is also sponsored by adidas, who supply him with Predator football boots and gear. Other sponsorship deals have included Danone, Generali, Orange, Audi, Ford and Christian Dior. During the 2005/2006 season, sponsorship deals like this earned him €8.6 million, on top of his €6.4 million Real Madrid salary.
He is so famous, he even has his own song!! Here's a tribute to this living legend. We absolutely love you zizou.
He is someone who defined football for my generation.. Someone who epitomised Flair, finesse and control. When I was growing up I used to hear people say "What a control man" and Then looking on to the TV it used to be Zinedine Zidane : someone Renowned for his elegance, vision, ball control and technique. An anonymous person rightly said, "How can I define you what poetry is if you have never seen Zinedine Zidane play." He is a modern day legend and probably one of a kind footballer.
Some Trivia about Zidane. The nickname Zizou was given to Zidane when he played for Bordeaux in the mid-1990s. Yaz - for Yazid, his middle name - is another of Zidane's nicknames, given to him by his brothers and used by his family and close friends. When Zidane came back from international retirement, in August 2005, he was reinstated as captain of the French national team, where he wears squad number 10. At Real Madrid he wore squad number 5. In an interview Zidane declared that when he was a teenager, he admired Olympique de Marseille's Uruguayan playmaker Enzo Francescoli (after whom he named his eldest son). He once was a ballboy at a match with Francescoli and thus saw him up close. He was an Athens 2004 Torchbearer. In 2004, Zinedine Zidane was appointed as "Chevalier" (Knight) of the Légion d'honneur by French President Jacques Chirac. The first penalty kick Zidane ever missed for France was during his last match in a French stadium, while playing a friendly game against China in Saint-Étienne, June 7, 2006, the last preparation game for the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany, where he accidentally slid and placed the ball above the goal. Zidane's first hat-trick was against Espanyol in La Liga 2006 with Real Madrid. The assist for Thierry Henry's goal against Brazil in the 2006 FIFA World Cup quarter-final was Zidane's first in 53 games for his teammate. The game ended 1-0. Zidane scored the only goal of the game, a penalty, in France's semi-final win over Portugal in the 2006 FIFA World Cup. It was the team's eighth consecutive successful spot-kick. Zidane also scored a penalty kick against Portugal in the semi-final of Euro 2000. Zidane shares his birthday with former French teammate Patrick Vieira. Zidane is known to be modest, quiet and admittedly shy. However, Zidane has occasionally shown a quick temper on the pitch.
One such display occurred in a 2000/2001 Champions League match between Juventus Turin and Hamburger SV, in which Zidane headbutted Jochen Kientz; he received a red card for this action. He also received a red card and a two-game suspension for stomping on Saudi Arabia's team captain Fuad Amin in the 1998 World Cup, allegedly in response to an insult. In extra time of the 2006 World Cup final, he was sent off for head-butting Italy's Marco Materazzi. Overall, he was sent off 14 times in his career. Zidane was not the first player to be sent off in a World Cup final match (three others preceeded him in that), nor was he the first to sent off in two World Cup tournaments (Rigobert Song from Cameroon was the first, in 1998), but Zidane was the first to be sent off during extra time. Zidane was sponsored by LEGO for a while and wore its logo. He was the official endorser of the company's Soccer/Football line, and was also immortalised in plastic in the form of a LEGO minifigure of himself, available in several of the sets. He is also sponsored by adidas, who supply him with Predator football boots and gear. Other sponsorship deals have included Danone, Generali, Orange, Audi, Ford and Christian Dior. During the 2005/2006 season, sponsorship deals like this earned him €8.6 million, on top of his €6.4 million Real Madrid salary.
He is so famous, he even has his own song!! Here's a tribute to this living legend. We absolutely love you zizou.
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