Luca Zidane

Luca Zinedine Zidane (born 13 May 1998) is a French professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper. He is the son of former footballer and current coach of Real Madrid, Zinedine Zidane.

Early life

Luca was born in Marseille, and is the son of the FIFA World Cup-winning French footballer and current Real Madrid Manager Zinedine Zidane and his wife Veronique Fernández. He is the second of four brothers, and all of them – Enzo, Theo, and Elyaz – are footballers who developed at the youth academy of Real Madrid. Luca is of Spanish descent through his mother, and of Algerian descent through his father.

Club career

Luca joined the Real Madrid youth academy at the age of six in 2004 and plays as a goalkeeper. He worked his way up from the academy, eventually joining Castilla, the reserve team.

Luca's father Zinedine Zidane came to manage Real Madrid, and became Luca's manager early in his career. 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. 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.

He was loaned to Racing Santander of Segunda División on 8 July 2019 for the 2019–20 season. He made his debut on 17 August in a 1–0 home loss to Málaga CF, in which he suffered an injury to the muscle on the back of his right leg.

International career

Born 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. He was capped once for the under-20s on 23 March 2018, in a 1–0 friendly loss to the United States in Spain.

Career statistics

As of 31 March 2019

Honours

France U17

• UEFA European Under-17 Championship: 2015