Zinedine Yazid Zidane was born on 23 June 1972, in Marseille France of Algerian Berber descent. He is remembered as an outstanding former football player, and is now a football coach. Zidane played in such famous football teams as Juventus and Real Madrid, and his talent was recognised by such awards as FIFA World Player of the Year, Golden Ball award, Ligue 1 Player of the Year and many others. Now Zinedine is the coach of Real Madrid Castilla.
So just how rich is Zinedine Zidane? Now Zidane’s net worth is 70 million dollars. As he is also successfully now there is a high possibility that his net worth will become bigger in the future.
Zinedine Zidane Net Worth $70 Million
Zinedine Zidane, better known by his nickname Zizou, was introduced to football when he was about five years old,playing it with children from the neighbourhood. Many of us have played football while we were young but not everyone liked it so much as Zidane did. While growing up he had such famous players as Jean-Pierre Papin and Enzo Francescoli as his idols. It is no surprise that he related his future to football as well.
Zinedine played for several junior teams, such as Septemes-les-Vallons and Castellane, before he joined the AS Cannes club in 1989 as an attacking mid-field player. This is when Zinedine Zidane’s net worth started to grow. While playing for this club, Zidane was able to work with Jean Varraud, and his talent started to really show. Zinedine was transfered to the Bordeaux club in 1992, where he played along with Christophe Dugarry and Bixente Lizarazu, and made 139 appearances and scored 28 goals over the following four seasons. Zizou also debuted for the full French national team in 1994, with whom he was to win the World Cup in 1998 and the UEFA Cup in 2000,.
After Zinedine’s successful performances in the two aforementioned clubs, in 1996 he became a part of one of the giant clubs of European football, the Italian side Juventus. This decision added a lot to Zinedine’s net worth. While Zinedine was playing for Juventus during the next six years, he appeared 151 times and scored 24 goals. In 2001 he won FIFA World Player of the Year award, and helped Juventus win two Serie A titles and appear in three UEFA Cup finals.
In 2001, Zinedine became a part of Real Madrid, for a then world record transfer fee and a big boost to his net worth. In his first season, he scored of one of the most impressive goals in soccer history in helping Real Madrid to win the 2002 UEFA Cup Final. He again won FIFA World Player of the Year award and was named as the best European footballer of the past 50 years by a vote of fans. Zidane had an opportunity to work with such popular football players as David Beckham and Ronaldo. Zinedine retired in 2006, but his successful career as a football player made Zinedine’s net worth very high.
Although Zinedine retired as a football player, he still has work related to football. In 2010 he became a special adviser for Real Madrid, later became assistant couch and finally, in 2014 he became Real Madrid Castilla’s coach. Zidane’s career as a coach also has a positive impact on his net worth. Zinedine Zidane is one of the greatest football players in history. He has been praised by such football players as Roberto Carlos, Xabi Alonso, Thierry Henry, David Beckham and many others. Every football fan will remember Zinedine for a long time. Eventually Zinedine Zidane’s net worth will grow in the future as he is now a successful football coach.
In his personal life, Zinedine Zidane married Veronique in 1994, and they have four children.
