Zinedine Zidane has gained worldwide fame thanks to clubs such as Real Madrid and Juventus. How and how much does one of the world's greatest footballers make?
Zinedine Yazid Zidane is a famous French coach and footballer. He has played for such clubs as Cannes, Bordeaux, Real Madrid and Juventus. Currently he is a coach at Real Madrid.
Biography of the famous football player
Zinedine Zidane was born on June 23, 1972 to a large Algerian family in Marseille, France. He was the fifth and youngest child in the family. The footballer has three brothers and a sister: Jamel, Farid, Nordin and Leela. The oldest brother, Jamel, is rarely seen in public with his famous younger brother. Jamel Zidane works in the municipal basin in Marseille. Zinedine's second oldest brother, Farid, was fond of football and judo in his youth and died in July 2019 of cancer. The third brother, Nordin, is Zinedine's "right hand" and often accompanies him in public appearances. Zinedine's sister, Leela, is three years his senior and is the only member of the family to graduate from university.
The footballer's father, Smail Zidane, hails from an Algerian village. Zinedine's mother, Malik Marseillaise, is also of Algerian descent. The football player's parents met on their way to Marseille, after the Algerian War, in 1962.
Zinedine Zidane began his football career as a central midfielder at Cannes. But the clubs, thanks to which the footballer became known all over the world, are Real Madrid and Juventus.
Zidane currently resides in Madrid, in the Conde de Orgas area, where he owns a property of about 600 square meters. He also owns a large plot of land (9,000 square meters) in the Onet-le-Château commune in the Rodez commune area.
Personal life of Zinedine Zidane
Zinedine met his future wife in Cannes. At that time, the footballer was 17 years old, and Veronica Lentisco-Fernandez was 18 years old. Beloved by Zidane of Spanish descent, she studied biology in college and was a trainee dancer at the prestigious Rosella Hightower Dance School. On May 28, 1994, Veronica and Zinedine Zidane were married at Hailan Castle in Bordeaux.
Veronica and Zinedine wanted to have a big family. The couple have four sons and all followed in their father's footsteps. The oldest of them, Enzo Alan Zidane Fernandez, was born on March 24, 1995 in Bordeaux and was named after the childhood idol Zinedine Zidane, the famous football player Enzo Francescoli. Enzo took his mother's surname, as he believed that his father's surname would prevent him from achieving success in football. He is currently a midfielder for the Portuguese football club Aves. Luca Zinedine Zidane Fernandez (Luca Zidane) was born on 13 May 1998 in Marseille and is one of the best goalkeepers in Real Madrid.
Not much is known about the other two sons of Zinedine Zidane. Theo was born on May 18, 2002 in Marseille, and Zidane's youngest son, Elias, on December 26, 2005 in Madrid. Both are studying and training at Real Madrid.
How and how much Zinedine Zidane earns
Zinedine Zidane earned most of his income from playing football and coaching. In addition, the famous footballer has appeared in commercials, clips and films. Zinedine Zidane has a large number of contracts with major companies such as Christian Dior, Orange, Adidas, Volvic, Lego and Audi. Thanks to a contract with Adidas, Zinedine Zidane has the Adidas Predator Kangaroo Leather Football Boots. In addition, the brand offered him a pair of gold soccer shoes that he wore during the 2006 World Cup.
During his career, Zinedine Zidane was several times included in the ranking of the highest paid players in the world according to the famous French magazine "France Football". At the peak of his career, the footballer earned 15, 12 million euros per year (in 2001). In 2002, his income was 13.6 million euros per year. From 2003 to 2006, his income ranged from 13 to 15 million euros per year.
Thanks to advertising in 2006, Zidane earned more than 8.5 million euros. This allowed him to become one of the richest footballers in the world (in 2006, his salary, in addition to advertising, was 6.4 million euros).
In 2008, Zidane got the role of Zinedis in the comedy "Asterix at the Olympics" by Tom Langmann and Frederick Forestier, for which he also received a rather large fee.
In 2016, Zinedine Zidane's salary was about 2.5 million euros per year. Soon it was raised to 5.5 million euros, and then to 7.5 million euros per year. Today Zinedine Zidane has returned to Real Madrid as a coach. His salary is 12 million euros per year, and under the terms of the contract until 2022, he will receive bonuses for achieving certain goals.
Zinedine Zidane has also invested part of his earnings in many projects. For example, he was the initiator of the creation of the ZZ clothing brand, which was created in 1999 and is managed by a Swiss company. The footballer also invested in real estate. His company is called "ZIFERN" (short for Zidane and Fernandez), which specializes in rental housing and has a capital of 500,000 euros. In addition, Zidane has a small company with a capital of 38,000 euros, established in 2000 in Marseille, which manages the rights to the image of the famous French footballer.
