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What the Zinedine Zidane quiz covers
Every question is written and checked by football fans, across the topics that decide a real Zinedine Zidane expert:
Career & clubs
Every club Zinedine Zidane played for and the moves in between.
Trophies & honours
Leagues, cups and the biggest nights of the career.
Goals & records
The milestones, the tallies and the records set.
International
The national-team story — tournaments, caps and glory.
Iconic moments
The goals and games fans will never forget.
Awards
Ballon d'Ors, Golden Boots and individual honours.
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Zinedine Zidane won the Champions League as both player and manager with Real Madrid — how many TOTAL CL titles does he have?
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 3
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Answer: 4
Zidane has 4 total CL titles: 1 as a player (2002, Glasgow, famous volley vs Leverkusen) + 3 as manager (2016, 2017, 2018 — only manager with 3 in a row).
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What is the name of Real Madrid's reserve/B team, a historic launchpad for academy stars and once managed by Zinedine Zidane?
- Real Madrid Castilla
- Real Madrid Juvenil A
- Real Madrid Aficionados
- Real Madrid Atletico
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Answer: Real Madrid Castilla
Castilla has produced talents from Butragueno to Casillas; Zidane coached it before stepping up to win three straight Champions Leagues with the first team.
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Which club did Zinedine Zidane join Real Madrid from in 2001, for what was then a world record transfer fee?
- Juventus
- Bordeaux
- Cannes
- AC Milan
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Answer: Juventus
Zidane moved from Juventus to Real Madrid in July 2001 for around €77.5 million — a world record at the time. He scored the iconic volley in the 2002 UCL final in his first season.
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Which manager popularised the 'Christmas tree' 4-3-2-1 formation at Juventus to get the best out of Zidane?
- Marcello Lippi
- Carlo Ancelotti
- Fabio Capello
- Trapattoni
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Answer: Carlo Ancelotti
Ancelotti switched Juventus to the 4-3-2-1 in 1999-2001 to accommodate Zidane, and is the manager most associated with it.
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How many La Liga titles did Real Madrid win under Zinedine Zidane across his two spells as manager (2016-18, 2019-21)?
- 2
- 4
- 3
- 1
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Answer: 2
Zidane won 2 La Liga titles: 2016-17 (first spell) and 2019-20 (second spell).
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Madrid's record 7-3 European Cup final (1960) and Zidane's volley (2002) were both played at the same iconic stadium. Which ground hosted both?
- Old Trafford
- Stade de France
- Wembley
- Hampden Park
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Answer: Hampden Park
Glasgow's Hampden Park staged both classics — a happy hunting ground that bookends Madrid's European story across two very different eras.
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Who is the only manager to win the Champions League three years in a row with the same club?
- Guardiola
- Ancelotti
- Ferguson
- Zidane
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Answer: Zidane
Real Madrid 2016, 2017, 2018 — the only three-peat in the Champions League era.
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Which French club did Zinedine Zidane play for before moving to Juventus in 1996?
- Bordeaux
- Marseille
- Lyon
- Nice
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Answer: Bordeaux
He previously played for Cannes before this club.
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Which French player scored the golden goal penalty in extra time to beat Portugal 2-1 in the Euro 2000 semi-final?
- Henry
- Youri Djorkaeff
- Zidane
- David Trezeguet
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Answer: Zidane
Zidane converted a penalty 117th minute after Abel Xavier's handball on the line. France then won the final with Trezeguet's golden goal vs Italy.
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Zinedine Zidane scored twice in the 1998 World Cup final to give France their first World Cup. Both goals came from what type of play?
- Penalty kicks
- Long-range strikes
- Corner kick headers
- Free kicks
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Answer: Corner kick headers
Both came from corner-kick headers (27th and 45th minutes), the deliveries from Petit and Djorkaeff. France beat Brazil 3-0 in Paris.
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About the Zinedine Zidane quiz
Zinedine Zidane is football's great artist — the languid, unbothered genius who made the game look like it was happening at his own tempo while everyone else scrambled. This free Zidane quiz runs the whole arc: the kid from La Castellane in Marseille who broke through at Cannes, the elegant playmaker who became a star at Bordeaux, the Juventus No. 21 who won back-to-back Scudetti in 1997 and 1998, and the €77.5m Galactico Real Madrid made the most expensive player on earth in 2001. He was crowned the 1998 Ballon d'Or winner and named FIFA World Player of the Year three times, in 1998, 2000 and 2003. If you can name the club Madrid signed him from for that world-record fee, this quiz is for you.
His two defining nights sit at opposite ends of the emotional spectrum. On 12 July 1998 he rose twice to head France to their first World Cup, two goals in the final against Brazil at the Stade de France that turned him into a national monument. Then, on 15 May 2002 at Hampden Park, came the goal they still show on loop: a left-footed volley on the stroke of half-time against Bayer Leverkusen to win La Novena, Madrid's ninth European Cup, later voted the greatest goal in Champions League history. And there is the other bookend — 9 July 2006, his final act as a player, the headbutt on Marco Materazzi and a red card in extra time of a World Cup final France would lose on penalties. He still won the Golden Ball as the tournament's best player.
Expect the full spread. Some questions are gentle — which country did Zidane win the 1998 World Cup with? Others reward the real students: the £46m/€77.5m Madrid transfer that stood as a world record for eight years, his 108 caps and 31 goals for France, the two Serie A titles at Juventus set against two lost Champions League finals, and his second life in the dugout, where he became the first manager to win the Champions League three times in a row with Real Madrid. As of 2026, he is out of club management and widely reported to have agreed to take charge of France after the 2026 World Cup.
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