zidane left real madrid as a player in 2006.
when did zidane leave real madrid as a player?
2006
in march 2007, in the second leg of the champions league round of 16 against bayern munich, roberto carlos failed to control the backpass when madrid kicked off, allowing bayern's hasan salihamidžić to steal the ball and feed to roy makaay, who scored the quickest goal in champions league history at 10.12 seconds. roberto carlos bore the brunt of criticism for that mistake which led to the team's elimination from the champions league, and, on 9 march 2007, he announced he would leave real madrid upon the expiration of his contract at the end of the 2006–07 season. his final goal for real madrid was a stoppage time winner against recreativo de huelva with three games remaining in the 2006–07 la liga season. the goal proved to be crucial to real madrid winning its 30th league title as they eventually finished level on points with barcelona, becoming champions via the head-to-head rule. madrid clinched la liga in roberto carlos' final match, a 3–1 win over mallorca at the santiago bernabéu stadium.
roberto carlos
in june 2014, real madrid announced that zidane would be the coach of real madrid's b team, real madrid castilla. on 29 august, the director of the spanish national football coach education centre (cenafe), miguel galán, reported zidane for acting as real madrid castilla's head coach without the necessary coaching badges. according to galán, "no one who has anything to do with the football world can be unaware that zidane is acting as real madrid castilla's head coach this season. it is a fait accompli that has been widely accepted, as shown by media reports, and real madrid do not deny it." while the official match report for castilla's opening game in the segunda división b lists santiago sánchez as the "los blancos"' head coach and zidane as his assistant, galán states, "this hierarchy only exists on paper. the truth is the exact opposite: zidane is acting as real madrid castilla's head coach, while, with all due respect to him as a colleague, mr sánchez's role basically boils down to providing the badges."
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