5 Ballon d'Or winners who played in India

#4 Zinedine Zidane

Zidane with the award he won in 1998

The current Real Madrid coach, Zinedine Zidane travelled to the country in June as Kanakia Paris’ wellness ambassador. The legendary French midfielder is widely regarded as one of the best in his position and won the Ballon d’Or in 1998 while he finished as the runner-up behind Luis Figo in 2000.

Although Zidane did not travel to Mumbai to play the football, the French player was unable to resist himself from the temptation of having a little kick about. He watched a 5-a-side football match which included Sunil Chhetri and Baichung Bhutia and Zidane himself took three penalties and converted them all successfully. The 3000 people who were out to witness the game thoroughly enjoyed Zidane’s penalties.