Editing Zinedine Zidane (section)

==Early life and career==
[[File:Lacastellane-16-marseille.JPG|thumb|La Castellane in the northwestern edge of [[Marseille]] where Zidane was born in 1972]]

[[File:Corniche Marseille.jpg|thumb|La Corniche, seaside roadway along the coast of Marseille, with a mural of Zidane on the wall]]

Zinedine Yazid Zidane was born on 23 June 1972 in [[La Castellane, Marseille]], in [[Southern France]].<ref>{{cite book |first1=Patrick |last1=Fort |first2=Jean |last2=Philippe |title=Zidane: The Biography |year=2018 |publisher=Ebury Press |location=London |isbn=978-1-78503-848-8 |page=1}}</ref> He is the youngest of five siblings.<ref>{{cite news |title=Far-right politician booted out of Zinedine Zidane's football club |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/apr/03/french-far-right-politician-eric-zemmour-booted-out-of-zinedine-zidane-football-club |access-date=19 December 2022 |work=The Guardian |archive-date=19 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221219012420/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/apr/03/french-far-right-politician-eric-zemmour-booted-out-of-zinedine-zidane-football-club |url-status=live }}</ref> Zidane is of Algerian descent, and his parents, Smaïl and Malika, immigrated 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]]. The family, which had settled in the city's tough northern districts of [[Barbès – Rochechouart (Paris Métro)|Barbès]] and [[Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis|Saint-Denis]], found little work in the region, and in the mid-1960s moved to the northern Marseille suburb of La Castellane in the [[16th arrondissement of Marseille]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Fort |last2=Philippe |title=Zidane: The Biography }}</ref> In an interview with ''[[Esquire (magazine)|Esquire]]'' magazine, he stated:

{{Blockquote|I have an affinity with the Arabic world. I have it in my blood, via my parents. I'm very proud of being French, but also very proud of having these roots and this diversity.<ref name="Esquire"/>}}

His father worked as a warehouseman and security guard at a department store, often on the night shift, while his mother was a housewife.<ref name="guardian">{{cite news |last=Hussey |first=Andrew |date=4 April 2004 |title=ZZ top |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2004/apr/04/sport.features |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140212173600/http://www.theguardian.com/football/2004/apr/04/sport.features |archive-date=12 February 2014 |access-date=17 December 2022 |newspaper=The Guardian |location=London}}</ref> The family lived a reasonably comfortable life by the standards of the neighbourhood, which was notorious throughout Marseille for its high crime and unemployment rates.<ref name="independent">{{cite news |date=11 July 2006 |title=Why France still loves Zidane |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/john-lichfield-why-france-still-loves-zidane-407511.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925214248/http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/john-lichfield-why-france-still-loves-zidane-407511.html |archive-date=25 September 2015 |access-date=19 September 2017 |newspaper=The Independent |location=London}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Soccer: Zidane, the political footballer |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=143329 |access-date=5 June 2014 |agency=Independent |newspaper=The New Zealand Herald |date=8 July 2000 |archive-date=11 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170911204806/http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=143329 |url-status=live }}</ref> Zidane credits his strict upbringing and his father as the "guiding light" in his career.<ref name="Esquire">{{Cite magazine |url=https://www.esquireme.com/culture/zinedine-zidane |title=Zinedine Zidane: What I've Learned |date=8 August 2016 |website=Esquire |first=Matt |last=Pomroy |access-date=14 July 2018 |archive-date=18 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201018183508/https://www.esquireme.com/culture/zinedine-zidane |url-status=live }}</ref>

It was in Castellane where Zidane had his earliest introduction in football, joining in at the age of five in football games that the neighbourhood's children played on the Place Tartane, an 80-by-12-yard plaza that served as the main square of the housing complex.<ref>[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/in-the-footsteps-of-zidane-189658.html In the footsteps Of Zidane], ''The Independent'' (London)</ref> In July 2011, Zidane named former [[Olympique de Marseille|Marseille]] players [[Blaž Slišković]], [[Enzo Francescoli]] and [[Jean-Pierre Papin]] as his idols while growing up.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sarajevo-x.com/sport/nogomet/clanak/110702058 |title=Zidane: Slišković mi je bio idol, uživao sam gledati ga – Klix.ba |publisher=Sarajevo-x.com |access-date=23 May 2012 |archive-date=3 September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110903041910/http://www.sarajevo-x.com/sport/nogomet/clanak/110702058 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://scsport.ba/v2/tekst.php?ID=21674 |title=Zinedine Zidane: Kad porastem želim biti Baka Slišković! |publisher=Scsport.ba |access-date=23 May 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120324192429/http://scsport.ba/v2/tekst.php?ID=21674 |archive-date=24 March 2012}}</ref> At the age of ten, Zidane got his first player's licence after joining the junior team of a local club from Castellane by the name of US Saint-Henri.<ref name="Lisi"/> After spending a year and a half at US Saint-Henri, Zidane joined SO Septèmes-les-Vallons when the Septèmes coach Robert Centenero convinced the club's Director to get Zidane.<ref name="Lisi">Clemente A. Lisi (2011). "A History of the World Cup: 1930–2010". p. 349. Scarecrow Press</ref> Zidane stayed with Septèmes until the age of 14, at which time he was selected to attend a three-day training camp at the [[National Football Centre|CREPS]] (Regional Centre for Sports and Physical Education) in [[Aix-en-Provence]], one of several such footballing institutes run by the [[French Football Federation]]. It was here that Zidane was spotted by [[AS Cannes]] scout and former player Jean Varraud, who recommended him to the training centre director of the club.<ref name="Fifa Profile"/> As a 14-year-old watching the 1986 World Cup, the performance of [[Diego Maradona]] left an indelible mark on him, with Zidane stating Maradona "was on another level".<ref>{{cite news |title=Maradona was on another level – Zidane |url=http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/7138/goal-hall-of-fame/2014/11/12/6070971/maradona-was-on-another-level-zidane |access-date=20 August 2018 |website=Goal.com |archive-date=6 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201206013751/https://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/7138/goal-hall-of-fame/2014/11/12/6070971/maradona-was-on-another-level-zidane |url-status=live }}</ref>