1972 - Today
Zinedine Yazid Zidane (born 23 June 1972), popularly known as Zizou, is a French former professional football player who played as an attacking midfielder. He is the current manager of La Liga club Real Madrid and is one of the most successful managers in the world. Widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time, Zidane was an elite playmaker renowned for his elegance, vision, passing, ball control, and technique. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Zinedine Zidane has received more than 14,656,206 page views. His biography is available in 110 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 102 in 2019). Zinedine Zidane is the 12th most popular soccer player (up from 13th in 2019), the 249th most popular biography from France (down from 244th in 2019) and the most popular French Soccer Player.
Zinedine Zidane is best known for his headbutt on Italian player Marco Materazzi during the 2006 World Cup Final.
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Among soccer players, Zinedine Zidane ranks 12 out of 16,923. Before him are Alfredo Di Stéfano, Franz Beckenbauer, Gerd Müller, Diego Maradona, Lev Yashin, and Giuseppe Meazza. After him are Cesare Maldini, George Best, Santiago Bernabéu Yeste, Zico, Michel Platini, and Just Fontaine.
1926 - 2014
HPI: 81.99
Rank: 6
1945 - Present
HPI: 81.75
Rank: 7
1945 - Present
HPI: 81.64
Rank: 8
1960 - 2020
HPI: 81.09
Rank: 9
1929 - 1990
HPI: 80.43
Rank: 10
1910 - 1979
HPI: 78.72
Rank: 11
1972 - Present
HPI: 78.66
Rank: 12
1932 - 2016
HPI: 78.17
Rank: 13
1946 - 2005
HPI: 77.94
Rank: 14
1895 - 1978
HPI: 77.68
Rank: 15
1953 - Present
HPI: 77.04
Rank: 16
1955 - Present
HPI: 76.90
Rank: 17
1933 - Present
HPI: 76.72
Rank: 18
Among people born in 1972, Zinedine Zidane ranks 1. After him are Gwyneth Paltrow, Cameron Diaz, Eminem, Ben Affleck, Shaquille O'Neal, The Notorious B.I.G., Dwayne Johnson, Wentworth Miller, Rivaldo, Jude Law, and Big Show.
1972 - Present
HPI: 78.66
Rank: 1
1972 - Present
HPI: 76.85
Rank: 2
1972 - Present
HPI: 76.50
Rank: 3
1972 - Present
HPI: 76.47
Rank: 4
1972 - Present
HPI: 76.29
Rank: 5
1972 - Present
HPI: 75.68
Rank: 6
1972 - 1997
HPI: 74.90
Rank: 7
1972 - Present
HPI: 74.22
Rank: 8
1972 - Present
HPI: 73.15
Rank: 9
1972 - Present
HPI: 72.47
Rank: 10
1972 - Present
HPI: 71.24
Rank: 11
1972 - Present
HPI: 70.24
Rank: 12
Among people born in France, Zinedine Zidane ranks 249 out of 5,234. Before him are Berthe Morisot (1841), Philip I of France (1052), Henri de Saint-Simon (1760), François de La Rochefoucauld (1613), Charlotte Corday (1768), and Paul Signac (1863). After him are Georges de La Tour (1593), Philip the Good (1396), Colette (1873), Charles Gounod (1818), Pierre Corneille (1606), and Louis-Ferdinand Céline (1894).
1841 - 1895
HPI: 78.81
Rank: 243
1052 - 1108
HPI: 78.79
Rank: 244
1760 - 1825
HPI: 78.77
Rank: 245
1613 - 1680
HPI: 78.73
Rank: 246
1768 - 1793
HPI: 78.73
Rank: 247
1863 - 1935
HPI: 78.71
Rank: 248
1972 - Present
HPI: 78.66
Rank: 249
1593 - 1652
HPI: 78.64
Rank: 250
1396 - 1467
HPI: 78.64
Rank: 251
1873 - 1954
HPI: 78.64
Rank: 252
1818 - 1893
HPI: 78.60
Rank: 253
1606 - 1684
HPI: 78.54
Rank: 254
1894 - 1961
HPI: 78.53
Rank: 255
Among soccer players born in France, Zinedine Zidane ranks 1. After him are Michel Platini (1955), Raymond Kopa (1931), Eric Cantona (1966), Lucien Laurent (1907), Thierry Henry (1977), Aimé Jacquet (1941), Laurent Blanc (1965), Didier Deschamps (1968), Michel Hidalgo (1933), Raymond Domenech (1952), and Franck Ribéry (1983).
1972 - Present
HPI: 78.66
Rank: 1
1955 - Present
HPI: 76.90
Rank: 2
1931 - 2017
HPI: 75.76
Rank: 3
1966 - Present
HPI: 72.38
Rank: 4
1907 - 2005
HPI: 71.51
Rank: 5
1977 - Present
HPI: 70.41
Rank: 6
1941 - Present
HPI: 70.07
Rank: 7
1965 - Present
HPI: 69.89
Rank: 8
1968 - Present
HPI: 69.71
Rank: 9
1933 - 2020
HPI: 69.44
Rank: 10
1952 - Present
HPI: 69.39
Rank: 11
1983 - Present
HPI: 68.27
Rank: 12