10 Things You Don’t Know About Zinedine Zidane’s Wife Veronique

Former Real Madrid manager, Zinedine Zidane is the talk of town, winning his third consecutive UEFA Champions League trophy last Saturday and then sensationally quitting the club five days later.

But behind every successful man there is a woman, right?

That woman in the case of Zinedine Zidane is Veronique.

But how much do we know about this pillar of support?

Herald Nigeria brings ten facts about her.

1. She was born Véronique Fernandez in Rodez, France to Spanish parents.
2. She went to university to study biology but stopped to become a professional dancer
3. She was studying dance in Cannes at the Rosella Hightower school when she met Zidane
4. They met in 1989, when they were both 17, and Zidane was playing in the AS Cannes youth team
5. They are both 45 years old
6. They married five years later, in 1994 at the Bordeaux town hall
7. They have four sons together – Enzo, Luca, Theo, Elyaz
8. All their children are professional footballers
9. The couple invested, in 2013, in Rodez Aveyron FC, the club of Veronique’s hometown
10. They have no daughter