Zinedine Zidane - Les Murray, Vaudeville Smash

In 1972, under a scorching June sun

In the French coastal town of Marseille

Two Algerian immigrants awaited the birth of their fifth child

Later that day, a star was born

Cristiano Ronaldo, Wayne Rooney, Verón

Suárez, van Basten, Gianluigi Buffon

Xavi, Iniesta, Drogba, Hazard

Tevez, Schweinsteiger, Steven Gerrard

Alessandro Del Piero, Neymar, Forlán

Özil, Nakata, Jean-Pierre Papin

Ballack, van Persie, Beckham, Giggs, Scholes

But the strongest of them all…

Zinedine Zidane, Zinedine Zidane, superstar, superstar

Zinedine Zidane, Zinedine Zidane, superstar, superstar

Lionel Messi, Gareth Bale, Kewell

Nedvěd, Maldini, Agüero, Raúl

Casillas, Cavani, Benzema, Mandžukić

Mario Balotelli, Zlatan Ibrahimović

Lothar Matthäus, Shevchenko, Cantona

Ronaldinho, Ronaldo, Romário, Rivaldo, Robinho, Ramires, Kaká

Falcao, Franck Ribéry, Pirlo, Cahill, Kompany

But the strongest of them all…

Zinedine Zidane, Zinedine Zidane, superstar, superstar

Zinedine Zidane, Zinedine Zidane, superstar, superstar

And you burn through the dark like a fire (Puskás, Eusébio)

So much more than the world is dreaming of (Beckenbauer, Platini, Best)

He’ll fight (Charlton) and his light (Cruyff)

Will shine on and on and on (Baggio)

Oh why (Diego Armando Maradona)

With his will to survive (Pelé)

Zinedine Zidane, Zinedine Zidane, superstar, superstar

Zinedine Zidane, Zinedine Zidane, superstar, superstar

Cannavaro, Karagounis, Chicharito, William Gallas

Sánchez, Mark Bosnich, Hulk, Alexi Lalas

Wilkshire, Honda, Busquets, Dickie, Simão, Thierry Henry, Modrić, Vidal

Park Ji-sung, Donovan, Eto’o, Zizou

Zizou!

Zinedine Zidane, Zinedine Zidane

He is a part of things

He is a part of things