Luca Zidane

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Luca Zidane
Luca with Real Madrid after the 2018 UEFA Champions League final
Personal information
Full name Luca Zinedine Zidane[1]
Date of birth (1998-05-13) 13 May 1998[1]
Place of birth Aix-en-Provence, France
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Granada
Number 1
Youth career
2004–2018 Real Madrid
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2019 Real Madrid B 49 (0)
2017–2020 Real Madrid 2 (0)
2019–2020 → Racing Santander (loan) 33 (0)
2020–2022 Rayo Vallecano 23 (0)
2022–2024 Eibar 77 (0)
2024– Granada 42 (0)
International career‡
2014 France U16 3 (0)
2014–2015 France U17 14 (0)
2015–2016 France U18 6 (0)
2016 France U19 6 (0)
2018 France U20 1 (0)
2025– Algeria 9 (0)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  France
UEFA European Under-17 Championship
Winner2015
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 4 June 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 22 June 2026

Luca Zinedine Zidane (Arabic: لوكا زين الدين زيدان; born 13 May 1998) is a professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Segunda División club Granada. Born in France, he plays for the Algeria national team.

Zidane began his career with Real Madrid before competing professionally in Spain, mainly in Segunda División with Racing Santander, Rayo Vallecano, Eibar, and now Granada.

He represented his country of birth, France, at youth international levels. Having qualified through his paternal grandparents, he was selected for the Algeria senior national team in 2025, and played for them at the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations. He is the son of French professional football manager and former player Zinedine Zidane.

Early life

Luca Zinedine Zidane was born in Aix-en-Provence, France, on 13 May 1998. He is the son of the footballer Zinedine Zidane and professional dancer Veronique Fernández.[2] He is the second of four brothers, all of whom – Enzo, Théo, and Elyaz – are professional footballers who developed at the Real Madrid youth academy.[3] Zidane is of Spanish descent through his mother,[4] and Algerian Berber descent through his father.[5] He has French and Algerian nationality.[6]

Club career

Zidane joined the Real Madrid youth academy at the age of 6 in 2004 and plays as a goalkeeper.[7] He worked his way up from the academy, eventually joining Castilla, the reserve team.[8]

Real Madrid

Zidane's father, Zinedine Zidane, joined the Real Madrid coaching staff in 2014, thereby becoming Luca's manager at various levels early in his footballing career.[9] Zidane 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.[10][11]

Loan to Santander

Zidane was loaned to Racing Santander of Segunda División on 8 July 2019 for the 2019–20 season.[12][13] He made his debut on 17 August 2019 in a 1–0 home loss to Málaga, in which he suffered an injury to the muscle on the back of his right leg.[14]

Rayo Vallecano

On 5 October 2020, Zidane joined Rayo Vallecano.[15] He made his debut on 2 December, coming as substitute for Stole Dimitrievski who was sent off in a 1–0 loss to Leganés. When Dimitrievski played in UEFA Euro 2020 for North Macedonia, he played in all the remaining games of the season and led the team to promotion to the top flight after defeating Girona in the play-off final.[16]

Eibar

On 1 September 2022, free agent Zidane signed a two-year contract with Eibar in the second division.[17] On 22 March of the following year, he renewed his link with the club until 2026.[18]

Granada

On 5 July 2024, Zidane agreed to a three-year deal with Granada, who were recently relegated to the second division.[19]

International career

Born in France to French-born parents of Algerian and Spanish descent, Zidane represented France at youth international level. He was part of the France under-17 squad that won the 2015 UEFA European Under-17 Championship and also featured at the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup.[20] He made one appearance for the under-20 team on 23 March 2018 in a 1–0 friendly defeat to the United States in Spain.[21]

On 19 September 2025, FIFA approved Zidane's request to change his sporting nationality from French to Algerian, making him eligible to play for the Algeria national team.[22][23] On 2 October 2025, he accepted their call-up for the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification matches against Somalia and Uganda.[24] His debut with Algeria came twelve days later in the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Uganda after being named in the starting line-up.[25]

Zidane was named to manager Vladimir Petković's Algeria national team for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco.[26] He was named to the squad again for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.[27] He was in goal for Algeria's win over the Netherlands in a friendly on 4 June 2026.[28]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 26 April 2026[29]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Copa del Rey Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Real Madrid Castilla 2016–17 Segunda División B 80———80
2017–18 Segunda División B 130———130
2018–19 Segunda División B 280——2[a]0300
Total 490——20510
Real Madrid 2017–18 La Liga 1000000010
2018–19 La Liga 1000000010
Total 2000——20
Racing Santander (loan) 2019–20 Segunda División 33000——330
Rayo Vallecano 2020–21 Segunda División 11000—4[b]0150
2021–22 La Liga 8050——130
Total 19050—40280
Eibar 2022–23 Segunda División 33000—2[b]0360
2023–24 Segunda División 28000—00310
Total 61000—20630
Granada 2024–25 Segunda División 16020——180
2025–26 Segunda División 26010——270
Total 42030——450
Career total 19306000802070

International

As of match played 16 June 2026[30]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Algeria 202530
202650
Total80

Honours

Real Madrid

France U17

See also

References

  1. "FIFA World Cup 2026™ – Squad List: Algeria (ALG)" (PDF). FIFA. 2 June 2026. Retrieved 2 June 2026.
  2. "Maldini, Zidane, Kluivert, Hagi, Weah – the sons of legends making their own way". BBC Sport. 27 July 2019.
  3. SPORT, RMC (17 March 2014). "Bleus – Après Enzo, voilà Luca Zidane !".
  4. "Actualités Véronique Zidane".
  5. Kreo. "Interview: Zidane à cœur ouvert (2e partie) : "J'attends que l'Algérie passe au deuxième tour et même plus !"". lebuteur.com.
  6. S, Zakaria (11 January 2023). "Quand le fils de Zidane affiche son ambition de représenter l'Algérie". www.algerie360.com (in French). Retrieved 27 December 2023.
  7. "Zidane's four sons joined Real when he was at the club – MARCA English". 9 September 2016.
  8. "Real Madrid : Luca Zidane poursuit son ascension". 20 April 2015.
  9. "LaLiga – Real Madrid: Luca Zidane selected by his father". Marca. 19 May 2018.
  10. "Villarreal vs. Real Madrid – 19 May 2018". Soccerway.
  11. Calderón, J.L.; French, Oliver (19 May 2018). "LaLiga – Villarreal 2–2 Real Madrid: Luca Zidane: When I play I'm Luca, not Zidane". Marca.
  12. "Luca Zidane jugará en el Racing la campaña 2019/20 cedido por el Real Madrid". realracingclub.es. 8 July 2019.
  13. "Official Announcement: Luca Zidane". realmadrid.com. 8 July 2019.
  14. "Luca Zidane se lesiona en el primer partido de la temporada" [Luca Zidane gets injured in the first game of the season]. Sport (in Spanish). 20 August 2019. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
  15. "Luca Zidane nuevo jugador del Rayo Vallecano". rayovallecano.es (in Spanish). 5 October 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  16. "Luca Zidane: "No hay palabras para describir este momento"" [Luca Zidane: "There are no words to describe this moment"]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 20 June 2021. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
  17. "Luca Zidane, décimo fichaje del Eibar" [Luca Zidane, tenth signing of Eibar] (in Spanish). SD Eibar. 1 September 2022. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
  18. "El Eibar renueva a Luca Zidane hasta 2026" [Eibar renew Luca Zidane until 2026] (in Spanish). Marca. 22 March 2023. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  19. "Comunicado Oficial | Luca Zidane, nuevo jugador del Granada CF" [Official announcement | Luca Zidane, new player of Granada CF] (in Spanish). Granada CF. 5 July 2024. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  20. "Luca Zidane: I don't want to be compared to my father". FIFA.com. 8 September 2015. Archived from the original on 10 September 2015.
  21. "U.S. U-20 MNT nets late-game winner to defeat France U-21 [sic] squad". Soccerwire. 27 March 2018. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
  22. "Équipe nationale : Luca Zinedine Zidane change sa nationalité sportive" [National team: Luca Zinedine Zidane changes his sporting nationality] (in French). Algerian Football Federation. 19 September 2025.
  23. "Son of France legend Zidane switches allegiance to Algeria". BBC Sport. 19 September 2025.
  24. "Éliminatoires du Mondial 2026 : la liste de Petkovic pour les matchs face à la Somalie et à l'Ouganda" [2026 World Cup qualifiers: Petkovic's squad list for the matches against Somalia and Uganda] (in French). Algerian Football Federation. 2 October 2025.
  25. "World Cup 2026 qualifiers / Algeria 2 - Uganda 1: Zidane reacts!". Yahoo Sports. 15 October 2025.
  26. "Luca Zidane Named in Algeria Squad for AFCON 2025". Xscores. 14 December 2025.
  27. "Zidane and Mahrez in Algeria World Cup squad". BBC Sport. 31 May 2026.
  28. "Luca Zidane heroics guide Algeria to shock win over Netherlands". Footballscore808. 4 June 2026. Archived from the original on 4 June 2026. Retrieved 4 June 2026.
  29. Luca Zidane at BDFutbol
  30. "Luca Zidane". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 10 January 2026.
  31. Harrison, Wayne (22 May 2015). "Édouard treble gives France second U17 title". UEFA. Retrieved 18 April 2023.