Enzo Alan Zidane (born 24 March 1995), known simply as Enzo, is a French former professional

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who played as a

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. Zidane is a youth product of

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, where he scored on his only first-team appearance in the

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in 2016. In 2017, Zidane signed for

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club Alavés, where he would make four appearances before signing for

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club

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. After a season, he joined

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side

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on loan. In 2019, Zidane signed for

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club

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, a year before returning to the Segunda División with

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. In 2021, he returned to his birth country of France by signing for

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club

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, where he would play a season before joining

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in the

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in Spain. Zidane is former youth international of both Spain and France, having played for the Spain under-15s in 2009 and the France under-19s in 2014. He is the eldest son of former footballer

Zinedine Zidane Zinedine Yazid Zidane (; ; ''Zineddin Lyazid Zidan''; ; born 23 June 1972), popularly known as Zizou, is a French professional Manager (association football), football manager and former Football player, player who played as an attacking midfi ...

and Véronique Fernández. He attained Spanish citizenship in 2006.

Club career

Real Madrid

From 2004, Zidane played for the

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. On 6 September 2011, he was invited by

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to train with the club's first team. On 5 August 2013, Zidane was promoted to the Juvenil 'A' team. On 16 November 2014, Zidane made his debut for

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, the B-team, as a substitute in a 2–1 win over Conquense in

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. On 12 August 2015, Zidane was named one of the vice-captains of Castilla. He scored his first senior goal ten days later in the first game of the 2015–16 season, a 5–1 home routing of

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. On 29 October, Zidane was promoted to train regularly with the first team. He made his senior debut for the club on 30 November 2016, coming off the bench for

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in a

clash with

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and scoring from the edge of the penalty area in a 6–1 home win (13–2 aggregate).

Alavés

On 29 June 2017, Alavés announced their signing of Zidane from Real Madrid on a 3-year contract for an undisclosed fee, with a buyback clause. He made his

debut on 26 August, coming on as a late substitute for Mubarak Wakaso in a 0–2 home loss against

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Lausanne-Sport

On 1 January 2018, Zidane signed for

of the

on a three-year deal after terminating his contract at Alavés. He was the first signing by the club after their takeover by British petrochemical corporation

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that November. He made his debut on 3 February as the season resumed after the winter break, coming on as a 68th-minute substitute for Andrea Maccoppi in a 2–1 loss at

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. Fifteen days later he scored his first goal for the team, consolation in a 3–1 loss at Sion. He scored once more that season, opening a 2–1 win over

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at the

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on 2 April. On 14 July 2018, Zidane returned to Spain after agreeing to a one-year loan deal with

in the second division. He made his debut on 19 August in the season opener away to

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, received a yellow card and was substituted at half time for

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in a 2–1 defeat.

Aves

On 15 July 2019, Zidane joined Portuguese side

as a free agent, having previously been in negotiations with nearby

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. On his second substitute appearance on 23 August, he scored his first

goal, consolation in a 5–1 loss at

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Almería

In the last minutes of the January 2020 transfer window, Zidane agreed to a move to

, returning to Spain and its second division. He was released on 2 October having played only four times, once in a playoff; the team were managed by his father's long-time teammate Guti. In September 2020, reports emerged that Zidane would join Moroccan club Wydad CA, citing

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, a Brazilian former teammate of his father who was claimed to be his agent. However, French journalist assured that the reports were false.

Later career and retirement

On 9 June 2021, Zidane signed for

club

. On 18 July 2022, Zidane joined

in the

on a one-year contract. He played 29 times in all competitions and scored once, the only goal at

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on 11 December. In September 2024, Zidane announced his retirement from professional football, at age 29. According to Enzo himself, he wants to focus on family matters and his own investments.

International career

Zidane was eligible to play for

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, as well as

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, through his paternal grandparents. In 2010, Zinedine Zidane stated that he was relaxed about whether his son chooses to play for Spain or France at senior international level. Enzo made one appearance for the

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in 2009. He switched to the French Football Federation, and made two appearances for the

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in 2014.

Personal life

Enzo is the oldest son of

and Véronique Fernández and was previously known as Enzo Fernández.PLAYER PROFILE: ENZO
, ''

'' He is named after former

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an star

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, who was his father's football idol. Enzo has three younger brothers:

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plays for

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, while Théo and Elyaz play for Cordoba CF and Betis Deportivo respectively. He is married to Karen Gonçalves; together, they have three daughters: Sia (born 2022) and twins Giulia and Kaia (born 2024). He was raised in his mother's

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faith.

Club statistics

References

External links

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