Tag Archives: Zinedine Zidane
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Amazing Goal at Charity Soccer Game Proves Zinedine Zidane Still Has It (Video)
To people who only casually follow soccer, Zinedine Zidane is almost certainly best-known as “that guy who headbutted that other guy in the Final of the 2006 World Cup.” However, to serious soccer fans, the Algerian-born Frenchman is known as arguably the best player of his generation and the guy who led France to their [...]
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Montreal Impact’s Nelson Rivas Pulls A Zidane, Headbutts Opponent (Video)
In the everyday world, they call it a “headbutt.” In the soccer world, it’s called a “Zidane.” The headbutt earned that named in the soccer world after famous soccer star Zinedine Zidane headbutted Italian opponent Marco Materazzi during the finals of the 2006 World Cup. That act earned Zidane a red card in his final [...]
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Another Vicious Soccer Headbutt (Video)
What is it with soccer players and headbutts? In a Champion’s League play-in match between Spain’s Villarreal and Denmark’s Odense, a rather minor run-in between two players quickly turned unnecessarily violent. Andreas Johansson of Odense took down Borja Valera of Villarreal. The foul was probably worth a yellow card, but it wasn’t especially vicious. After [...]
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Zinedine Zidane’s Still Got It! (Video)
At the age of 38, retired French footballer Zinedine Zidane may not be able to throw a headbutt like he used to, but it doesn’t appear as though his feet have lost an ounce of the finesse that once made him the greatest player in the world. Check out how he makes a mockery of [...]
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Reliving Zidane’s Head-Butt That Marked The ‘06 World Cup..In Every Way Possible (GIFs)
It was the moment that saw the historic career of Zinedine Zidane come to a rather painful conclusion. Having scored his team’s lone goal in the 2006 World Cup final against Italy, Zidane and his French International squad found themselves tied 1-1 in extra time when the unthinkable occurred. After being the victim of a [...]
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Are These Zidane Inspired Commercials Really To Violent For TV?
Four years ago in Germany, French captain Zinedine Zidane was penalized for headbutting Italian defender Marco Materazzi during extra time of the 2006 World Cup final. Zidane would be sent off the pitch with a straight red card, Italy would win in a shootout, and the image of his head driving into the chest of [...]
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Zinedine Zidane’s Unbelievable Pool Shot
Total Pro Sports – Made famous for his great work on the soccer pitch (and who can forget the popular headbutt from the 2006 World Cup), Zinedine Zidane is apparently a multi-sport talent. That is of course if you consider billiards to be sports. Video cameras caught up with the former French international as he [...]
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Record Deal Sends Kaka Packing For Real Madrid
Total Pro Sports – It has been the most talked about move during transfer season thus far, but Brazilian soccer star Kaka is now officially moving from Italian League team AC Milan to Spanish powerhouse Real Madrid. So how much money did it take to complete such a move? A record $94 million, smashing the [...]
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Madin Mohammed Is A 6 Year Old Soccer Star
Total Pro Sports – We would like to introduce Madin Mohammed the 6 year old soccer superstar. He is French Algerian just like Zinedine Zidane that has unbelievable ball skills and has been granted a football scholarship by the French Football Federation. He also been compared to the soccer stars, Zinedine Zidane and Cristiano Ronaldo. [...]
