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Everything I have achieved in football is due to playing football in the streets with my friends

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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
Friends
Everything
Achieved
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Streets
Football
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