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We were a family who had come from nothing and now we had respect from French people of all sorts.

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Zinedine Zidane
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: June 23
Association Football Manager
Association Football Player
Soccer Player
Marseille
France
Zinedine Yazid Zidane
French
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Family
Come
Nothing
People
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