Luca Zinedine Zidane Fernández (born 13 May 1998) is a French professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Segunda División club Granada CF. He is the son of former footballer Zinedine Zidane.
.jpg) Luca after the 2018 UEFA Champions League final | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Luca Zinedine Zidane Fernández[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 13 May 1998 | ||
| Place of birth | Aix-en-Provence, France | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Granada | ||
| Number | 1 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2004–2018 | Real Madrid | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2019 | Real Madrid B | 49 | (0) |
| 2017–2020 | Real Madrid | 2 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | → Racing Santander (loan) | 33 | (0) |
| 2020–2022 | Rayo Vallecano | 19 | (0) |
| 2022–2024 | Eibar | 73 | (0) |
| 2024– | Granada | 2 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2014 | France U16 | 3 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | France U17 | 14 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | France U18 | 6 | (0) |
| 2016 | France U19 | 6 | (0) |
| 2018 | France U20 | 1 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 November 2024 | |||
Early life
editLuca was born in Aix-en-Provence, and is the son of the FIFA World Cup-winning French footballer Zinedine Zidane and his wife Veronique Fernández.[3] He is the second of four brothers, and all of them – Enzo, Théo, and Elyaz – are footballers who developed at the youth academy of Real Madrid.[4] Luca is of Spanish descent through his mother,[5] and of Algerian descent through his father.[6] He has French and Spanish nationality.[7]
Club career
editLuca joined the Real Madrid youth academy at the age of 6 in 2004 and plays as a goalkeeper.[8] He worked his way up from the academy, eventually joining Castilla, the reserve team.[9]
Luca's father Zinedine Zidane came to manage Real Madrid, and became Luca's manager early in his career.[10] Luca made his professional debut for Real Madrid in their last league game of the 2017–18 season: a 2–2 La Liga tie with Villarreal CF on 19 May 2018.[11][12] During the 2017–18 UEFA Champions League, he was the third-choice goalkeeper, when Madrid won their third consecutive and 13th overall Champions League title.[13]
Luca was loaned to Racing Santander of Segunda División on 8 July 2019 for the 2019–20 season.[14][15] He made his debut on 17 August 2019 in a 1–0 home loss to Málaga, in which he suffered an injury to the muscle on the back of his right leg.[16]
On 5 October 2020, Luca joined Rayo Vallecano.[17] He made his debut on 2 December, coming as substitute for Stole Dimitrievski who was sent off in a 1–0 loss to Leganés. When Dimitrievski played in UEFA Euro 2020 for North Macedonia, he played in all the remaining games of the season and led the team to promotion to the top flight after defeating Girona in the play-off final.[18]
On 1 September 2022, free agent Luca signed a two-year contract with Eibar in the second division.[19] On 22 March of the following year, he renewed his link with the club until 2026.[20]
On 5 July 2024, Zidane agreed to a three-year deal with Granada, recently relegated to the second division.[21]
International career
editBorn in France to French-born parents of Algerian and Spanish descent, Luca is a youth international for France. He represented the France U17s in their winning campaign at the 2015 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, and the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup.[22] He was capped once for the under-20s on 23 March 2018, in a 1–0 friendly loss to the United States in Spain.[23] He remains available to represent the senior teams of France, Spain and Algeria, but has not decided which nation to represent.
Career statistics
edit- As of match played 25 November 2023[1]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Real Madrid Castilla | 2016–17 | Segunda División B | 8 | 0 | — | — | — | 8 | 0 | |||
| 2017–18 | Segunda División B | 13 | 0 | — | — | — | 13 | 0 | ||||
| 2018–19 | Segunda División B | 28 | 0 | — | — | 2[a] | 0 | 30 | 0 | |||
| Total | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 51 | 0 | ||
| Real Madrid | 2017–18 | La Liga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
| 2018–19 | La Liga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| Total | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Racing Santander (loan) | 2019–20 | Segunda División | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 33 | 0 | ||
| Rayo Vallecano | 2020–21 | Segunda División | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4[b] | 0 | 15 | 0 | |
| 2021–22 | La Liga | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 13 | 0 | |||
| Total | 19 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 28 | 0 | ||
| Eibar | 2022–23 | Segunda División | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2[c] | 0 | 35 | 0 | |
| 2023–24 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | |||
| Total | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 63 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 164 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 177 | 0 | ||
- ^ Appearances in Segunda División B play-offs
- ^ Appearances in Segunda División play-offs
- ^ Appearances in Segunda División play-offs
Honours
editReal Madrid
France U17
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Luca Zidane at BDFutbol
- ^ "Luca – Real Madrid CF". Real Madrid CF.
- ^ "Maldini, Zidane, Kluivert, Hagi, Weah – the sons of legends making their own way". BBC Sport. 27 July 2019.
- ^ SPORT, RMC. "Bleus – Après Enzo, voilà Luca Zidane !".
- ^ "Actualités Véronique Zidane".
- ^ Kreo. "Interview: Zidane à cœur ouvert (2e partie) : "J'attends que l'Algérie passe au deuxième tour et même plus !"". lebuteur.com.
- ^ S, Zakaria (11 January 2023). "Quand le fils de Zidane affiche son ambition de représenter l'Algérie". www.algerie360.com (in French). Retrieved 27 December 2023.
- ^ "Zidane's four sons joined Real when he was at the club – MARCA English". 9 September 2016.
- ^ "Real Madrid : Luca Zidane poursuit son ascension". 20 April 2015.
- ^ "LaLiga – Real Madrid: Luca Zidane selected by his father – MARCA in English". 19 May 2018.
- ^ "Villarreal vs. Real Madrid – 19 May 2018 – Soccerway". us.soccerway.com.
- ^ "LaLiga – Villarreal 2–2 Real Madrid: Luca Zidane: When I play I'm Luca, not Zidane – MARCA in English". 19 May 2018.
- ^ "Madrid beat Liverpool to complete hat-trick". uefa.com. 26 May 2018.
- ^ "Luca Zidane jugará en el Racing la campaña 2019/20 cedido por el Real Madrid". realracingclub.es. 8 July 2019.
- ^ "Official Announcement: Luca Zidane". realmadrid.com. 8 July 2019.
- ^ "Luca Zidane se lesiona en el primer partido de la temporada" [Luca Zidane gets injured in the first game of the season]. Sport (in Spanish). 20 August 2019. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
- ^ "Luca Zidane nuevo jugador del Rayo Vallecano". rayovallecano.es (in Spanish). 5 October 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
- ^ "Luca Zidane: "No hay palabras para describir este momento"" [Luca Zidane: "There are no words to describe this moment"]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 20 June 2021. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
- ^ "Luca Zidane, décimo fichaje del Eibar" [Luca Zidane, tenth signing of Eibar] (in Spanish). SD Eibar. 1 September 2022. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
- ^ "El Eibar renueva a Luca Zidane hasta 2026" [Eibar renew Luca Zidane until 2026] (in Spanish). Marca. 22 March 2023. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
- ^ "Comunicado Oficial | Luca Zidane, nuevo jugador del Granada CF" [Official announcement | Luca Zidane, new player of Granada CF] (in Spanish). Granada CF. 5 July 2024. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
- ^ "Luca Zidane: I don't want to be compared to my father". FIFA.com. 8 September 2015. Archived from the original on 10 September 2015.
- ^ "U.S. U-20 MNT nets late-game winner to defeat France U-21 [sic] squad". Soccerwire. 27 March 2018. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
- ^ a b c "A Zidane frustrates Real Madrid, as Luca impresses in goals". Marca. 26 February 2022.
- ^ Harrison, Wayne (22 May 2015). "Édouard treble gives France second U17 title". UEFA. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
External links
edit
- Luca Zidane at the French Football Federation (in French)
- Luca Zidane – UEFA competition record (archive)
- Luca Zidane – FIFA competition record (archived)