Every week we will have a special entry for a player with a big importance for the club and it's history. This week's homage is for: Zinedine Zidane.Zizou, as people call him, had already a big history of records and even a FIFA World Cup with France; but it was in one team that the player will finish playing, and with him his heart staying: Real Madrid C.F.
In 2001, Zidane signed for the Spanish team for a then world-record fee of €78 million and a four-year contract; bringing magic, passion, and a beautiful football to the team.
His best night playing for the club was at Hampden Park, Glasgow, in the 2002 UEFA Champions League Final, where he scored the match-winning goal making Real Madrid beat Germany's Bayer Leverkusen 2-1 on a very close match. That is one of the best goals scored in the UEFA Champions League history, and many times considered one of the best in football's history.
Zidane was named FIFA World Player of the Year three times: 1998, 2000 and 2003. And he is considered by many as one of the best 5 footballers of all time (along Johann Cruyff, Franz Beckenbauer, Diego Maradona and Pelé).
Even after his retirement in 2006, Zizou is still inspiring young players, all because of his leadership in the field and incredible management of the ball. And he is currently Advisor to the President as Florentino Perez was announced President of his beloved team, Real Madrid C.F.
If you have never seen Zizou playing, you have seen nothing.
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