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Zinedine Yazid Zidane also pet named as Zizou is a former football player who played for four of the european clubs which include real madrid and juventus FC. He was a French and he usaully played as a midfielder. As a french player and later as a cptain of French national team he took part in two world cupfinals and won the tournament of 1998.

His gained his fame during the time of 1998 world cup were he scored two headed goals against Brazil to help his country win their first FIFA World Cup. He also contributed in wining Euro Cup 200 to his team. At club level he helped Juventus and Real Madrid to win domestic championships in Italy and Spain. He also scored the winning goal for Real Madrid in the final of the UEFA Champions League 2001-2002. In the 2006 FIFA World Cup he was named the most outstanding player of the tournament and was awarded a golden ball for the same. He captained Frech side and helped them to reach the final. Zidane had a very controversial end as he was dismissed in the extra time in the final match for headbutting Italian defender Marco Materazzi.

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