Elyaz Zidane Fernández (born 26 December 2005) is a French professional
footballer
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who plays as a
defender for
Real Madrid Juvenil B.
Early life
Elyaz Zidane was born on 26 December 2005 in
Marseille
Marseille ( , , ; also spelled in English as Marseilles; oc, Marselha ) is the prefecture of the French department of Bouches-du-Rhône and capital of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Situated in the camargue region of southern Fra ...
. He is the youngest son of former French footballer
Zinedine Zidane
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.
Elyaz is the last of four brothers, and all of them –
Enzo
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,
Luca
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, and
Théo – are footballers who developed at the
youth academy of Real Madrid. Elyaz is of Spanish descent through his mother, and of Algerian descent through his father.
Club career
Elyaz started his career at
CD Canillas
Club Deportivo Canillas is a Spanish football club based in Madrid, Spain. It was founded in 1961 and plays in the Categoría Preferente de Aficionados, the fifth tier of Spanish football. CD Canillas is a feeder team of Real Madrid.
History
Ca ...
, before joining
La Fábrica in 2013.
[
He went through all the levels of the youth academy, already showing his skills with several goals in the Juvenil classicos. He started playing with the under-19 during the 2021–22 season.]
International career
Also eligible for the Spanish selection through his mother, Zidane Fernández is a youth international for France, having made his debut with the France under-17 team, in October 2021.
Style of play
A left-footed defender, Elyaz Zidane is described as a physical player with a good reading of the game. He is able to play both as a left-back
In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield position whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring.
Centre-backs are usually positioned in pairs, with one full-back on either s ...
or a central defender
In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield position whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring.
Centre-backs are usually positioned in pairs, with one full-back on either s ...
.[
]
Honours
France U17
*UEFA European Under-17 Championship
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Spain is the most successful team in this ...
: 2022
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References
External links
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Zidane, Elyaz
2005 births
Living people
Footballers from Marseille
French footballers
France men's youth international footballers
French sportspeople of Algerian descent
French people of Spanish descent
Men's association football defenders