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I'm very inspired by him-it was my father who taught us that an immigrant must work twice as hard as anybody else, that he must never give up.
Zinedine Zidane
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Zinedine Zidane
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: June 23
Association Football Manager
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Marseille
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Zinedine Yazid Zidane
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