Zinedine Zidane is probably the best name in football history

Greatest midfielder of all time for me, was named among the top 3 in the world for almost 9 straight seasons.

Zidane was probably the greatest midfielder of all time imo. Ciro Ferrara once said he was the greatest number '10' to ever play in Serie A only after the great Diego Maradona. Zidane is in the rarest of categories to win a World Cup, Euro, Champions League while being the 'Player of the tournament' in each of those and ofcourse winning the coveted Ballon D'Dor 👏🏽

One of the very few videos on this channel when they spoke their heart out. Zidane for ever!

He was the best midfielder I have ever seen growing up. I respect Xavi and Iniesta alot because they are very to close to his level but to be able to completely dominate against teams like prime brazil and portugal etc in 2006 and the whole tournament was complety mind blowing.

Zidane always looked like he was seeing things in slow motion. Such elegance and patience in decision making.

I'm a Portugal fan. I started watching football during Euro 2000. Figo's great Portugal side lost the semi-final not to France, but to Zidane. He played the best game of his life that day, and crushed the Portuguese dream of winning the first trophy. Loosing to Zidane always felt inevitable. He was scary. I imagine that's what people feel like now, whenever their team comes up against the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo, knowing that he's going to score, no matter what you do. Fear and respect. Happy birthday, ZZ. Proper legend.

I still miss watching him today. I say the only other footballer that had as much respect and presents on the field is Lionel Messi. Zinédine Zidane is was one of the best

Zidane was exceptional in the 1998 World Cup. It was great seeing Brazil getting dominated by France. Just fun to watch.

There have been few midfielders in history that possessed the entire package. From his Physical Stature to Ball Skills to Supreme passing. Zidane is the goat amongst the midfield

When zidane was Real Madrid Manager, one of theh players said "zidane just comes out to train with us sometimes and even in his late 40s, he's better than all of us"

The guy won everything, top 5 all time player.

He is the Greatest Midfielder to Ever play the game period

Zidane is easy top 5 goat of football in my list. Zidane as a player was simply unbelievable. The control, passing, vision, and his calmness on the ball was Magical. A great first touch and technique, Eagle eye vision, intelligence, unrivaled balance . He shines like no others during finals, during great games, he left this “whoa” impression, and everyone, including the players around him, had the same feelings we all felt.

Zidane is the greatest midfielder of all time not even a debate

Zidane is the best all time

if that header at the extra time went past buffon, which it nearly did, we would've probably not seen the headbutt. one of the all-time greats, happy birthday zizou!

Zidane was a heck of a player, hands down one of the best Midfielders to ever play the game. I have him in my top 3 along Xavi & Inesta. No real order just the best I’ve ever seen

I consider him the greatest player post Maradona pre-Messi. He’s the most elegant footballer in history. Top 5 player all time.

Dude was so elegant one the ball Like watching a ballet dancer playing football

Every video I have watched Zidane play one thing is common, the calmness on the ball this guy had was just unavailable it's almost like he had extra time to choose and play forward simply magnificent.

Arguably the most elegant footballer who graced football 🤗😇

Glad to see Zidane get plaudits and respect from the crew and in the comments. He was an absolute gem and it always brought joy to watch him play. He was my favorite player growing up along with Henry, Shevchenko and Ronaldinho. The way he could dominate a game and do it with grace and finesse was truly something special. His technique, poise on the ball and creativity was out of this world. Also had a knack of performing on the biggest stage. For me he is the best player I've seen along with Messi, Ronaldo and Ronaldinho. He deserves to be in the GOAT debate for sure.

You don't chase Zidane when he recieve the ball you know what you are going get,i remember one my late brother say why Zidane has eyes back of is head because as soon they pass him the ball he already know where his opponents are, his front his back,for me best player i ever seen

At 4:18, I agree with Jules, Zizou‘s performance versus Brazil in the 2006 World Cup was legendary. Perhaps one of the top three greatest single individual performance in the World Cup by a player. As good as Maradona in 1986 vs England or Belgium, if not better.

Zidane is goated, happy 50th Zizou. Wish I would have watched him live more when I was younger. My fav players of all time remain Bergkamp, Totti, and Zlatan.

Zizou is THE GOAT! Poetry in motion.

Top 5 footballers of all time For a man who didn’t score many goals & had zero pace YET so influential with his silky skills & a computer of a brain Zizou had. Arguably European greatest player as it’s between him & Dutch maestro Johan Cruyff in terms of influence & to be the greatest player of their respective continent

Happy birthday to my favorite player of all time. 🇫🇷👑

He dominated when there were great players already. Thats why he is the best

Zidane was simply great.dominated the midfield for years

I remember 2006 vs brazil. A retired midfielder not only dominated and humiliated the best of the best of brazil at the highest level, but he did so with Brazilian flair. Beat them at their own game. Was amazing

Amazing player. Was such a joy to watch. I can never forget that game against Brazil. Good Lord!

One of the greatest footballers ever! Period! Vive La France 🇫🇷❤️⚽️🥇🏆

Zidane is the greatest midfielder of all time.

Happy birthday Zidane, you're my favourite player in history. Enjoy your day King Zidane, your impact on the game will always be there in history.

I was privileged enough to be in the stadium twice when Zidane was playing in Spain.

Wonderful player. Such a great leader too

My favorite player growing up, zizou did things that don’t show up on the stat sheet

Stevie played a beautiful ball into the corner and then received the header, in 1981.

is my all time best footballer till date.. happy birthday legend 🙌

Ronaldo’s and messis might score you 50 goals every season but for me zidane Is the greatest! He was the “go to man when the chips were down”

Zizouuuuuu my Hero! What a legend! Hope one day he will come back to Madrid again. But first, the French National team soon. 💪

Carried a whole country to the World cup. best individual performance by a player at the world cup. would have won that 2006 world cup if not for the Materazzi situation. One of the greatest player ever! Happy Birthday Zizou

6:21 Sorry Ale Moreno, Zidane is always cited as one of the greatest footballers of all time. Before Messi bursting onto the scene of football, Zizou was always on the list of the 5 best players in the history of the game alongside Pele, Maradona, Di Stefano and Cruyff.

zidane that name is enough😍😍😍😍😍😍

His comeback in the 2006 WC when he dominated that Brazil team showed how genius Zizou was 🔥🔥🔥

Zizou had a first touch from the gods

Zizou is on Maradona, Cruyff, Platini level. People shouldn't compare him to Xavi & Iniesta

Literally. He was great from 98 up until he retired in 06. Which I wish France won that WC

Humble man. Look at the video where Zizou talks about a goal flick by Maradona, but is unable to recreate it himself. Shameful last match, to be brought down by Materazzi. Italy couldn't find any other way to beat him, except by a below the belt insult to his sister.

I know what I saw . I was alive to see it and it was ridiculous . Best player both at club&international level I have seen in my lifetime

Jules, you kinda pissed me off. You started with the early clubs (Cannes and Bordeaux) with affection. When you get to Juventus you stated it "started out slowly," which isn't true. He got there in '96 and they won Serie A in '97. Then you didn't say anything about 3 Champions League final appearances in a row and went straight to the '98 WC. You came off like the Juve years were failures. He became the best player in the world in Italy in the 90s when it was the toughest league in the world. No one trained harder than the Ol' Lady! Get it together young man!

steve chips are iconic he used to chip with goalie in the middle

Zidane is complete footballer

Zizuo best of all time

Zizou i like the nickname.

Top 5 player of all time, greatest midfielder that’s ever played.

Joyeux Anniversaire, Zizzou

Happy Birthday Zizou, the greatest player and leader of all time

Happy birthday to the 🐐of Madrid in my mind! One of the best midfielders ever and one of the best coaches ever. 3 straight champions league coaching the best team assembled in history

Best player in my life time watching since 1989 .. including Maradona, Mathaus, Ronaldinho, Xavi, Iniesta etc . He had the rare quality of 'poise' ie. he could slow or increase the tempo of the game (by himself). Even today I struggle to find someone who has the same influence on games .. big games and do it with swagger. Perhaps Coutinho is the closest in recent times.

Ilove ziedine............

Happy birthday Zizu

Greatest player of all time

Zizou is the most elegant footballer I have ever seen

You know one thing which is not discussed in sports in general is greatest player based on the position of the game. Generally over the past years, but there hasn't been praise for the best goalie, best defender, best midfielder, best right wing and left wings, best mid field striker, best forward strikers. A lot of the attention for goat awards goes to the big super star of the team which.

He turned the game into art the Federer of football the first touch was impeccable absolutely great

I'm 34, I have been watching football since 1995, and Zidane is the 2nd best player (behind Messi) I've ever seen. He had it all: touch, technique, vision, power... The man was the complete player and a true artist. Cristiano Ronaldo fans, many of whom aren't even old enough to have seen Zidane play, will point to the stats and say that I'm wrong. However, this is football, not baseball. You can't base all of your opinions on stats. My top 5: Messi Zidane Ronaldo (Brazilian) Cristiano Ronaldinho

Zidane is the real Goat

The marvellous Z

Did Moreno just say that Zizou wasn’t considered in the “same league” as others? Dude..really? Zizou, Pele, Maradona. That’s the league he’s in. That’s the conversation. He’s above everyone else!!

Whats to discuss he is the greatest player not in terms of statistics but in terms of how he played. Never seen a better player in my 46 years he was in a league all of his own in a time where all the top European clubs had a wealth of world class players.

In a World Cup final or CL final, give me Zidane over Messi or Cristiano.

Everyone who saw him play in 98 world cup be proud.

Hbd to don zizu

Count the number of times Jules says “of course” in a sentence. 🤣😂😂

Best ever

Top 3 best midfielders of all time!

And to think this top top top players in his own words was no where Maradona.. imagine what level he was.

In my all time 11 I will always put: 5 Beckenbauer 10 Zidane 9 Pelé Then I choose the rest of the team Simply because those are not just among the best but they all had historical performances when it mattered the most! I don't put Messi and CR7 on the same level simply because they never really carried their national teams in the same way.

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Zidane the best ever 😊❤

Zidane was magician , even with headbutt the technique was magnificent

The most elegant and technically gifted footballer of my lifetime!!! His ball control abilities were out of this world. He gave me the best soccer moments growing up!!! Hbd Zizou

Zidane ist the best Player of all time. Thats thrue!

Zz was best player

zizou is a top five player of all time. if you can't understand this, you don't understand the sport. watch rugby. or us football.

Zizou was one of the best players of this generation, if he had not got that red card in the "2006 final" I feel France would've won that World Cup.

The Michael Jordan of football.

Zidane only needed 10 average players to dominate the world.

Closest thing to Pele... Zizou was always on his own cloud, maybe that's why people forget to mention him sometimes

I could never understand why Zidane is never mentioned in the GOAT conversation.

Top 5. Anything else is wrong.

I wanted to play like Zidane after he single-handedly destroyed brazil

Only Pele, Maradona, Cristiano and Messi are ahead imo.

My 🐐 you know All the others are great but zizou was different

Zidane will eventually return as a coach either to a club or a national team.

Think about this Madrid signed him for 47 million pound. Players these days aren't fit to tie his boots going for 100 million football is a joke needs bringing back to reality. Zidane was a beast 💪. Still my in top 5 players of all time and that will never change . Messi ,ronaldo, zidane,Maldini,R9 .

Everyone always thinks the amazing players they're watching must be the best ever & everyone have there strengths but there have been a lot of incredible football players but personally Zidane is number 1 for me .Having Zidane in your team is like having an extra two players, he was that influential. Sublime skills ,supremely efficient & the ring master. Secondly The way Zidane shifts the ball from one side to the other is 2nd to none!! Magical feet and insane . I loved watch him play ,an automatic choice in any all time team . Lastly He might be the greatest player to watch in slow motion ever. Watching him play is beautiful in any way but when it's slowed down, you can really see all the little nuances of his exceptional talent that don't show when watching it on real time like his control , one touch handling of long ball , his poise & elegance , his vision , his deceptiveness quality with insane IQ ,his ability to ambidexterity . He has it all in him . He can change the game in matter of seconds with his all round skills . One of the greatest player to ever play this game if not the greatest . Absolute beast with magical skills 💯.