Luca Zidane
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Luca with Real Madrid after the 2018 UEFA Champions League final | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Luca Zinedine Zidane[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 13 May 1998 | ||
| Place of birth | Aix-en-Provence, France | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[2] | ||
| 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 | 19 | (0) |
| 2022–2024 | Eibar | 73 | (0) |
| 2024– | Granada | 27 | (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 | 1 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 9 November 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 14 October 2025 | |||
Luca Zinedine Zidane (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.
Born in France, Zidane began his career with Real Madrid before competing professionally in Spain, mainly in Segunda División with Racing Santander, Rayo Vallecano and Eibar.
He represented his native France at youth international levels before opting to play for Algeria in 2025, for which he qualifies through his father's descent. He is the son of French professional football manager and former player Zinedine Zidane.
Early life
Luca was born in Aix-en-Provence, and is the son of the FIFA World Cup-winning French footballer Zinedine Zidane and his wife Veronique Fernández.[3] He is the second of four brothers, and all of them – Enzo, Théo, and Elyaz – are footballers who developed at the youth academy of Real Madrid.[4] Luca is of Spanish descent through his mother,[5] and of Algerian descent through his father.[6] He has French and Algerian nationality.[7]
Club career
Luca joined the Real Madrid youth academy at the age of 6 in 2004 and plays as a goalkeeper.[8] He worked his way up from the academy, eventually joining Castilla, the reserve team.[9]
Luca's father Zinedine Zidane came to manage Real Madrid, and became Luca's manager early in his career.[10] 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.[11][12] 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.[13]
Luca was loaned to Racing Santander of Segunda División on 8 July 2019 for the 2019–20 season.[14][15] 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.[16]
On 5 October 2020, Luca joined Rayo Vallecano.[17] 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.[18]
On 1 September 2022, free agent Luca signed a two-year contract with Eibar in the second division.[19] On 22 March of the following year, he renewed his link with the club until 2026.[20]
On 5 July 2024, Zidane agreed to a three-year deal with Granada, recently relegated to the second division.[21]
International career
Born in France to French-born parents of Algerian and Spanish descent, Luca 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.[22] 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.[23]
On 19 September 2025, FIFA approved Luca's request to change his sporting nationality from French to Algerian, making him eligible to play for the Algeria national team.[24][25] On 2 October 2025, he accepted their call-up for the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification matches against Somalia and Uganda.[26] 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.[27][28]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 9 November 2025[29]
| Club | Season | League | Copa del Rey | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Real Madrid Castilla | 2016–17 | Segunda División B | 8 | 0 | — | — | — | 8 | 0 | |||
| 2017–18 | Segunda División B | 13 | 0 | — | — | — | 13 | 0 | ||||
| 2018–19 | Segunda División B | 28 | 0 | — | — | 2[a] | 0 | 30 | 0 | |||
| Total | 49 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | 51 | 0 | ||||
| Real Madrid | 2017–18 | La Liga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2018–19 | La Liga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| Total | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Racing Santander (loan) | 2019–20 | Segunda División | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 33 | 0 | ||
| Rayo Vallecano | 2020–21 | Segunda División | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4[b] | 0 | 15 | 0 | |
| 2021–22 | La Liga | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 13 | 0 | |||
| Total | 19 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | 28 | 0 | |||
| Eibar | 2022–23 | Segunda División | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2[b] | 0 | 36 | 0 | |
| 2023–24 | Segunda División | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 | ||
| Total | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 63 | 0 | |||
| Granada | 2024–25 | Segunda División | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | |
| 2025–26 | Segunda División | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Total | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 178 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 191 | 0 | ||
- ^ Appearances in Segunda División B play-offs
- ^ a b Appearances in Segunda División play-offs
Honours
France U17
Individual
- UEFA European Under-17 Championship Golden Glove: 2015
See also
References
- ^ "Zidane, Luca Zinedine". Royal Spanish Football Federation.
- ^ "Luca – Real Madrid CF". Real Madrid CF.
- ^ "Maldini, Zidane, Kluivert, Hagi, Weah – the sons of legends making their own way". BBC Sport. 27 July 2019.
- ^ SPORT, RMC (17 March 2014). "Bleus – Après Enzo, voilà Luca Zidane !".
- ^ "Actualités Véronique Zidane".
- ^ Kreo. "Interview: Zidane à cœur ouvert (2e partie) : "J'attends que l'Algérie passe au deuxième tour et même plus !"". lebuteur.com.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Zidane's four sons joined Real when he was at the club – MARCA English". 9 September 2016.
- ^ "Real Madrid : Luca Zidane poursuit son ascension". 20 April 2015.
- ^ "LaLiga – Real Madrid: Luca Zidane selected by his father – MARCA in English". 19 May 2018.
- ^ "Villarreal vs. Real Madrid – 19 May 2018 – Soccerway". us.soccerway.com.
- ^ "LaLiga – Villarreal 2–2 Real Madrid: Luca Zidane: When I play I'm Luca, not Zidane – MARCA in English". 19 May 2018.
- ^ "Madrid beat Liverpool to complete hat-trick". UEFA. 26 May 2018.
- ^ "Luca Zidane jugará en el Racing la campaña 2019/20 cedido por el Real Madrid". realracingclub.es. 8 July 2019.
- ^ "Official Announcement: Luca Zidane". realmadrid.com. 8 July 2019.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Luca Zidane nuevo jugador del Rayo Vallecano". rayovallecano.es (in Spanish). 5 October 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Luca Zidane, décimo fichaje del Eibar" [Luca Zidane, tenth signing of Eibar] (in Spanish). SD Eibar. 1 September 2022. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
- ^ "El Eibar renueva a Luca Zidane hasta 2026" [Eibar renew Luca Zidane until 2026] (in Spanish). Marca. 22 March 2023. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "U.S. U-20 MNT nets late-game winner to defeat France U-21 [sic] squad". Soccerwire. 27 March 2018. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Son of France legend Zidane switches allegiance to Algeria". BBC Sport. 19 September 2025.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "World Cup 2026 qualifiers / Algeria 2 - Uganda 1: Zidane reacts!". Yahoo Sports. 15 October 2025.
- ^ "Luca Zidane Named in Algeria Squad for AFCON 2025". Xscores. 14 December 2025.
- ^ Luca Zidane at BDFutbol
- ^ Harrison, Wayne (22 May 2015). "Édouard treble gives France second U17 title". UEFA. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
External links
- Luca Zidane at the French Football Federation (in French)
- Luca Zidane – UEFA competition record (archive)
- Luca Zidane – FIFA competition record (archived)