1972 - Today
Zinedine Yazid Zidane (French: Zinédine Yazid Zidane; born 23 June 1972), popularly known as Zizou, is a French professional football manager and former player who played as an attacking midfielder. He most recently coached Spanish club Real Madrid and is one of the most successful coaches in the world. Widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time, Zidane was a 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 21,172,444 page views. His biography is available in 111 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 110 in 2019). Zinedine Zidane is the 11th most popular soccer player (up from 12th in 2019), the 241st most popular biography from France (up from 249th 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 11 out of 16,880. Before him are Lev Yashin, Gerd Müller, Franz Beckenbauer, Eusébio, Garrincha, and Alfredo Di Stéfano. After him are Giuseppe Meazza, Josef Bican, George Best, Michel Platini, Cesare Maldini, and Cristiano Ronaldo.
1929 - 1990
HPI: 77.53
Rank: 5
1945 - 2021
HPI: 77.43
Rank: 6
1945 - Present
HPI: 76.95
Rank: 7
1942 - 2014
HPI: 76.33
Rank: 8
1933 - 1983
HPI: 76.21
Rank: 9
1926 - 2014
HPI: 75.85
Rank: 10
1972 - Present
HPI: 72.54
Rank: 11
1910 - 1979
HPI: 71.84
Rank: 12
1913 - 2001
HPI: 71.63
Rank: 13
1946 - 2005
HPI: 71.06
Rank: 14
1955 - Present
HPI: 70.83
Rank: 15
1932 - 2016
HPI: 70.79
Rank: 16
1985 - Present
HPI: 70.37
Rank: 17
Among people born in 1972, Zinedine Zidane ranks 1. After him are Ben Affleck, Cameron Diaz, Gwyneth Paltrow, Shaquille O'Neal, Eminem, Dwayne Johnson, The Notorious B.I.G., Rivaldo, Jude Law, Pavel Nedvěd, and Andrzej Duda.
1972 - Present
HPI: 72.54
Rank: 1
1972 - Present
HPI: 71.57
Rank: 2
1972 - Present
HPI: 70.83
Rank: 3
1972 - Present
HPI: 70.01
Rank: 4
1972 - Present
HPI: 68.63
Rank: 5
1972 - Present
HPI: 67.91
Rank: 6
1972 - Present
HPI: 67.81
Rank: 7
1972 - 1997
HPI: 67.33
Rank: 8
1972 - Present
HPI: 63.86
Rank: 9
1972 - Present
HPI: 62.32
Rank: 10
1972 - Present
HPI: 61.42
Rank: 11
1972 - Present
HPI: 61.26
Rank: 12
Among people born in France, Zinedine Zidane ranks 241 out of 6,011. Before him are Honoré Daumier (1808), Gilles de Rais (1405), Paul Signac (1863), François Quesnay (1694), Georges Clemenceau (1841), and Pope Clement IV (1190). After him are Jean Marais (1913), Margaret of Valois (1553), Oscar I of Sweden (1799), Stéphane Mallarmé (1842), Colette (1873), and Serge Gainsbourg (1928).
1808 - 1879
HPI: 72.61
Rank: 235
1405 - 1440
HPI: 72.60
Rank: 236
1863 - 1935
HPI: 72.58
Rank: 237
1694 - 1774
HPI: 72.55
Rank: 238
1841 - 1929
HPI: 72.55
Rank: 239
1190 - 1268
HPI: 72.54
Rank: 240
1972 - Present
HPI: 72.54
Rank: 241
1913 - 1998
HPI: 72.48
Rank: 242
1553 - 1615
HPI: 72.45
Rank: 243
1799 - 1859
HPI: 72.42
Rank: 244
1842 - 1898
HPI: 72.30
Rank: 245
1873 - 1954
HPI: 72.28
Rank: 246
1928 - 1991
HPI: 72.26
Rank: 247
Among soccer players born in France, Zinedine Zidane ranks 1. After him are Michel Platini (1955), Raymond Kopa (1931), Eric Cantona (1966), Thierry Henry (1977), Lucien Laurent (1907), Didier Deschamps (1968), Franck Ribéry (1983), Karim Benzema (1987), Laurent Blanc (1965), Aimé Jacquet (1941), and Antoine Griezmann (1991).
1972 - Present
HPI: 72.54
Rank: 1
1955 - Present
HPI: 70.83
Rank: 2
1931 - 2017
HPI: 69.30
Rank: 3
1966 - Present
HPI: 63.60
Rank: 4
1977 - Present
HPI: 62.64
Rank: 5
1907 - 2005
HPI: 62.16
Rank: 6
1968 - Present
HPI: 61.43
Rank: 7
1983 - Present
HPI: 61.12
Rank: 8
1987 - Present
HPI: 60.63
Rank: 9
1965 - Present
HPI: 60.53
Rank: 10
1941 - Present
HPI: 60.13
Rank: 11
1991 - Present
HPI: 59.62
Rank: 12