List of international goals scored by Zinedine Zidane

Zinedine Zidane is a retired French footballer who represented the France national football team from 1994 to 2006 as an attacking midfielder. During his international career he has earned 108 appearances[1] and scored 31 international goals, 5 of those coming at the FIFA World Cup. He is currently, France's 5th-highest goalscorer and 5th-most capped French international. He has also represented France at 3 FIFA World Cups (1998, 2002, 2006) and 3 UEFA European Championships (1996, 2000, 2004). He earned his first cap for Les Blues in August 1994 in a friendly against the Czech Republic, where he scored 2 goals to bring the game to a 2–2 draw.[2] He is considered one of the main stars of France's golden generation that existed from 1998 to 2006 as he helped the side win the 1998 FIFA World Cup Final and UEFA Euro 2000 Final, as he scored 2 goals in the former final and won the Player of the Tournament award for the latter competition.[3] He would play his last ever professional football game and scored his final ever international goal at the 2006 FIFA World Cup Final where he was infamously sent off in extra time after headbutting Marco Materazzi because the Italian made a remark about his sister.[4] He also won the Golden Ball award of that year's World Cup.[5]

Zidane in 2013

International goals
GoalDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.17 August 1994Stade Chaban-Delmas, Bordeaux, France Czech Republic1–22–2Friendly
2.2–2
3.6 September 1995Stade Abbé-Deschamps, Auxerre, France Azerbaijan7–010–0UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying
4.11 October 1995Stadionul Steaua, Bucharest, Romania Romania3–13–1UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying
5.21 February 1996Stade des Costières, Nîmes, France Greece3–13–1Friendly
6.11 June 1997Parc des Princes, Paris, France Italy1–02–2Friendly
7.28 January 1998Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France Spain1–01–0Friendly
8.25 February 1998Stade Vélodrome, Marseille, France Norway2–13–3Friendly
9.27 May 1998Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca, Morocco Belgium1–01–0Friendly
10.12 July 1998Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France Brazil1–03–01998 FIFA World Cup Final
11.2–0
12.8 September 1999Hrazdan Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia Armenia2–13–2UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying
13.23 February 2000Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France Poland1–01–0Friendly
14.4 June 2000Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca, Morocco Japan1–12–2Friendly
15.25 June 2000Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges, Belgium Spain1–02–1UEFA Euro 2000
16.28 June 2000King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium Portugal2–12–1UEFA Euro 2000
17.27 February 2001Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France Germany1–01–0Friendly
18.24 March 2001Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France Japan1–05–0Friendly
19.27 February 2002Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France Scotland1–05–0Friendly
20.29 March 2003Stade Félix-Bollaert, Lens, Pas-de-Calais, France Malta4–06–0UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying
21.6–0
22.2 April 2003Stadio Renzo Barbera, Palermo, Italy Israel2–02–1UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying
23.6 June 2004Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France Ukraine1–01–0Friendly
24.13 June 2004Estádio da Luz, Lisbon, Portugal England1–12–1UEFA Euro 2004
25.2–1
26.21 June 2004Estádio Cidade de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal  Switzerland1–03–1UEFA Euro 2004
27.17 August 2005Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier, France Ivory Coast2–03–0Friendly
28.12 October 2005Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France Cyprus1–04–02006 FIFA World Cup qualification
29.27 June 2006Niedersachsenstadion, Hannover, Germany Spain3–13–12006 FIFA World Cup
30.5 July 2006Allianz Arena, Munich, Germany Portugal1–01–02006 FIFA World Cup
31.9 July 2006Olympic Stadium, Berlin, Germany Italy1–01–1
(5–3 p)		2006 FIFA World Cup Final

Statistics
YearCapsGoals
199422
199562
1996121
199781
1998155
199961
2000134
200182
200291
200373
200474
200552
2006103
Total10831

References
  1. TRIBUTE TO FIVE HISTORICAL BLEUS
  2. "Match - France - Czech Republic". French Football Federation. 17 August 1994.
  3. Guru, Adidev (3 June 2014). "Zinedine Zidane's records and achievements in football". Sportskeeda.
  4. "Materazzi reveals insult to Zidane". CNN. 5 September 2006.
  5. "World Cup Best Players (Golden Ball)". Topend Sports. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
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