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Zinedine Zidane

French association football player and coach

  • Fame80.8
  • Momentum30.3
  • France rank#32
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  • Fame80.8
  • Momentum30.3
  • France rank#32
  • Footballers rank#18
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Born 1972 · age 54France
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  • Wikipedia
    121 languages
    Cross-language footprint
  • Rank in France
    #32
    Footballers
  • Age
    54
    Born 1972
  • Awards
    8
    recognised works
Summary
Updated 2026-08-17

The headbutt heard around the world — Zidane's 2006 World Cup final exit cemented a legacy already written in gold, a playmaker whose elegance and vision made him untouchable until the moment he wasn't.

Biography

About

Born 23 June 1972, Zinedine Zidane rose from Cannes through Bordeaux to Juventus, where he claimed two Serie A titles before Real Madrid paid a world-record €77.5 million for him in 2001. He repaid it with a left-foot volley in the 2002 Champions League final, one of the greatest goals ever struck. For France, he scored twice in the 1998 World Cup final, won Euro 2000 as Player of the Tournament, and took the Golden Ball at the 2006 World Cup despite the Materazzi headbutt that ended his playing days. He returned to Madrid as a coach in 2016 and became the first to win three consecutive Champi…

Voice

In their own words

Sourced, dated quotes from Zinedine Zidane

Zinedine Zidane
said
It was my father who taught us that an immigrant must work twice as hard as anybody else, that he must never give up.
— Interview, 2004
Zinedine Zidane
said
I was lucky to come from a difficult area. It teaches you not just about football but also life. There were lots of kids from different races and poor families.
— Interview, 2004
Zinedine Zidane
said
It's hard to explain but I have a need to play intensely every day, to fight every match hard.
— Interview, 2004
Zinedine Zidane
said
Sometimes I don't know what takes me over during a game.
— Interview, June 2000 .
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Teams

Low confidence
  • Real Madrid Club de Fútbol
    2001–2006
  • Juventus FC
    1996–2001
  • France B national football team
    1995–1995
  • France men's national association football team
    1994–2006
  • FC Girondins de Bordeaux
    1992–1996
  • France national under-21 association football team
    1990–1994
  • AS Cannes
    1989–1992
  • France national under-18 association football team
    1989–1990
  • France national under-17 association football team
    1988–1989
19882006
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Season stats

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2001–200615537
1996–200115124
1994–200610831
1992–199613928
1990–1994203
1989–1992616
1989–199060
1988–198941
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Awards

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  • Officer of the Legion of Honour
  • World Cup Golden Ball
  • FIFA World Player of the Year
By the numbers

Score breakdown

The six component signals behind the Fame score, and their ranks across the leaderboards.

Fame
Rising
80.8
Composite of search demand, mentions, audience & graph footprint.
Score components
Momentum30.3
Historical54.0
Now attention73.1
Source confidence75.0
Completeness85.0
Global rank
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Country rank
#32
Category rank
#18
Receipts

Sources

  • Wikidata
    wikidata · wikidata.org
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  • Wikipedia
    wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org
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  • Pantheon 2.0
    database · pantheon.world
    High confidence