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Zinedine Yazid Zidane (born 23 June 1972 in Marseille), popularly nicknamed Zizou, is a French former football midfielder. Zinedine was a member of the French national team that won the 1998 FIFA World Cup and Euro 2000, as well as being the recipient of the Golden Ball after he captained the French side to the 2006 World Cup final.
Zidane played for four European clubs, and won the 2002 UEFA Champions League with Real Madrid. One of only two three-time FIFA World Player of the Year winners (Ronaldo being the other), Zidane was also named European Footballer of the Year in 1998. In 2004, fans voted Zizou atop UEFA's fiftieth-anniversary Golden Jubilee Poll, and he was included in Pele's FIFA 100. Zidane retired from professional football after the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
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