Zidane

Zinedine Yazid Zidane was born in Marseille, France on June 23, 1972, his parents are Algerian (Smail and Malika) and has four brothers, Djamel, Farid, Nourredine and Lila.
He began his career inthe team of La Castellane, Marseille neighborhood of the same name, where he was born. Played in teams modest periphery of Marseille, as the U.S. Saint Henri and Septemes. When he was 14 he joined theyouth ranks of Cannes.
At 17 he made his debut in the French first division against Nantes. His next team was Bordeaux, where he paid considerably over four years.
In 1996, Zidane joined Juventus,and in turn played by the French.
He was voted the best player of the World Cup 1998, where he won the final against Brazil, scoring two headed goals. Also were crowned champions Holland at Euro 2000On June 9, 2001 was presented as a player of Real Madrid Spanish equipoo. The transfer represented about 78 million, making him the most expensive player in football history.
Injuries preventedrepeat his 1998 performance with the national team in the 2002 World Cup, where, defending the trophy, his team had a much lower performance than expected and was eliminated in the first round withoutscoring a single goal. Zidane retired from the French team after completing a bad European Football Championship 2004.
Golden Ball was in 1998, best player in the world by FIFA in 1998 and 2000, WorldChampion Europe and for France.
His football idol was the Uruguayan Enzo Francescoli. In honor of him, named his son by the name of Enzo.
In addition to his football Zidane's UN ambassador in thefight against hunger.
On April 25, 2006 confirmed that he will retire from professional football at the end of the World Cup in an interview.
Voted Best Player of the World and despite hisannouncement to retire after the tournament, Zidane was a key player in the path of his selection to the final.

With a goal his penalty France beat Portugal in the semifinals and qualified for the final of...