Zinedine Zidane is a footballer.
The FIFA 100 is a list of the world-renowned Brazilian striker Pelé 's choice of the `` greatest living footballers '' . The FIFA World Player of the Year was an association football award presented annually by the sport 's governing body , FIFA , since 1991 . The Primera División , commonly known as La Liga and as La Liga Santander for sponsorship reasons with Santander , is the top professional association football division of the Spanish football league system . Zinedine Yazid Zidane ( [ zinedin zidan ] , born 23 June 1972 ) , nicknamed `` Zizou '' , is a retired French footballer and current manager of Real Madrid . He was Ligue 1 Player of the Year in 1996 , Serie A Footballer of the Year in 2001 and La Liga Best Foreign Player in 2002 .