Zinedine Zidane – One of the Greatest Players of Football in the World

Zinedine Zidane (aka) Zinedine Yazid Zidane (aka) Zizou, French Professional Football Player

Record/s :

Individual

  • French Division 1 Player of the Year : 1993-94
  • French Division 1 Player of the Year : 1995-96
  • Serie A Foreign Footballer of the Year : 1996-97, 2000-01
  • Ballon d’Or : Bronze award 1997
  • FIFA World Player of the Year : Bronze award 1997, 2002
  • Onze d’Argent : 1997, 2002, 2003
  • FIFA XI : 1997, 1998, 2000, 2002
  • ESM Team of the Year : 1997–98, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04
  • UEFA Club Midfielder of the Year : 1998
  • :L’Equipe International Chasmpion of Champions : 1998
  • L’Equipe France Champion of Champions : 1998
  • FIFA World Cup All-Star Team: 1998, 2006
  • World Soccer Awards Player of the Year: 1998
  • France Football French Player of the Year : 1998, 2002
  • Onze d’Or: 1998, 2000, 2001
  • Ballon d’or: 1998
  • FIFA World Player of the Year : 1998, 2000, 2003
  • El Pais European Player of the Year : 1998, 2001, 2002, 2003
  • Onze de Bronze : 1999
  • World Soccer’s Selection of the 100 Greatest Footballers of the 20th century : 1999
  • 2nd French Player of the Century (France Football): 2000
  • Ballon d’Or: Silver award 2000
  • UEFA European Championship Player of the Tournament : 2000
  • UEFA European Championship Team of the Tournament : 2000, 2004
  • Serie A top assist provider: 2000-01
  • Serie A Footballer of the Year : 2000-01
  • UEFA Team of the Year : 2001, 2002, 2003
  • Don Balon Award : 2001-02
  • La Liga Best Foreign Player : 2001-02
  • UEFA Club Footballer of the Year : 2002
  • FIFA World Cup Dream Team : 2002
  • FIFA 100 : 2004
  • UEFA Best European Player of the Past 50 Years : 2004
  • FIFA FIFPro World XI : 2005, 2006
  • IFFHS World’s Best Playmaker : 2006
  • FIFA World Cup Golden Ball : 2006
  • FIFA World Player of the Year : Silver award 2006
  • UNFP Honorary Award : 2007
  • AFS Top-100 Players of All Time #5: 2007
  • Marca Leyenda Award: 2008
  • Golden Foot Legends Award: 2008
  • ESPN Team of the Decade: 2009
  • ESPN Player of the Decade: 2009
  • Fox Sports Player of the Decade: 2009
  • Sports Illustrated Team of the Decade : 2009
  • Sports Illustrated Player of the Decade : 2009
  • Don Balon Team of the Decade : 2010
  • Don Balon Player of the Decade : 2010
  • Laureus Lifetime Achievement Award : 2011
  • UEFA team of teams: 2011
  • UEFA Champions League Best Player of the Past 20 Years: 2011
  • Equipe type speciale 20 ans des trophees UNFP : 2011
  • Real Madrid Greatest XI of All Time: 2012
  • World Soccer Greatest XI of All Time : 2013
  • Real Madrid Hall of Fame: 2014
  • UEFA Ultimate of the Year (substitute): 2015
  • IFFHS Legends: 2016
  • UEFA European Championship All-Time XI : 2016
  • FourFourTwo’s Selection of the 100 Greatest Footballers of All Time #8: 2017
  • Juventus Greatest XI of All Time: 2017
  • L’Equipe  Best French Player of All Time: 2018

Manager

Real Madrid

  • La Liga: 2016-17
  • Supercopa de España: 2017, 2019-20
  • UEFA Champions League: 2015-16, 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18
  • UEFA Super Cup: 2016, 2017
  • FIFA Club World Cup : 2016, 2017

Individual

  • La Liga Manager of the Month : April 2016, May 2017
  • UEFA La Liga Team Revelation of the Year: 2015-16
  • UEFA Champions League Breakthrough XI: 2015–16
  • IFFHS World’s Best Club Coach  – Runner-up: 2016
  • The Best FIFA Football Coach – Runner up: 2016, 2018
  • France Football French Manager of the Year : 2016, 2017
  • Le Buteur Coach of the Year: 2016
  • UEFA La Liga Team of the Season: 2016–17
  • France Football UEFA Champions League Team of the Season: 2016–17
  • Onze d’Or Coach of the Year : 2016–17, 2017–18
  • The Best FIFA Football Coach : 2017
  • ESPN Manager of the Year: 2017
  • IFFHS World’s Best Club Coach : 2017, 2018
  • IFFHS Men’s World Team : 2017
  • RMC French Manager of the Year: 2017
  • Globe Soccer Awards Best Coach of the Year: 2017
  • World Soccer Magazine World Manager of the Year : 2017
  • World Soccer Magazine World Manager of the Year – Runner up : 2018

Orders

  • Chevalier of the Legion d’honneur : 1998
  • Athir of the Ordre du Merite National : 2006
  • Officier of the Legion d’honneur : 2008

Records

  • The most expensive footballer in history : 2001–2009
  • Oldest player to win the FIFA World Cup Golden Ball: 34 years and 17 days
  • Most goals scored in FIFA World Cup Final matches : 3 goals (shared with Pele, Vava and Geoff Hurst
  • Most FIFA World Cup Final matches scored in : 2 matches (shared with Pele, Vava and Paul Breitner
  • Most red cards received in FIFA World Cup matches : 2 (shared with Rigobert Song)
  • Midfielder with the most appearances in the ESM Team of the Season
  • Only player in history to be named player of the year in 3 of the Top 5 Leagues : Division 1 Player of the Year (1996), Serie A Footballer of the Year  (2001), Don Balon Award  (2002)
  • Only player in history to win the World Cup and the European Championship while being named best player of both competitions
  • Most Onze d’Or awards  awards: 7 in total (shared with Cristiano Ronaldo )
  • Most FIFA World Player of the Year awards: 6 in total
  • Best winning streak in the history of La Liga: 16 games (shared with Pep Guardiola )
  • Most consecutive away wins in the history of La Liga : 13 games
  • Manager with the lowest number of defeats after 100 games (in Spanish football ): 8 losses
  • Manager with most trophies after 100 games (in Spanish football ): 7 titles
  • Longest unbeaten run in Real Madrid history : 40 games
  • Longest unbeaten run in Spanish football : 40 games
  • First French manager, except the French-Argentinian Helenio Herrera, to win UEFA Champions League: 2015–16
  • Longest scoring run (all major competitions) in European football : 73 games
  • Only manager in history to win two consecutive UEFA Champions League trophies in its modern format: 2015–16, 2016–17
  • Only manager to win three consecutive European Cup/UEFA Champions League finals: 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18
  • Only manager in Real Madrid history to win four trophies in one season
  • Only manager in Real Madrid history to win the UEFA Super Cup twice
  • First manager to win two consecutive UEFA Super Cup titles since Arrigo Sacchi
  • Quickest manager in the history of the Top 5 Leagues  to win 7 titles with a single club: 19 months
  • Quickest manager in the history of the Top 5 Leagues to win 8 titles with a single club: 23 months
  • Quickest manager in history to be named FIFA Football Coach of the Year : 653 days
  • Most The Best FIFA Football Coach awards: 3 in total
  • Only person in history to win the Onze d’Or award as a player and as a manager
  • Only person in history to win FIFA’s Player of the Year award and Coach of the Year award
  • Only person in history to win the IFFHS award as the best playmaker and as a manager
  • Only person in history to win the FIFA Club World Cup trophy successively as a manager
  • Only manager in Real Madrid history to win five trophies in a calendar year[312]
  • Only person in history to win the FIFA Club World Cup/Intercontinental Cup twice as a player and twice as a manager
  • Only person in history to be named French Player of the Year twice and French Manager of the Year twice
  • Highest score for a manager winning the IFFHS World’s Best Club Coach award: 326 points
  • First manager to reach three consecutive UEFA Champions League finals since Marcello Lippi : 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18
  • Manager with most Champions League trophies : 3 (shared with Bob Paisely and Carlo Ancelotti

sources: for records wikipedia

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