Zinedine Zidane
Zinédine Zidane ( Transliteration: Zin a-Din Zidan, Arabic for
"Ornament of the Faith", while his family name is Arabic for
"Increases or Grows the Faith". His 'nickname', 'Yazid' is derived
from his family name and means 'He Grows') (born June 23, 1972, in
Marseille, France), nicknamed Zizou, is a French football player of
Kabyle Algerian descent who has starred for both the French
national team and for four club teams, most recently Real Madrid.
Despite rumor to the contrary, Zidane's family was not a French
collaborator, something that he made clear himself.
Zidane is often considered to be the best footballer of his
generation, and one of the greatest of all time. His elegant
dribbling, balance, passing ability, shot accuracy, shot selection
and well placed free kicks have made him one of the game's finest
artists and the natural successor of Michel Platini as France's top
playmaker.
On 1 July, 2006, France beat Brazil 1-0 in Frankfurt to set up a
semifinal meeting with Portugal. Turning in a virtuoso performance
complete with one of his trademark "roulette" spins, Zidane
provided the free-kick assist from which Thierry Henry scored the
winning goal, and was named Man of the Match by FIFA's Technical
Study Group.
On 5 July, 2006, France met Portugal in Munich for the semifinal.
Zidane scored a penalty kick, which turned out to be the only goal
of the game and saw France through to the final.
Source:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zin%C3%A9dine_Zidane
