Zinedine Zidane will always be remembered as one of the maestros in the world of football. His ability to play the ball and his career as a player is remarkable. He was called Zizou.
He started his professional career in 1989 in the small club of France, AS Cannes. Zidane only took three seasons since the promotion of the club's academy to make Girondins Bordeaux want to have him.
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| Zinedine Zidane (image taken from airtelfootball.ug) |
The Maestro
Zidane grew up to be a great playmaker in Bordeaux. His ability to dribble, passing, keeping the ball, and individual action through opposing players is Zizou's main skill.
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| Zinedine Zidane (image taken from betway.co.za) |
Performance with Bordeaux had made some Premier League clubs interested in having him. However, the offer from Juventus makes Zidane decided to leave. Zidane's goal to leave is to win the Champions League.
In early 1996-1997, Zidane was officially joined to Juventus. In that season, Zidane won the Serie A and Intercontinental Cup (now the Club World Cup).
As a Juventus player, Zidane successfully won the title of the world's best player version of FIFA or now known as FIFA Ballon d'Or.
However, the man who was born in Marseille, June 23, 1972 was not able to win the Champions League with Juventus. Zidane finally received an offer from Real Madrid in 2001. Real Madrid bought him with a high world transfer record at the time, 77.5 million euros.
Zidane's decision to join Real Madrid in order to meet his desire to win the Champions League was right. In his first season, he immediately won the title.
In fact, the Champions League trophy was successfully obtained by Real Madrid through his left foot shot to bring Madrid win over Bayer Leverkusen with a score of 2-1. Zidane was also selected to be the best player in this match.
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| Zinedine Zidane (image taken from cayaraha.com) |
Zidane's success at club level also took place with the French national team. Zidane first became part of the French team in 1994. He is believed to be a team playmaker after Les Bleus can not play Eric Cantona. Eric Cantona could not play for a year as a result of his "kung fu kick incident".
Zidane played his debut match with France as a reserve player on 17 August 1994 against the Czech Republic. He successfully created two goals in this match.
Four years later at the 1998 World Cup that was held in his country, Zidane successfully gave the first world title for France. In the final match against Brazil, Zidane created two goals by heading to bring France's win over Brazil with a score of 3-0.
The world title was also successfully completed by France by winning the European Cup in 2000 in Belgium-Netherlands. This moment is the peak of the football glory of Les Bleus with Zidane.
Zidane ended his career at Real madrid in 2006. His last achievement as part of the national team was to bring France became runner-up at the 2006 World Cup in Germany.
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Sources:
- Legenda: Zinedine Zidane, Akhir Pahit Karier Gemilang Sang Maestro: https://juara.bolasport.com/read/ragam/sosok/161423-legenda-zinedine-zidane-akhir-pahit-karier-gemilang-sang-maestro
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