Zinedine Zidane and Veronique Zidane

“Without Véronique, Zidane would never be what he is today. All those who have often rubbed shoulders with him are aware of this, ”said Zinedine Zidane about his companion. Véronique met the future star of Real in 1989. They began a relationship and were married five years later at the town hall of Bordeaux, because Zidane was playing there at the time. Recalling the first time the pair met, Hermel wrote the following in Zidane’s biography: “The first time they met was in 1989, in the canteen of the youth hostel workers in which they both lived. Véronique was then 18 years old and was taking dance lessons at Rosella Hightower High School.