#4. Zinedine Zidane
Zidane rose to fame with ability to control games in french football with Bordeaux where he spent 4 years before moving to Juventus in 1996 where his career really took off. Zidane scored those two beautiful headed goals in the 1998 world cup final against Brazil and won France their very first world cup title and he won the “golden ball” best player in the competition. In his very first season with Juventus he won the Italian League title and than helped Juventus win it again next season. Juventus reached final of champions league twice in Zidan’s first two years with the club but lost on both occassions. Than came the biggest transfer in football history as he moved from Juventus to Real Madrid in 2001.
In his very first season Zidan finally won the UEFA Champions League title with Real Madrid and he scored a wonderull left footed volley from the edge of the box in the final against Bayer Leverkusen, the goal which is regarded as the greatest in Champions League. Zidan dominated Spanish football with Real Madrid. But his real impact was on the national team as he won UEFA Euro 2000 with France and than guided France to 2006 World Cup final where his french team lost against Italy on penalties. The final saw the most disappointing moment of Zidan’s career as he was sent off for headbutting Italian defender Marco Materazzi.
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