Enjoying life, his family and his heritage: this is how Zidane arrives at the age of 50

• Families Zinédine Zidane, grandfather at the age of 49

Not all the gold in the world, in this case the

of the Sheikh of Qatar, have managed to convince Zidane, who was

as a player and as a coach, to be the

.

His refusal has returned this week to Zizu, as he is nicknamed, to the

when he turns 50 this June 23.

And it is that since he ceased as

in 2018, after achieving his 13th Champions Cup, Zinedine Zidane has not sat on a bench as a coach again.

Something that shocks, because since he decided

to leave the merengue team, he has not stopped repeating that he maintains

and he still believes that he can "contribute many things as a coach".

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While he continues to ponder his football future, Zidane and

a brunette of Almeria origin with whom he

have dedicated themselves to

almost as boyfriends, since their

all footballers , they already fly alone through the football universe.

Their base of operations is still Madrid and

in the exclusive Conde Orgaz urbanization, but in the summers they escape to

, where they own two houses, and they also usually end up in

a district of Almería where Veronique's parents were born and have moved to

.

They also spend weekends in

in the San Juan reservoir, or travel to

to visit their respective families.

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Luxuries that neither Zidane nor his wife could enjoy in their childhood, since they

The soccer player's parents, Smail and Malika, left Aguemune, the Algerian Berber village where they were born, and moved in pursuit of

settling in the Castellane neighborhood, full of fellow refugees, where their five children were born.

The third, Zinedine Yazid, exhibited

which is why the Cannes team signed him when he was only 14 years old.

Veronique's parents were originally from El Chive, a tiny

where her neighbors know her as "la Vero".

The economic scarcity made Antonio Fernández and Anita Ramírez

settling in Rodez, where

Veronique and Sandrian, were born.

The patriarch found work in the

and initially they were homeless, their roof being an

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The beautiful Veronique began to work as a

at the Rodez celebrations, although her dream of being a dancer came true when she won a

There, one night in 1989, when she was only 19 years old,

a passionate

arose between them that led them to live together a short time later.

Veronique put aside her dream of being a dancer to

football career, first at Girondins de Bordeaux, and then at

where

president of Real Madrid, appeared in 2001, and for 11,500 million euros. pesetas

took his jewel, who signed a succulent contract of

. (5.4 million euros).

Zidane was already a football legend when the Gauls conquered the World Cup in 1998, and received the Ballon d'Or, also crowning himself an

when he scored an anthological goal in Glasgow in 2002, which gave the meringues

They say that much of the blame for Zidane signing for Madrid was his wife, who

the land of her parents, and El Chive, the Almeria district where she spent her summers.

four boys, Enzo, Luca, Theo and Elyaz, who made their first steps in the

registered with the surname of his mother, Fernández, to avoid media pressure.

Today Enzo, 27, who was the father on May 19 of a daughter with his partner, Karen Gonsalves, plays for the Rodez Aveyron team, in the

Luca, 23, is a

Theo, 19, plays for Castilla and the little one, Elyaz, 15, in Real Madrid's C youth team, but has already managed to stand out in the French U-17 team.

Zinedine and Veronique, in the stands of Roland Garros, last May. GTRES

At the moment, and after giving pumpkins to the almighty Qatari sheikh, Zidane is still focused on continuing

especially now that he has

Sia's grandfather, with whom he drools.

But he does not lose sight of his professional future, because according to rumours, his dream is to become a

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