Zinedine Zidane Biography For Kids

[Music] Zinedine Zidane he was a famous French football player he was born on June 23rd 1972 in Marseille France his father's name was smells attained and mother's name was Mallika's attained his father worked as a warehouseman and night watchman at a department store and mother was a housewife young Zidane was introduced to the game of football at the tender age of five along with the neighborhood children he played the game at the play starting which was the main square of the housing complex Zidane bagged his first player license at the age of 10 for the junior team of a local club from La Coste Lane later he moved to so sub teams les Valens there he was selected for a three-day training camp that the crepes in aches and provence here he draw the attention of others can scout Jean Farrow who recommended him to the training center director of the club Zidane spent four years at the con after some months he went on to stay with con director Jean Claude Ella now and his family Z attains professional debut is with Khan in the lead one match against Nantes on May 18 1989 at the age of 17 Zidane Medes future wife Veronique Fernandes while playing for Khan in the 1988 to 1989 season two years later in 1991 Zidane scored his first goal against the Nantes securing his team a 2-1 win in 1992 to 1993 Zidane played for the Girondins de Bordeaux he married in may 28 1994 at the age of 21 and have four sons in 1996 Zidane moved to UEFA Champions League winners Juventus for a whopping 3.2 million pounds Zidane's first stint at the international level of football was not as a top 11 for france but as a substitute in a friendly match against czech republic however he recovered France from the 2-0 defeat to a 2-2 draw scoring twice year 1998 was a successful year for him who held the record of 7 goals in 32 matches Zidane's first appearance at the fifth world cup was in the year 1998 France was to play the 1998 FIFA World Cup final against defending champions Brazil he went on to hit two identical goals both headers and France won the game and the World Cup with 3-0 zipping selected for Man of the Match was instantly crowned as the national hero he won the Ballon d'Or European Player of the Year award once in 1998 two years later France won the Euro 2000 thus the nation hold both the World Cup and the European Championship Zidane joined the Real Madrid in the year 2001 for a venn world record fee of 150 billion Italian lire in the following seasons Zidane won the 2002-2003 La Liga for Real Madrid Euro 2004 was reportedly Zidane's last tournament as he intended to retire there after he scored his first ever hat-trick against Sevilla FC in a 4-2 win in January 2006 and was the second highest goal scorer for Real Madrid for the season Ziya Dame's last home match for the club was on May 7th 2006 when he scored in a 3-3 draw with Villarreal Z attains retirement came at a time when veteran players of France were retiring - without some of its key players France struggled qualifying for the 2006 World Cup as such upon the request of the then coach Raymond Domenech Zidane came out of retirement and was immediately reinstated as team captain under Zidane's captaincy France showed spark and character as the team slowly defeated its opponents the 2006 FIFA World Cup final was the last match of his career heated argument and head-butting with Marco Materazzi earn Zidane a red card he was not allowed to participate in the penalty shootout which Italy won 5-3 life is full of regrets but it doesn't pay to look back said zinedine zidane [Music]