It is of course too early to know if this young 17-year-old Mexican hopeful will have the same career as his illustrious almost namesake. Left winger… Zinedine Sidane Hernandez Quezada has just signed his first professional contract with Chivas de Guadalajara, in Mexican D1. Nicknamed “Zizou” or El Mago” (the Magician), Sidane is regularly compared to Zinédine Zidane. .
His father José Gildardo named him Zinedine Sidane in homage to the French legend. “It’s a real tribute to Zinédine Zidane,” he explained. in September in an interview with So Foot. I played football in Mexico and I always had a lot of affection for France and Brazil. He’s a player who really left an impression on me. Why with an S and not a Z? Because when registering it in the civil registry in Mexico, the person did not write it correctly…”
“My father always loved Chivas, but I think he loves Zidane even more”
“At home, they called me Zizou. And then at school, and in my team, they also started calling me that. My father always loved Chivas, but I think he loves Zidane even more. I have never been made fun of for that. When I was a kid I watched a lot of Zidane’s matches on YouTube, I didn’t have the chance to see him in real life because he had already retired. He was very strong, but as he didn’t play in my position, I looked at Neymar instead. I like his style of play, even if I wish I had my own,” the player told ESPN.
Zinedine Sidane’s older brother is named Eder Jair, in homage to Eder and Jairzinho, Brazilian wingers who participated in the 1982 and 1970 World Cups. The younger brother was called Jared Borgetti, the name of a former Mexican international.
