8 relatively unknown facts about Zinedine Zidane

#3 First ever French player to receive a red card in World Cup

Zidane was sent off in a group stage match against Saudi Arabia

Continuing the aforementioned point about his reckless behavior, Zidane has another record under his name—something that he would not have liked to have.

As he was playing in his second ever World Cup game against Saudi Arabia in 1998, the French-Algerian displayed another one of his fits as he stamped on Saudi player Fuad Anwar. It didn’t go unnoticed as the referee produced a straight red card for Zidane’s defiant act, making him the first ever French player to be sent off after receiving a red card in a World Cup game.

In the end, he made up for it as his two goals in the final of that tournament gave France her first ever World Cup trophy.