Zinedine Zidane Biography and Wallpapers

Zinedine Zidane Biography

Although considered a talented player even since he was a youngster, no one thought of Zinedine Zidane as a serious contender to Michel Platini's position as the best player in France's history. Platini, who lead France in two World Cup semi-finals in 1982 and 1986 and won the European Championship in 1984, France's first trophy until recently.

However, the World was up for a surprise, as Zinedine Zidane had an outburst of skill and managed to place a serious mark wherever he played, as well as leading France to winning their first World Cup in 1998, their second European Championship in 2000 and lead France to a new World Cup final recently, as they lost against Italy in 2006, a final marked by the famous "Zinedine Zidane headbutt" incident, that you probably saw on TV over and over again (but we'll talk about that in a bit).

Zinedine Zidane – France Career
Zinedine Zidane started playing soccer professionally in 1988, for a rather mediocre France team, namely Cannes. His 4 years spent at Cannes, saw him going from sporadic appearances to earning a first squad place at only 18 years of age.

His first goal scored for the team occurred on February 8th, 1991. Besides the joy of having scored for his team in the first French league, Zidane won a Renault Clio for that goal, as Cannes' club owner promised him a car when he will shake the opponent's goal for the first time.

Although Zinadine Zidane was still not at his top potential at Cannes, French giants Girondine Bordeaux spotted him as a future talent and signed him.

Zizu, or Zizou as he would soon be nicknamed by fans around the world, spent 4 years at Bordeaux, where he learnt what winning trophies and playing at the highest level meant. He won the Intertoto Cup with Bordeaux in 1995, then earned the silver medal in the UEFA Cup in 1995/96.

Unlike many players that simply boomed from being nobody to huge stars, Zinedine Zidane worked hard to earn his success and the steps of his career slowly, but constantly rose. The next step, would be the most important one, as he joined Juventus Torino, a team that there aren't many locations you can move to that are "higher" from a professional soccer player's point of view.

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