French footballer and manager

Zinedine Zidane

Zinedine Yazid Zidane, popularly known as Zizou, is a French professional football manager and former player who played as an attacking midfielder. Widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time, Zidane was a playmaker renowned for his elegance, vision, passing, and ball control. He received many individual accolades as a player, including being named FIFA World Player of the Year in 1998, 2000 and 2003, and winning the 1998 Ballon d'Or. He last coached La Liga club Real Madrid and is one of the most successful coaches in the world.

Born

1972

June 23

Died

Living

Era

1970s

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1972 Born

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What else happened on this day, through history

229 Sun Quan proclaims himself emperor of Eastern Wu.
1266 War of Saint Sabas: In the Battle of Trapani, the Venetians defeat a larger Genoese fleet, capturing all its ships.
1280 The Spanish Reconquista: In the Battle of Moclín the Emirate of Granada ambush a superior pursuing force, killing most of them in a military disaster for the Kingdom of Castile.
1305 A peace treaty between the Flemish and the French is signed at Athis-sur-Orge.

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The world in 1972

When Zinedine arrived

april 10 Tombs containing bamboo slips, among them Sun Tzu's Art of War and Sun Bin's lost military treatise, are discovered by construction workers in Shandong.
april 10 Vietnam War: For the first time since November 1967, American B-52 bombers reportedly begin bombing North Vietnam.
april 13 The Universal Postal Union decides to recognize the People's Republic of China as the only legitimate Chinese representative, effectively expelling the Republic of China administering Taiwan.
april 13 Vietnam War: The Battle of An Lộc begins.

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Same-day contemporaries

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Alfred Kinsey 1894–1956 American biologist and academic (born 1894) Bryan Brown 1947– Australian actor and producer Cyclone Taylor 1884–1979 Canadian ice hockey player and politician (died 1979) Frederic Leclercq 1978– French heavy metal musician Giambattista Vico 1668–1744 Italian historian and philosopher (born 1668) Hal Laycoe 1922– Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 1998) Jean Anouilh 1910–1987 French playwright and screenwriter (died 1987) LaDainian Tomlinson 1979– American football player Lisa Carrington 1989– New Zealand flatwater canoeist

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Eminem 1972– American rapper, producer, and actor Adam Beach 1972– Canadian actor Archie Panjabi 1972– British actress Billie Joe Armstrong 1972– American singer-songwriter, guitarist, actor, and producer Brian Wood 1972– American writer, illustrator and graphic designer Chilly Gonzales 1972– Canadian-German singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer Chris Candido 1972–2005 American wrestler (born 1971) Chris Osgood 1972– Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster Christophe Beck 1972– Canadian television and film score composer and conductor

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