2M3 Bugnon: Zinedine Zidane : Return on an exceptional career

Zinedine Yazid Zidane is born the 23rd of June 1972 in Marseille. He's a French international footballer and named among the biggest football players of all time and listed among 125 better still living worldwide players in 2004. Playing the post of offensive middle, he was the compere of prestigious European clubs, as Juventus of Turin and Real Madrid, with which he won many national and international titles.

He played in four different clubs during his career. In Cane since 1988 to 1992, in Bordeaux since 1992 to 1996, in Juventus since 1996 to 2001 and in Real Madrid since 2001 to 2006.

Zidane comes of an Algerian family. He is married to Veronica Lentisco and is father of four boys. He signs his first licence in 10 years in a club near his cartier. He played in France since his seventeen years.

Famous number 10 of Overalls, he puts an end to his career further to the World cup in 2006 , in the course of which he distinguishes itself and gets title of better player of the worldwild.

He becomes quickly the idole of all supporters and is wooed by all patrons.

The 9th July on 2006, he plays his last match on the occasion of the final of the World Cup comparing Italy in France. He shows himself in a ambivalent way by registering his 31^th purpose under the French vest by a successful "panenka", but also by his eviction on red card this time for a headbutt to Marco Materazzi's thorax.

He is now the sponsor of the European Association against Leucodystrophies

( ELA ). Since 2001, he is also "Ambassadeur de Bonne Volonté" of the Program of United Nations for development beside Ronaldo with whom he organizes since 2003: the Match against Poverty, match of football which unites the biggest names of football and the harvested funds of which finance plans of conflict against poverty across the world.

Zidane, a player in the impressive honours list and a personality who stays and who will stay in the heart of the French.