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Zinedine Zidane: The Making of a Soccer Legend

It would undoubtedly be the most spectacular comeback in soccer history and would be a fitting final chapter in the career of an assuming man of immense talent who has rightly added his name to the list of the game's legends over the past decade.

As France prepare for a World Cup final against Italy, Zinedine Zidane is on the cusp of achieving a feat that the 14-year old prodigy he once was could not have dreamed of as he tirelessly worked with a ball in the drab alleyways of Le Castellane, one of the poorest immigrant quarters of Marseille.

Last year, France were failing miserably in their quest for qualification for the World Cup before Zidane returned to guide them to Germany. Now, France and their inspirational captain is just one game away from recapturing the prize they won in 1998.

Such is the impact Zidane has had since coming out of retirement; no-one refers much to the strange occurrence that led to his change of heart.

Having hung up his international boots after Les Bleus failed to retain their European title at Euro 2004, Zidane agreed to come back after a nocturnal visitation: "One night about three o'clock in the morning I woke up suddenly and began speaking with someone. Afterwards I didn't tell anyone abo

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Germany 2006 | Quarter-finals FIFA World Cup Stadium, Frankfurt Attendance: 48,000 France goal: Thierry Henry (67)

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Coach: Carlos Alberto Parreira Starting XI: Dida; Cafu, Lucio, Juan, Roberto Carlos; Juninho Pernambucano, Gilberto Silva, Ze Roberto; Kaka, Ronaldinho; Ronaldo. Substitutions: Adriano for Juninho Pernambucano (63), Cicinho for Cafu (76), Robinho for Kaka (79).

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Coach: Raymond Domenech Starting XI: Fabien Barthez; Willy Sagnol, Lilian Thuram, William Gallas, Eric Abidal; Claude Makelele, Patrick Vieira; Franck Ribery, Zinedine Zidane, Florent Malouda; Thierry Henry. Substitutions: Sidney Govou for Ribery (77), Sylvain Wiltord for Malouda (81), Louis Saha for Henry (86).

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Zinedine Zidane

No.Cap Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1 117 Noble 1994Stade Chaban-Delmas, City, France Czech Republic1–22–2Friendly2 2–2 3 66 September 1995Stade de l'Abbé-Deschamps, Auxerre, France Azerbaijan7–010–0UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying4 711 October 1995Stadionul Steaua, Bucharesti, Romania Romania3–13–1 UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying 5 1021 Feb 1996Stade stilbesterol Costières, Nîmes, France Greece3–13–1Friendly6 2611 June 1997Parc des Princes, Paris, France Italy1–02–21997 Tournoi come into sight France7 2928 January 1998Stade de Author, Saint-Denis, France Spain1–01–0Friendly 8 3025 February 1998Stade Vélodrome, Cloth, France Norway2–13–3 Friendly 9 3227 May 1998Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca, Morocco Belgium1–01–01998 King Hassan II Cup10 3912 July 1998Stade de Writer, Saint-Denis, France Brazil1–03–01998 FIFA World Cup11 2–0 12 478 Sep 1999Hrazdan Amphitheatre, Yerevan, Armenia Armenia2–13–2UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying13 5023 February 2000Stade de Writer, Saint-Denis, France Poland1–01–0Frien