His great quality is his humility: how Zinédine Zidane became a coach | OneFootball

Zinédine Zidane has built his second career on humility and study, choosing the dugout and formal French coaching education, a path that now leads him to the France job.

According to Le Progres, five years on he combined classes at Limoges’s Centre for Sports Law and Economics with the FFF pathway, earning BE one and two, then the BEPF in 2014. In the early 2010s at Real he served as special adviser to Florentino Pérez, then sporting director, while a return to the grass beckoned.

He chose to do his badges in France to secure firm foundations, a move that irritated some in Spain and even brought a three-month touchline ban in October 2014 for lacking the required diplomas, swiftly overturned by the administrative sports court. Former mentor Guy Lacombe portrays a humble student who took the job from the right angle.

He was already learning as Carlo Ancelotti’s assistant in 2013, a season that ended with a Champions League win and reinforced his wish to lead a side. Within a staff that included Paul Clement he absorbed methods, studied opponents, then took Castilla to learn the trade in a protected setting before stepping into Real’s first team after a season and a half.

Step by step, the plan took shape, the reserves giving him a lab to test ideas and learn from early setbacks. He trusts long-time lieutenant David Bettoni and now faces a fresh France challenge, with a companion saying he excels when the environment suits him.

Source: Le Progres

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