Our Zidanes – The family of the French world champion and designated national coach Zinedine Zidane (53) is omnipresent at the Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco. On the pitch – and in the stands. The presence of “Zizou” at the games of World Cup participants Algeria caused discontent in the camp of the “Desert Foxes”, where Zidane’s son Luca (27) is in goal.
Baseball cap, glasses, that’s how Zinedine Zidane (53) watched Algeria’s 3-0 win against Sudan in the first group game of the Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco on Christmas Eve from the VIP stand at the Stade Prince Moulay Hassan in Rabat.
His son Luca Zidane (27) from the Spanish second division team kept the goal clean for the “Desert Foxes”.
Midfielder Riyad Mahrez (now Al-Ahli, Saudi Arabia) shot Algeria into the lead after just 80 seconds.
The son of France’s football idol only made his international debut for Algeria on October 14, 2025 in the World Cup qualifier against Uganda (2-1).
At 27 years old
But what about the hype surrounding Luca Zidane?
The son of “Zizou”, Zinedine Zidane, was born in Marseille in 1972 as the child of Algerian immigrants and played for the French junior national teams up to the U20 level.
Mahrez on Luca Zidane: “He’s normal like us”
The team tries to help him with the “burden of the big name”. “He is as normal as all of us,” says Riyad Mahrez about him, “he is happy with us.”
The fact that Zidane Senior supported the “Feneks” together with his partner Véronique in the second game against Burkina Faso (1.0) didn’t make Algeria’s Swiss coach Vladimir Petkovic (62) happy at all…
The spectators in Morocco celebrated the French idol with chants and Petkovic was annoyed when asked about our Zidanes: “They are talking about the presence of one of my players’ fathers. The parents of other players were there too. That’s all.”
Our Zidanes – Luca Zidane was born on May 13, 1998 in Marseille.
- Just eight weeks later, his father Zinedine Zidane led France to their first World Cup title with two headers in the final against Brazil (3-0) in Paris St. Denis.
- It was the first “real” final defeat for the Brazilian “Selecao”; in 1950 the World Cup was played in group mode.
How much did Real Madrid pay for Zinedine Zidane in 2001?
- Zidane was 26 years old at the time – and at the peak of his career.
- His move from Juventus Turin to Real Madrid on July 1, 2001 brought a new transfer world record of the equivalent of 77.5 million euros.
- Zinedine Zidane was loud when his career ended in 2006 Transfermarkt.de still worth 12.5 million euros.
Luca Zidane never achieved such a high market value.
Trained in Real Madrid’s youth ranks and at their farm team FC Castilla, he made a big impact when he moved to the Royals in 2018 GOOL.ai / Fussballdaten.de to 2.3 million euros.
Goalkeeper Luca Zidane’s performance has never been worth more; Zidane Junior is currently worth 1.1 million euros.
