You already knew the father, Zinédine, 108 selections for the French team and two trophies by the way, the 1998 World Cup and Euro 2000, just that.
Zidane's indelible imprint under a blue jersey could have ended on a whim in Berlin on July 9, 2006. But no, it has continued unabated since.
The Ballon d'Or 1998 has four boys: Enzo (26 years old), Luca (23 years old), Théo (19 years old), and the youngest, Elyaz, born on December 26, 2005, six months before the sports retirement of his glorious dad.
The first three in turn wore the blue jersey of a French team. Elyaz is now joining them: the youngest of the siblings has just been summoned to the French under-17 team by José Alcocer to compete in the qualifying round of the European U-17 Championship. He will have his side during the rally in Clairefontaine, another former “son of…”: Lisandru Olmeta, son of Pascal, the former OM goalkeeper, who plays in Monaco. During this rally, the little Blues will face Moldova, Cyprus and Greece between October 26 and November 1. Little Zidane is the youngest player on the list.
In the prestigious Zidane family, Elyaz does not match.
First, he's a 1.94m giant who is 10cm taller than his father.
He is left-handed, defender and more precisely left side.
He plays, like his father and his brothers before him, at Real Madrid.
He played in all the youth teams of the “White House”, in particular with the U 14 under the orders of the former glory of the club Xabi Alonso.
In order not to attract glances too quickly, he started under the name of “Fernandez”, that of his mother Véronique.
Born in Marseille like his dad, Elyaz, constantly upgraded, evolves in 2021 in the "Juvenil C" team of Real, a category reserved for boys born in 2005. He is still far from the A team and even from Castilla, the Madrid club reserve.
But he follows the same prestigious path as all his elders.
Luca Zidane European champion with the Blues in 2015
Zinédine Zidane, who will be 50 in 2022, himself wore the jersey of the France Under-17 team.
It was in the late 1980s, four times.
All of her children have followed almost the same path.
Except his eldest Enzo who, after a selection with the Spanish Roja in the Under-15s, twice wore the blue jersey of the… Under-19s in 2014.
His international career for the moment ended there.
Enzo Zidane, who plays like dad as an attacking midfielder and has successively worn the jerseys of Real, Alavés, Lausanne or Almeria, plays in France, in Ligue 2 in Rodez.
It is the city where his mother was born and a club of which his father is a shareholder.
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Luca Zidane, whose resemblance to his father is striking, took over in Blue in the wake. After three first selections for the Under-16s in 2014, he was one of the pillars of the French Under-17 team, which won the European title for the category in 2015 in Bulgaria. He had notably stopped three penalties in the semi-final against Belgium. Because yes, Luca Zidane is a goalkeeper. In this team of small Blues were also evolving Jonathan Ikoné and Odsonne Édouard.
After this fact of glory, Luca continued his international career in the under-18s (6 selections), under-19s (6) and under-20s (1) in 2018. But to this day, he has not 'did not go further, not crossing the cap of hopes and A. He is playing this season at Rayo Vallecano, a club he joined in 2020. Le Rayo was promoted to the Premier League last summer and for the first game of the season, Zidane Jr took a red card.
Théo Zidane still international in the U 20
After Zinédine, Enzo and Luca, you asked for Théo? He also wore the blue jersey. Moreover, he still wears it with the U 20 of coach Bernard Diomède, a companion of his father's 1998 epic. He faced Tunisia (1-1) on October 7 and October 10 (0-0) last in Fos-sur-Mer, both times as holder. Also tall (1.95 m), the midfielder began his international career with the under-16s (1 selection) but it was with the U-17s that he shone the most, participating in the 2019 Championship. Europe of the category in the middle of its 16 selections. He has had four with the U 20. Winner of the Youth League in 2019-2020, Théo Zidane is still playing for Real with a contract that runs until June 2023.
There remains the youngest, Elyaz who will have to take up a challenge: to cross the course of the teams of young people to be like dad and integrate the A or the Hopes one day.
Why not in 2024. His three brothers have not yet succeeded but when you are the son of a world champion, it is not impossible.
Marcus Thuram, Lilian's son, demonstrates it.