Sunday, July 09, 2006

More than words, more than pictures

Name: Zinédine Yazid Zidane.
Date of birth: June 23, 1972. Place: Marseilles.
Height: 185cm. Weight: 78kg.
Clubs: Cannes (1988-92), Bordeaux (1992-96), Juventus (1996-2001), Real Madrid (2001-2006).
International caps: 108. Goals: 31.
First cap: Aug 17, 1994 (France v Czech Republic).
Honours: Juventus: Inter-Continental Cup (1996), European Super Cup (1996), Italian League (1997, 1998). Real Madrid: Champions League (2002), European Super Cup (2002), Spanish league (2003). France: World Cup (1998), European Championship (2000), World Cup runner-up (2006). European player of the year: 1998. World player of the year: 1998, 2000, 2003.

# Named one of his sons Enzo after the former Uruguay striker, Enzo Francescoli.

# The first male model to be used by Christian Dior.

# In 2001, became the world’s most expensive player when he moved from Juventus to Real Madrid for a fee of £45 million.

#Got way too mad at some other player during the most important and last game of his life, and knocked him down with a head-butt.

2 Comments:

Blogger Train said...

Playing for Juventus five years ago, Zidane butted Jochen Kientz of Hamburger SV in a Champions League match, also earning a red card.

Eight years ago, Zidane was red-carded for stomping on an opponent while playing Saudi Arabia

ALL LODGE APPROVED

Mon Jul 10, 08:10:00 AM PDT  
Blogger theDUKE said...

I REALLY HATE THE ESPN OPINION. Boring game, their suggestion for getting rid of penalty kicks is dumb, a weak representation of two good teams. Is everybody smoking crack rock over there?!

Mon Jul 10, 10:03:00 AM PDT  

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