January 4 is an important date for Zinedine Zidane, Real Madrid and what the Frenchman was able to achieve on the bench of the Spanish giant.
It’s almost three years since Zinedine Zidane stopped coaching. And since that time, a lot of curious people have been wondering what the next club of one of the most illustrious footballers in history will be. We are sure of at least one thing. This January 4 marks an important milestone in the career of the 1998 world and 2000 European champion.
8 years ago, Zinedine Zidane succeeded Rafael Benitez and officially took over as head coach of Real Madrid, having managed 37 matches for Castilla, the reserve team, and earlier being assistant to Carlo Ancelotti (2013 -2014).
On this day in 2016, Zinedine Zidane entered the Real Madrid dressing room as the manager.
The players instantly had admiration. pic.twitter.com/L8n94OuTxx
— TC (@totalcristiano) January 4, 2024
On January 4, 2016, Zinedine Zidane presented himself in a locker room of the Real Madrid first team already well stocked with the BBC (Gareth Bale, Karim Benzema, Cristiano Ronaldo), Sergio Ramos, Luka Modric, Toni Kroos, Casemiro, Raphaël Varane , Marcelo…
With the Spanish institution, Zinedine Zidane achieved a unique feat for a coach: winning the C1 three times consecutively (2016, 2017, 2018).
His second term in Madrid (March 2019-June 2021) is considered a failure despite winning the Spanish championship in 2020.
