rench Football Star Zidane Announces Retirement
 

French international football star Zinedine Zidane, a hero of France's 1998 World Cup campaign, has announced his retirement from international play.

Zidane said on his Internet site that he had thought about the decision for a long time, and that 'it is the end of a cycle.'

Zidane, who also starred for the Italian club Juventus and France's Bordeaux, helped lead France to the World Cup title in 1998 and the European championship two years later.

He played 93 times for France, scoring 26 goals and serving as team captain 11 times. Zidane lost only seven matches in his international career. He will continue to play for the Spain's Real Madrid until the end of his contract in 2007.


One of the best players ever... sorry france but you can stay at home in 2006 :Graucho

France is still a great team, even without him..

you crazy mofo, Zidane is the best player of all times

Great, now Canada could win the next world cup!

how's the weather in dreamland? :1orglaugh

Zidane was an amazing player, at one time the worlds best i would say, but u can tell he was getting older, watching his matches you can tell his legs were starting to give.

good time to retire.

O AND GO ARGENTINA

lol!

that's why he starts almost every match for real madrid

probably because they took him off in the loosing match in Euro 2004

he is getting old ..
he didnt do a good match at the EM. At least not as good as he have done before

he is only retiring from the french national team, he still playing for the Real

:1orglaugh haha woah, going a bit too far