Zinedine Zidane named new France head coach following World Cup

Ex-superstar subordinate succeeds Didier Deschamps arsenic France manager pursuing team’s disappointing World Cup semifinal exit successful the United States.

Former France midfielder Zinedine Zidane volition instrumentality implicit arsenic nationalist squad caput coach, the French Football Federation posted connected X connected Tuesday.

The assignment of the erstwhile Real Madrid manager comes 2 weeks aft Didier Deschamps’ tenure arsenic manager ended pursuing France’s fourth-place decorativeness astatine the World Cup. His last lucifer successful complaint was the 6-4 decision by England.

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Zidane, 54, is expected to statesman his reign with an distant UEFA Nations League crippled against Turkiye earlier France big Italy astatine the Stade de France connected October 2.

Deschamps, who near aft 14 years astatine the helm, oversaw 185 matches and 120 victories, guiding France to the 2018 World Cup title, the 2020-21 Nations League trophy and the Euro 2016 and 2022 World Cup finals.

Both stock a agelong association, having been teammates successful the 1998 World Cup-winning broadside astatine  home successful France.

Zidane played a pivotal relation successful that triumph and won the Ballon d’Or that year.

Capped 108 times, Zidane won the 1998 FIFA World Cup and scored 31 goals for France [File: John Sibley/Action Images via Reuters]