Facts About Zidane and his family 
-Zidane talks about his father with respect and admiration. 'I'm very inspired by him,' he tells me. 'It was my father who taught us that an immigrant must work twice as hard as anybody else, that he must never give up.'
-Zidane often had nightmares when his 'Papa' was away working as a warehouseman on a nightshift

-Zinedine describe by his papa as 'a gentle little boy' but one who was still energetic enough to smash all the lights in the apartment with his ball.
-all of Zidane's boys have italian names
-Zidane on his boys 'They are all good footballers,' he says. 'I would be happy for them to go into the game. But they must work hard first. That is what I have learnt.'
-Zidane's dad Smaïl did not watch the 1998 World Cup final - he was looking after Zidane's son Luca
zidane met veronique at CANNES-Zidane was criticize by Jean-Marie Le Pen after winning the 98' wc saying zidane as a son of French Algeria', Zidane was either a colonial lackey or a traitor to the country of his father's birth.
-Zidane received death threat during a friendly match against his own country Algeria
-Zidane's dad was called a HARKI meaning "Algerians who fought for the French during the Algerian war" (they're saying his dad betrayed algeria)
-Zidane's response to this fiasco was finally to break his public silence about his father's identity. 'I say this once for all time: my father is not a harki ,' he announced to the press. 'My father is an Algerian, proud of who he is and I am proud that my father is Algerian. The only important thing I have to say is that my father never fought against his country.' -Zidane's nickname by his brothers is "YAZ"
-Zidane's first weeks at AS Cannes were spent mainly on cleaning duty as a punishment for punching an opponent who had mocked his ghetto origins
-By the time he arrived at Juventus, in 1996, he had become known for his self-control and discipline, both on and off the pitch.
-However the Juventus fans, including the club president Gianni Agnelli, were dazzled by his football but baffled by his reluctance to take advantage of the rewards on offer in Turin - the girls, the nightclubs, the cars. Unlike Michel Platini, who been loved by the Juve fans as much for his flamboyant wit as for his football, Zidane was remote, inscrutable, devoted to his wife, his extended family and his children.