8 relatively unknown facts about Zinedine Zidane

#4 First Car

Zidane spent three years playing in the Cannes senior team

Zinedine Zidane made his debut for Cannes at a mere age of 16. The club’s president was so fond of his crown jewel that he promised him a car as a gift when he scored his first goal at the club. And he had to wait two years to get his hand on a brand new car.

On 10th of February 1991, he scored his first ever competitive goal against Nantes in a match which was narrowly won by Cannes by 2 goals to 1.

It was the first of many goals he went on to score in his professional career. He might not have that many goals as one would expect from an attacking midfielder. However, there is a claim that he hated being inside the opponent’s box and just loved to feed the strikers instead.