 ZIDANEFull name: Zinedine Zidane Nickname: Zizou Date of Birth: 23rd June, 1972 Birthplace: Marseille (La Castellane), France Status:Married (Veronique Lentisco), 2 children (Enzo, named after his idol Enzo Francescoli and Luca) Height: 185cm Weight: 78kg Position: Midfield Prefered foot: Left Idol: Enzo Francescoli Official site: www.zidane.fr Unofficial site: http://members.tripod.com/zizoufr_10 Previous Clubs: Cannes (1988-1992), Bordeaux (1992-1996), Juventus (1996-2001) Contract with Real Madrid: 2005 + 1 year option Salary: $5.08 million Insurance clause: $95 million US dollar Agent:??? Zinedine Zidane or Zizou signed for Real Madrid on the 9th of June, 2001 for the amount of $58.43 million, but the total amount will be paid over 3 years increasing the amount with interest to about $66 million depending on currency swings. making this the most expensive signing ever. Zidane signed a contract for 4 years with option to extend that contract with 1 more year. Zidane was presented at a media conference in Madrid (Real's Palacio de Hielo headquarters) on the 9th of June. Perez and di Stefano presented Zidane with jersey 5, a shirt legend Manuel Sanchis had worn for 18 years until retiring at the end of season 2000/2001. Zidane said about the transfer: "It is a great honour to come here to this great club," and "I have waited impatiently for this moment and I think that after five years at Juventus it was the right time to make a move," & "Real Madrid have shown in the past and present that they are one of the world's great clubs and I hope that I will be able to do as well if not better than I did at Juventus." Natioinal A-team debut: August 17th, 1994, vs Czech Republic (scored 2 goals in 17min after coming in as a second half substitute). Games/Goals for club(s):
Won for nation: France: World Cup (1998), European Championship (2000) Total games played for France: 65 Won for Bordeaux: UEFF Cup: runners-up (1995/96) Won for Juventus: Italian League: 1997, 1998 Italian Cup: 1997 European Super Cup: 1996 Intercontinental cup: 1996 Won for Real Madrid: Spanish Super Cup: 2001 Madrid 2012 Trophy: 2002 Alicante Trophy: 2001 Personal awards: FIFA player of the year: 1998, 2000 Golden Ball (Balon d'Or): 1998 European Championship MVP: 2000 Other stuff about Zidane: - Got his highest wish as player fullfilled when he played against River Plate in the 1996 intercontinental cup which Juventus and Zidane won 1 - 0, the high point ofcourse being that idol Enzo Francescoli gave Zidane his shirt. - Likes to play tennis, favorite tennis player Andre Agassi. Also likes to watch Formula 1. - Zidane is a honoury President of football club, called AS Foresta located in his birthplace of La Castellane (today called; Nouvelle Vague) in Marseille, France. - his nickname "Zizou" was invented to him by one of his best friends Christophe Dugarry. Pictures: Zidane with Perez and Alfredo di Stefano (09.07.2001) Zidane with Perez and Alfredo di Stefano 2 (09.07.2001) Zidane training in Chile (11.09.2001) |
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