Zinedine Zidane

2011 Soccer - Real Madrid and Tottenham Hotspur European Cup Press Conference - April 12, 2011

Zidane in 2011, photo by PrPhotos

Birth Name: Zinedine Yazid Zidane

Place of Birth: Marseille, France

Date of Birth: 23 June, 1972

Ethnicity: Algerian Kabyle Berber

Zinedine Zidane is a French professional footballer, coach, and manager. He played as an attacking midfielder, and was a playmaker. He is considered one of the best ever in the history of the game. Zinedine has played for Cannes, Bordeaux, Juventus, and Real Madrid, and the French national team, and has coached and managed Real Madrid. He won the Ballon d’Or in 1998. He is known as “Zizou.”

Zinedine is of Kabyle Berber descent. His parents, Smaïl and Malika, emigrated to Paris from the village of Aguemoune in the Berber-speaking region of Kabylie in northern Algeria in 1953 before the start of the Algerian War.

Zinedine is married to Veronique Fernandez, who is of Spanish descent. The couple has four children, including professional footballers Enzo Zidane and Luca Zidane. Zinedine has described himself as “a non-practicing Muslim.”

82 Responses

  1. Gurrl says:

    No big deal, I’ve seen a blue eyed pale Berber before from Algeria. They are Caucasian people. Most are “Arab” looking though.

  2. shobohunter says:

    DUMBASS.
    are you blind? or stupid?
    you are frustrated. your afrocentric theory has proved wrong. he is a living example of that.. your reactions is similar to what I see in many others forum.
    “he look black” or mixed. lol
    you cannot pin point any kind of black feature in him. he hardly look Italian.
    Berber are not native from Africa but they are descends of muslim moor from Spain…

  3. WTF says:

    HE LOOKS LIKE A LIGHT-SKINNED BLACK MAN!

  4. Marseille says:

    100% White Berber.

  5. J.J. says:

    he does not look arab, that’s for sure he could easily pass for European perhaps eastern European would be befitting to his appearance but north Africans are still white so his ethnicity isn’t an immense shock

    • andrew says:

      he’s Berber, different from Arab

      • J.J. says:

        I’m aware, but a lot of berber’s could easily pass for arab hence why I said he doesn’t look it, then I said north Africans meaning arabs and berbers are still white so it’s not that big a shock

        • apachi74 says:

          A lot of North Africans are Berber and Arab mix. A lot look more Arabic then anything else. He happens to be an exception. Remember, barbarians invaded north Africa. So their blood is in a lot of people. But Berbers and ARabs are not European for you “ignoramuses” out their. Arabs are dark people.

          • J.J. says:

            @apachi74
            I am well aware arabs and berbers aren’t European and I don’t appreciate being called an ignoramus for merely pointing out that he could pass for a European from his appearance thank you very much. arabs and berbers do carry similar genetics to Europeans as they’re still white Caucasians, hence why I said his appearance isn’t an immense shock, not to mention Europeans did colonise parts of north Africa and would have mixed respectively. as for “arabs are dark people” that is not necessarily true, many arabs have light skin and some even possess fair skin which is common in Europe not to mention light hair and eyes can be found amongst them too. some arabs are dark but in general they are still white Caucasians.

        • memphis says:

          North Africans are all mixed with various ethnic groups from centuries of invasions. Amazigh (Berbers) are indigenous to North Africa since recorded history. Their Y dna originates in East Africa not the Caucasus. The barbarian rule lasted 300 years during the B.C. However during the Barbary slave trade there were 1.25 million Europeans enslaved. I’ve seen many blonde haired,blue eyed Kabyles yet still having some “African” features. Yo me they remind me of Louisiana Creoles or “high yella” . Really look at their President.

          • nina says:

            He does look arabic in my opinion and arabs are not dark they are tan i’ve never seen a black arab tbh i mostly see pale arabs or tan, my dad is from morocco and he has pale skin and blue eyes so i know what i am talking about

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