Zinedine Zidane is a football player.
Association football , more commonly known as football or soccer , is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball . In association football , a playmaker is a player who controls the flow of the team 's offensive play , and is often involved in passing moves which lead to goals , through their vision , technique , ball control , creativity , and passing ability . The Serie A Footballer of the Year ( Migliore calciatore assoluto ) is a yearly award organized by the Italian Footballers ' Association ( AIC ) given to the footballer who has been considered to have performed the best over the previous Serie A season . Zinedine Yazid Zidane ( [ zinedin zidan ] , born 23 June 1972 ) , nicknamed `` Zizou '' , is a retired French footballer and current manager of Real Madrid .