Zinedine Zidane

Zinedine Zidane (Born 23 June 1972)

Zinedine Yazid Zidane, nicknamed "Zizou", is a French coach at Real Madrid Castilla, and a retired footballer who played as an attacking midfielder for the French national team, Juventus and Real Madrid. Renowned for his elegance, vision and technique, Zidane was named the best European footballer of the past 50 years in the UEFA Golden Jubilee Poll, and has been described as one of the greatest players in the history of the game.

At club level, Zidane won the La Liga title and the UEFA Champions League with Real Madrid, two Serie A league championships with Juventus and an Intercontinental Cup and a UEFA Super Cup each with both aforementioned sides. His 2001 transfer from Juventus to Real Madrid set a world record fee of an equivalent €75 million. On the international stage with France, Zidane won the 1998 FIFA World Cup, scoring twice in the final, and UEFA Euro 2000 where he was named Player of the Tournament. The World Cup triumph made him a national hero in France, and he received the Légion d'honneur in 1998.

Zidane has won the FIFA World Player of the Year three times, a feat achieved only by Ronaldo and Lionel Messi, and the Ballon d'Or once. He was Ligue 1 Player of the Year in 1996, Serie A Footballer of the Year in 2001 and La Liga Best Foreign Player in 2002. Zidane received the Golden Ball at the 2006 World Cup, and in the final was infamously sent off for headbutting Marco Materazzi in the chest. Following the tournament, Zidane retired from football.

After retirement, Zidane became assistant coach at Real Madrid under Carlo Ancelotti for the 2013-14 season. After a successful year in which the club won the UEFA Champions League and Copa del Rey, Zidane became the coach of Real Madrid's B team, Real Madrid Castilla.

Zinedine Zidane

Zidane in 2008
Personal information
Full name	Zinedine Yazid Zidane
Date of birth	23 June 1972 (age 42)
Place of birth	Marseille, France
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current team	Real Madrid Castilla (manager)
Youth career
1982–1983	US Saint-Henri
1983–1986	SO Septèmes-les-Vallons
1986–1989	Cannes
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1989–1992	Cannes	61	(6)
1992–1996	Bordeaux	139	(28)
1996–2001	Juventus	151	(24)
2001–2006	Real Madrid	155	(37)
Total		506	(95)
National team
1988–1989	France U17	4	(1)
1989–1990	France U18	6	(0)
1990–1994	France U21	20	(3)
1994–2006	France	108	(31)
Teams managed
2013–2014	Real Madrid (assistant)
2014–	Real Madrid Castilla
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Career statistics

Club

Club performance			League		Cup		Continental		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
France			League		Coupe de France		Europe		Total
1988–89	Cannes	Division 1	2	0	0	0	–		2	0
1989–90			0	0	0	0	–		0	0
1990–91			28	1	3	0	–		31	1
1991–92			31	5	3	0	4	0	38	5
1992–93	Bordeaux		35	10	4	1	-		39	11
1993–94			34	6	3	0	6	2	43	8
1994–95			37	6	4	1	4	1	45	8
1995–96			33	6	1	0	15	6	49	12
Italy			League		Coppa Italia		Europe		Total
1996–97	Juventus	Serie A	29	5	2	0	10	2	41	7
1997–98			32	7	5	1	11	3	48	11
1998–99			25	2	5	0	10	0	40	2
1999–2000			32	4	3	1	6	0	41	5
2000–01			33	6	2	0	4	0	39	6
Spain			League		Copa del Rey		Europe		Total
2001–02	Real Madrid	La Liga	31	7	9	2	9	3	49	12
2002–03			33	9	1	0	14	3	48	12
2003–04			33	6	7	1	10	3	50	10
2004–05			29	6	1	0	10	0	40	6
2005–06			29	9	5	0	4	0	38	9
Country	France		200	34	18	2	29	9	247	45
	Italy		151	24	17	2	41	5	209	31
	Spain		155	37	23	3	47	9	225	49
Total			506	95	58	7	117	23	681	125

International

National Team	Year	Apps	Goals
France	1994	2	2
	1995	6	2
	1996	12	1
	1997	8	1
	1998	15	5
	1999	6	1
	2000	13[A]	4
	2001	8	2
	2002	9	1
	2003	7	3
	2004	7	4
	2005	5	2
	2006	10	3
Total		108	31

Note

^A Includes one appearance from the match against FIFA XI on 16 August 2000 which FIFA and the French Football Federation count as an official friendly match.

International goals

International goals

Goal	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	17 August 1994	Stade Chaban-Delmas, Bordeaux, France	Czech Republic	1–2	2–2	Friendly Match
2	17 August 1994	Stade Chaban-Delmas, Bordeaux, France	Czech Republic	2–2	2–2	Friendly Match
3	6 September 1995	Stade Abbe Deschamps, Auxerre, France	Azerbaijan	7–0	10–0	1996 UEFA Euro Qualifying
4	11 October 1995	Stadionul Steaua, Bucharest, Romania	Romania	1–3	1–3	1996 UEFA Euro Qualifying
5	21 February 1996	Stade des Costières, Nimes, France	Greece	3–1	3–1	Friendly Match
6	11 June 1997	Parc des Princes, Paris, France	Italy	1–0	2–2	Tournoi de France
7	28 January 1998	Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France	Spain	1–0	1–0	Friendly Match
8	25 February 1998	Stade Vélodrome, Marseille, France	Norway	2–1	3–3	Friendly Match
9	27 May 1998	Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca, Morocco	Belgium	0–1	0–1	1998 Hassan II Trophy
10	12 July 1998	Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France	Brazil	1–0	3–0	Final, 1998 World Cup
11	12 July 1998	Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France	Brazil	2–0	3–0	Final, 1998 World Cup
12	8 September 1999	Hrazdan Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia	Armenia	1–2	2–3	2000 UEFA Euro Qualifying
13	23 February 2000	Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France	Poland	1–0	1–0	Friendly Match
14	4 June 2000	Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca, Morocco	Japan	1–1	2–2	2000 Hassan II Trophy
15	25 June 2000	Jan Breydel, Bruges, Belgium	Spain	0–1	1–2	Quarter-final, 2000 UEFA Euro
16	28 June 2000	King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium	Portugal	1–2	1–2	Semi-final, 2000 UEFA Euro
17	27 February 2001	Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France	Germany	1–0	1–0	Friendly Match
18	24 March 2001	Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France	Japan	1–0	5–0	Friendly Match
19	27 February 2002	Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France	Scotland	1–0	5–0	Friendly Match
20	29 March 2003	Stade Félix-Bollaert, Lens, Pas-de-Calais, France	Malta	4–0	6–0	2004 UEFA Euro Qualifying
21	29 March 2003	Stade Félix-Bollaert, Lens, Pas-de-Calais, France	Malta	6–0	6–0	2004 UEFA Euro Qualifying
22	2 April 2003	Renzo Barbera, Palermo, Italy	Israel	0–2	1–2	2004 UEFA Euro Qualifying
23	6 June 2004	Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France	Ukraine	1–0	1–0	Friendly Match
24	13 June 2004	Estádio da Luz, Lisbon, Portugal	England	1–1	2–1	Group Stage, 2004 UEFA Euro
25	13 June 2004	Estádio da Luz, Lisbon, Portugal	England	2–1	2–1	Group Stage, 2004 UEFA Euro
26	21 June 2004	Estádio Cidade de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal	Switzerland	0–1	1–3	Group Stage, 2004 UEFA Euro
27	17 August 2005	Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier, France	Ivory Coast	2–0	3–0	Friendly Match
28	12 October 2005	Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France	Cyprus	1–0	4–0	2006 FIFA World Cup Qualifying
29	27 June 2006	Niedersachsenstadion, Hannover, Germany	Spain	1–3	1–3	Round of 16, 2006 FIFA World Cup
30	5 July 2006	Allianz Arena, Munich, Germany	Portugal	0–1	0–1	Semi-final, 2006 FIFA World Cup
31	9 July 2006	Olympic Stadium, Berlin, Germany	Italy	0–1	1–1 (aet), 5–3 (pen)	Final, 2006 FIFA World Cup

Honours

Player

Country

France

• FIFA World Cup: 1998; Runner-up: 2006
• UEFA European Football Championship: 2000

Club

Bordeaux

• UEFA Intertoto Cup: 1995
• UEFA Cup Runner-up: 1995–96

Juventus

• Serie A: 1996–97, 1997–98; Runner-up: 1999–00, 2000–01
• Supercoppa Italiana: 1997; Runner-up: 1998
• UEFA Champions League Runner-up: 1996–97, 1997–98
• UEFA Super Cup: 1996
• Intercontinental Cup: 1996
• UEFA Intertoto Cup: 1999

Real Madrid

• La Liga: 2002–03; Runner-up: 2004–05, 2005–06
• Supercopa de España: 2001, 2003
• Copa del Rey Runner-up: 2001–02, 2003–04
• UEFA Champions League: 2001–02
• UEFA Super Cup: 2002
• Intercontinental Cup: 2002

Individual

• Ligue 1 Young Player of the Year – 1994
• Ligue 1 Player of the Year – 1996
• Serie A Foreign Footballer of the Year – 1997, 2001
• FIFA World Player of the Year Third place – 1997, 2002
• ESM Team of the Year – 1997–98, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04
• UEFA Club Midfielder of the Year – 1998
• FIFA World Cup All-Star Team – 1998, 2006
• FIFA World Cup Final Man of the Match – 1998
• World Soccer Awards Player of the Year – 1998
• French Player of the Year – 1998, 2002
• Onze d'Or – 1998, 2000, 2001
• Ballon d'Or – 1998
• FIFA World Player of the Year – 1998, 2000, 2003
• World Soccer 100 Greatest Players of the 20th century – 1999
• UEFA Euro Player of the Tournament – 2000
• UEFA Euro Team of the Tournament – 2000, 2004
• Serie A Footballer of the Year – 2001
• UEFA Team of the Year – 2001, 2002, 2003
• UEFA Champions League Final Man of the Match – 2002
• La Liga Best Foreign Player – 2002
• UEFA Club Footballer of the Year – 2002
• FIFA World Cup Dream Team – 2002
• FIFA 100 Greatest Living Footballers – 2004
• UEFA Best European Player of the Past 50 Years – 2004
• FIFPro World XI All-Star Team – 2005, 2006
• IFFHS World's Best Playmaker – 2006
• FIFA World Cup Golden Ball – 2006
• FIFA World Player of the Year Second place – 2006
• UNFP Honorary Award – 2007
• Marca Leyenda Award – 2008
• Goal.com Team of the Decade - 2009
• ESPN Team of the Decade - 2009
• ESPN Player of the Decade - 2009
• Sports Illustrated Player of the Decade - 2009
• Laureus Lifetime Achievement Award – 2011
• UEFA Champions League Best Player of the Past 20 Years – 2011
• World Soccer Greatest XI of all Time - 2013

Order

• Chevalier (Knight) of the Légion d'honneur in 1998, promoted to Officier (Officer) in 2009

Assistant Manager

Real Madrid

• Copa del Rey: 2013–14
• UEFA Champions League: 2013–14

Diego Maradona

Diego Maradona (Born 30 October 1960)

Diego Armando Maradona Franco, is a former Argentine footballer. He has served as a manager and coach at other clubs as well as for the national team of Argentina. Many experts, football critics, former players, current players and football fans regard Maradona as the best football player of all time. He was joint FIFA Player of the 20th Century with Pelé.

A playmaker who operated in the classic number 10 position, Maradona is the only player in football history to set the world record transfer fee twice, first when he transferred to Barcelona for a then world record £5m, and second, when he transferred toNapoli for another record fee £6.9m. He played for Argentinos Juniors, Boca Juniors, Barcelona, Napoli, Sevilla and Newell's Old Boys during his club career, and is most famous for his time at Napoli where he won numerous accolades. In his international career, playing for Argentina, he earned 91 caps and scored 34 goals.

Maradona played in four FIFA World Cups, including the 1986 World Cup where he captained Argentina and led them to victory over West Germany in the final, and won the Golden Ball award as the tournament's best player. In the 1986 World Cup quarterfinal, he scored both goals in a 2–1 victory over England that entered football history, though for two different reasons. The first goal was an unpenalized handling foul known as the "Hand of God", while the second goal followed a 60 m (66 yd) dribble past five England players, voted "The Goal of the Century" by FIFA.com voters in 2002.

Maradona is considered one of the sport's most controversial and newsworthy figures. He was suspended from football for 15 months in 1991 after failing a drug test, for cocaine, in Italy, and he was sent home from the 1994 World Cup in the U.S. after testing positive for ephedrine. In 2005, he lost a considerable amount of extra weight and overcame his cocaine addiction. His outspoken views have sometimes put him in conflict with journalists and sport executives. Although he had little managerial experience, he became head coach of the Argentina national team in November 2008, and held the job for eighteen months, until his contract expired after the 2010 World Cup.

He coached Dubai based club Al Wasl in the UAE Pro-League for the 2011–12 season. In August 2013, Maradona joined Argentine Primera D club Deportivo Riestra's staff as "spiritual coach".

Career statistics

Club

Season	Club	League	League		Cup		Continental		Other		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1976	Argentinos Juniors	Primera División	0+11	0+2	0	0	–		–		11	2
1977			37+12	13+6	0	0	–		–		49	19
1978			31+4	22+4	0	0	–		–		35	26
1979			14+12	14+12	0	0	–		–		26	26
1980			32+13	25+18	0	0	–		–		45	43
Total	Argentinos Juniors		166	116	–		–		–		166	116
1981	Boca Juniors	Primera División	28+12	17+11	0	0	–		–		40	28
1982–83	Barcelona	La Liga	20	11	5	3	4	5	6	4	35	23
1983–84			16	11	4	1	3	3	–		23	15
Total	Barcelona		36	22	9	4	7	8	6	4	58	38
1984–85	Napoli	Serie A	30	14	6	3	–		–		36	17
1985–86			29	11	2	2	–		–		31	13
1986–87			29	10	10	7	2	0	–		41	17
1987–88			28	15	9	6	2	0	–		39	21
1988–89			26	9	12	7	12	3	–		50	19
1989–90			28	16	3	2	5	0	–		36	18
1990–91			18	6	3	2	4	2	1	0	26	10
Total	Napoli		188	81	45	29	25	5	1	0	259	115
1992–93	Sevilla	La Liga	26	5	3	3	–		–		29	8
1993–94	Newell's Old Boys	Primera División	5	0	–		–		–		5	0
1995–96	Boca Juniors		11+13	3+2	–		–		–		24	5
1996–97			0+1	0	–		–		1	0	2	0
1997–98			5	2	–		–		–		5	2
Total	Boca Juniors		70	35	–		–		1	0	71	35
Total	Argentina		191	151	0	0	0	0	1	0	242	151
	Spain		62	27	12	7	7	8	6	4	87	56
	Italy		188	81	45	29	25	5	1	0	259	115
Career total			491	259	57	36	32	13	8	4	588	312

• Other – League Cup (Spain) and Super Cup (Italy)

• His overall average of goals scored per match in domestic club competitions is 0.526.^[145]

International

• Started in 21 consecutive matches for Argentina in four World Cups (1982, 1986, 1990, 1994)
• Appeared 16 times as captain of the national team, a World Cup-record.
• Scored 8 goals and provided 8 assists in 21 World Cup appearances, including 5 goals and 5 assists in 1986
• Tied for highest goal-scorer from Argentina in World Cup finals (equaled Guillermo Stábile's mark in 1994; surpassed by Gabriel Batistuta in 1998)
• Was fouled 23 times in the match Argentina v Italy in the 1982 World Cup, a single-match World Cup-record;
• Was fouled 50 times during 1990 World Cup, a single-tournament World-Cup record.

Argentina national team
Year	Apps	Goals
1977	3	0
1978	1	0
1979	8	3
1980	10	7
1981	2	1
1982	10	2
1983	-	-
1984	-	-
1985	10	6
1986	10	7
1987	6	4
1988	3	1
1989	7	0
1990	10	1
1991	-	-
1992	-	-
1993	4	0
1994	7	2
Total	91	34

Manager

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
				G	W	D	L	Win %
Mandiyú de Corrientes		January 1994	June 1994	12	1	5	6	8.33
Racing Club		May 1995	November 1995	11	2	3	6	18.18
Argentina		November 2008	July 2010	19	14	0	5	73.68
Al Wasl FC		May 2011	July 2012	22	7	5	10	31.82

Honours

Club

 Argentinos Juniors

Runner-up

• Argentine Primera División: 1980 Metropolitano

 Boca Juniors

Winners

• Argentine Primera División: 1981 Metropolitano

Runner-up

• Argentine Primera División: 1997 Apertura

 Barcelona

Winners

• Copa del Rey: 1983
• Copa de la Liga: 1983
• Supercopa de España: 1983

 Napoli

Winners

• Serie A (2): 1986-87, 1989-90
• Coppa Italia: 1986-87
• UEFA Cup: 1988-89
• Supercoppa Italiana: 1990

Runner-up

• Serie A (2): 1987-88, 1988-89
• Coppa Italia: 1988-89

Country

 Argentina

Winners

• FIFA World Youth Championship: 1979
• 75th anniversary FIFA Cup: 1979
• FIFA World Cup: 1986
• Artemio Franchi Trophy: 1993

Runner-up

• South American Youth Championship: 1979
• FIFA World Cup: 1990

Manager

Club

 Al-Wasl

Runner-up

• Gulf Club Champions League: 2012

Individual

• Argentine Primera División top scorers (5): 1978 Metropolitano, 1979 Metropolitano, 1979 Nacional, 1980 Metropolitano, 1980 Nacional
• FIFA World Youth Championship Golden Ball: 1979
• FIFA World Youth Championship Silver Shoe: 1979
• World Player of the Year (Guerin Sportivo): 1979
• Argentine Football Writers' Footballer of the Year (4): 1979, 1980, 1981, 1986
• South American Footballer of the Year (2): (official award) 1979, 1980
• Olimpia de Oro (2): 1979, 1986
• Guerin d'Oro (Serie A Footballer of the Year): 1985
• Onze de Bronze (2): 1985, 1988
• FIFA World Cup Golden Ball: 1986
• FIFA World Cup Silver Shoe: 1986
• FIFA World Cup Most Assists: 1986
• FIFA World Cup All-Star Team (2): 1986, 1990
• Onze d'Or (2): 1986, 1987
• Argentine Sports Writers' Sportsman of the Year: 1986
• L'Équipe Champion of Champions: 1986
• United Press International Athlete of the Year Award: 1986
• World Soccer Awards Player of the Year: 1986
• South American Player of the Year (4): (unofficial award) 1986, 1989, 1990, 1992
• Capocannoniere (Serie A top scorer): 1987–88
• Coppa Italia top scorer: 1987-88
• FIFA World Cup Bronze Ball: 1990
• Onze d'Or (top player of the year for the Onze Mondial French newspaper): 1994
• FIFA World Cup All-Time Team: 1994
• Ballon d'Or for services to football (France Football): 1996
• World Team of the 20th Century: 1998
• World Soccer The Greatest Players of the 20th century: (#2) 1999
• Argentine Sports Writers' Sportsman of the Century: 1999
• Marca Leyenda: 1999
• Number 10 retired by Napoli football team as a recognition to his contribution to the club: 2000
• FIFA Player of the Century: 2000
• FIFA World Cup Goal of the Century (1986 (2–1) v. England; second goal): 2002
• FIFA World Cup Dream Team: 2002
• FIFA 100 Greatest Living Footballers: 2004
• Argentine Senate "Domingo Faustino Sarmiento" recognition for lifetime achievement: 2005
• World Soccer Greatest XI of all time: 2013
• Napoli all-time Top Scorer

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