Zinedine Zidane: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Zinedine Zidane: The good, the bad and the ugly

Zinedine Zidane has been appointed France coach for the 2030 FIFA World Cup, marking a new chapter in the legendary football icon's career. From inspiring France's 1998 World Cup triumph and scoring Real Madrid's iconic Champions League final winner to winning three consecutive Champions League titles as a coach, Zidane's journey remains one of football's greatest success stories.

Zinedine Zidane - The good, the bad and the ugly

AFP Sport picks out key moments in his career: Double on France debut Just as another French legend, Michel Platini, had done before him, Zidane scored on his international debut. Aged just 22, he came on as a substitute in a friendly against the Czech Republic and struck twice in the space of two minutes. Platini, too, had marked his debut by scoring against the then Czechoslovakia. Doing so in front of his home crowd in Bordeaux, the club he r…

Zinedine Zidane: The good, the bad and the ugly - Soccer America

French icon Zinedine Zidane on Tuesday was tasked with delivering France the 2030 World Cup as coach, just as he did as a player in 1998. As coach of Real Madrid, Zidane reeled off three successive Champions League successes (2016-18), becoming a member of the elite club who won it both as a player and as a coach. The post Zinedine Zidane: The good, the bad and the ugly appeared first on Soccer America.

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