Zinedine Zidane
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Zinedine Yazid Zidane (born June 23, 1972, nicknamed Zizou, Yaz and ZZ) is a former football player from France. He played for four European clubs and the French national team.
Zinedine Zidane played several famous football clubs, like Juventus of Italy and Real Madrid of Spain. He led France to win the 1998 FIFA World Cup and the 2000 European Football Championship. In 2002 he also won the European Championship for Real Madrid, this was the ninth championship for Real Madrid. Zidane became three times World Footballer.
In 2006, Zidane announced that he would retire after the World Cup. Zidane was famous for headbutting Marco Materazzi at the 110th minute of the extra time at the Final game and was sent off with a red card; France eventualy got second place. This incident was known to many as the Zidane headbutt.