Francia - Football World Championships - Zinedine Zidane - Decorative object, Ballon d'Or

Small ball of gold signed by one of the legends of French football and former Real Madrid player, Zinedine Zidane. Autograph obtained in person. Ball size about 15-16 cm approximately. You can see the photograph of the exact moment of the autograph.

The item will be sent by certified letter with a tracking number. It will be well protected so that the lot does not suffer damage.

Zidane is a French former footballer and manager of Algerian descent. Since July 28, 2026, he has been in charge of the France national team. In his playing days, he developed as an attacking midfielder, being considered one of the best of his era and one of the greatest footballers of all time. As a manager, he also led Real Madrid C. F., becoming one of the most successful coaches in the world.

As a footballer, he won the Ballon d’Or in 1998, was named FIFA World Player of the Year in 1998, 2000, and 2003, and UEFA named him Europe’s best footballer of the last 50 years. On December 14, 2020, he was included as an attacking midfielder in the second historic Dream Team of the Ballon d’Or.

He made his professional debut in May 1989 with A. S. Cannes at age seventeen, from where he moved to FC Girondins de Burdeos with his first international recognitions, and from there to become one of the historic players of both Juventus F. C. and Real Madrid C. F.—where he was part of the team known as the “Galácticos of Madrid” alongside Luís Figo, Ronaldo Nazário, and David Beckham. With the Madrileños he finally became European champion, scoring the famous overhead kick in the 2002 Glasgow final, considered the best goal in the tournament’s history by UEFA, FIFA, and France Football.

He earned full international caps with the French national team for twelve years (1994-2006), and was part of the FIFA 100 with a total of 108 appearances and 31 goals. With France he won the World Cup in 1998 — scoring two goals in the final and part of the “dream team” — and the European Championship in 2000 — as “player of the tournament” — achieving the “double for the national teams.” He also reached the 2006 World Cup final against Italy — where he was chosen Ballon d’Or of the tournament — a match that would be the last of his professional career.

After retiring, he trained and became Carlo Ancelotti’s assistant at Real Madrid in the 2013-14 season, where after coaching the reserve team, in the following season he was appointed head coach of the first team in January 2016, replacing Rafa Benítez, making his debut on the 4th. In three seasons he became three-time European champion in a row (2016, 2017, 2018) — a record under the new format —, in addition to winning a La Liga title, a Spanish Super Cup, two UEFA Super Cups, and three Club World Cups, a period in which he set several unbeaten records and was named “World’s Best Coach,” the first person to be honored both as a player and as a coach. A few days after the third Champions League title, he left a position to which he returned, at Florentino Pérez’s request, in March 2019, and after a second La Liga title and another Super Cup, he closed his spell in Madrid with a total of eleven titles by the end of the 2020-21 season, the third most decorated coach in the club’s history behind Carlo Ancelotti and Miguel Muñoz.