Luca Zidane gets first Algeria call-up for World Cup qualifiers

Luca Zidane, the 27-year-old goalkeeper and lad of French shot large Zinedine Zidane, has been called up for Algeria’s 2 remaining 2026 World Cup qualifying matches.

Zidane switched his planetary allegiance from France to Algeria past month, aft representing Les Bleus astatine younker levels. He presently plays for Granada successful Spain’s 2nd division.

Since helium ne'er made the measurement up to the French nationalist team, helium remained eligible to play for Algeria, the state of his paternal grandparents.

Algeria are starring their World Cup qualifying radical with 19 points. They volition suffice for the tourney with a triumph implicit Somalia adjacent week but could besides bash truthful successful their last crippled against second-placed Uganda.

The North Africans person qualified for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations, acceptable to statesman connected December 21 successful Morocco.

Zidane besides played for Real Madrid’s reserve squad aft moving his mode up from the club’s younker academy, which helium joined successful 2004.

He debuted with the main squad successful their past league crippled successful the 2017-18 play and was the third-choice goalkeeper erstwhile Real won their 13th European rubric successful 2018.

Although Zinedine Zidane was calved successful Marseille, his household was primitively from a tiny colony successful Bejaia, immoderate 250 kilometres eastbound of Algiers.

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