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Zinedine Zidane From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Zinedine Yazid Zidane ; born 23 June 1972), popularly nicknamed Zizou, is a retired French football player of Algerian descent, famous for leading France to winning the 1998 World Cup. He was a midfielder who played for four European clubs, including Juventus FC and Real Madrid. As a member and later captain of French national team he participated in two World Cup finals - including winning the tournament in 1998 - and in three European Championships, winning that tournament in 2000. Having gained fame in Europe as a playmaker for Juventus, Zidane attracted worldwide attention in the 1998 World Cup final with two goals headed in against Brazil which won his country its first FIFA World Cup. He also contributed to France's victory in Euro 2000, the two trophies never being won consecutively since West Germany's 1974 team. At the club level he went on to win domestic championships in Italy and Spain with Juventus and Real Madrid respectively. In the final of the 2001-02 UEFA Champions League he scored the winning goal for Real Madrid. At the 2006 FIFA World Cup, he was named "Most Outstanding Player" of the tournament, receiving the Golden Ball, captaining the French side that reached the final. However, Zidane's career ended in controversy when in his final match he was dismissed in extra-time of the 2006 World Cup Final for headbutting Italian defender Marco Materazzi. Zidane was elected FIFA World Player of the Year a record-equalling three times (1998, 2000, 2003), finished in the top-three an additional three times (1997, 2002, 2006). He was also named European Footballer of the Year in 1998. The world-record fee of €66 million (US$87 million, £47 million) for his transfer to Real Madrid in 2001 is the highest ever paid. In 2004, he topped the UEFA Golden Jubilee Poll as the "Best European football player of the past 50 years", and was included in the FIFA 100, Pelé's list of the 125 greatest living footballers. As originally announced on 25 April 2006, Zidane retired from professional football after the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
Zinedine Zidane. (2007, October 26). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 14:20, October 27, 2007, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Zinedine_Zidane&oldid=167319536 |
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FIFA WORLD CUP VOL. 4 DVD
1990 brought the emergence of the new stars from Africa as Cameroon reached the quarter-finals. Brazil returned to former glories in a spectacular 1994 tournament full of close and competitive matches.
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WORLD CUP '98 GOALS VHS
All the Goals of World Cup '98: From the opening goal by Brazil`s Cesar Sampaio to the last by Emmanuel Petit, every goal is included in this action packed video - all 171 goals.
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ZIDANE HERO OR VILLIAN
Zinedine Zidane, known as 'Zizou', presents his career from the slums of Marseilles to the castles of Madrid. Zidane won the Copa UEFA in 1996 with Bordeaux, then joined Juventus and won the League Championship and the Supercopa of Italy along with the Copa Intercontinental. Later Florentino Pere...
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