Re: Is zidane the best African player of all time?

by BarrileteCosmico Wed Jul 03, 2013 11:16 pm

Benzema

by FennecFox7 Thu Jul 04, 2013 12:09 am

Doc wrote:Zidane was born in France though. Marseille to be more exact...

still african

:coffee:

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by Red Alert Thu Jul 04, 2013 5:18 am

From what I've seen, Drogba and Eto'o. Maybe Essien too.

From the players that actually played for an African team NT, anyway.

by MadridiCanada Thu Jul 04, 2013 8:51 am

i dont consider zidane african, he's arab lol

african is mostly referred to sub=saharan africa, and in that sense, ETO?

by Firenze Thu Jul 04, 2013 10:46 am

MadridiCanada wrote:i dont consider zidane african, he's arab lol

african is mostly referred to sub=saharan africa, and in that sense, ETO?

Algeria is in North AFRICA. Not North Arabia.

by VivaStPauli Thu Jul 04, 2013 4:50 pm

Marseille is in France.

by Arsenalfaithfull Thu Jul 04, 2013 5:23 pm

Berbers are not Arabs :facepalm:

lol.

Zidane to me is the best player of all time.

by LeBéninois Thu Jul 04, 2013 8:50 pm

Arsenalfaithfull wrote:Berbers are not Arabs lol.

Zidane to me is the best player of all time.

For real ?

by jibers Thu Jul 04, 2013 8:56 pm

VivaStPauli wrote:Marseille is in France.

He looks Algerian,
Says he is Algerian
Has an Algerian passport,
Has two algerian parents,
His name is Algerian

Could care less where he was born. He is African. U mad?

by FennecFox7 Thu Jul 04, 2013 10:54 pm

Arsenalfaithfull wrote:Berbers are not Arabs lol.

Zidane to me is the best player of all time.

To be honest none of algeria is arab genetically but a small portion. They are however Mediterraneans so they share similarities with lebanese, turks, italians.. etc etc.

My family is of mostly berber but some, if negligible, arab descent as well. Berbers can pass for arabs and vice versa. even ibrahim fking afellay can pass in lebanon to an extent

Let's not turn this into an anthropology discussion either :coffee:

He is still african :coffee:

by Rebaño Sagrado Fri Jul 05, 2013 1:41 am

jibers wrote:
VivaStPauli wrote:Marseille is in France.

He looks Algerian,
Says he is Algerian
Has an Algerian passport,
Has two algerian parents,
His name is Algerian

Could care less where he was born. He is African. U mad?

played for france.........u mad?

by LeBéninois Fri Jul 05, 2013 4:13 pm

Either Eto'o or Maradonna .

by MadridiCanada Fri Jul 05, 2013 9:07 pm

jibers wrote:
VivaStPauli wrote:Marseille is in France.

He looks Algerian,
Says he is Algerian
Has an Algerian passport,
Has two algerian parents,
His name is Algerian

Could care less where he was born. He is African. U mad?

algeria is as african as russia is asian or as mexico is north american, or as turkey is european... in other words, only by name.

by FennecFox7 Fri Jul 05, 2013 9:54 pm

MadridiCanada wrote:
jibers wrote:
VivaStPauli wrote:Marseille is in France.

He looks Algerian,
Says he is Algerian
Has an Algerian passport,
Has two algerian parents,
His name is Algerian

Could care less where he was born. He is African. U mad?

algeria is as african as russia is asian or as mexico is north american, or as turkey is european... in other words, only by name.

Newsflash buddy, you don't have to be black to be african

We've been there for millions of years son

by VivaStPauli Sat Jul 06, 2013 12:25 pm

jibers wrote:
VivaStPauli wrote:Marseille is in France.

He looks Algerian,
Says he is Algerian
Has an Algerian passport,
Has two algerian parents,
His name is Algerian

Could care less where he was born. He is African. U mad?

Learned to play football in France.
Was born in France.
Played for France.

The first and last point being the important ones.

by Killer Sat Jul 06, 2013 9:19 pm

Samuel Eto'o

by spectre89 Sun Jul 07, 2013 1:54 am

Hard to compare, for example, George Weah vs Zinedine Zidane.

Two different positions. Different skills.

Maybe a better question might be... who was the best African striker? Or who was the best African playmaker?

by Killer Sun Jul 07, 2013 10:04 am

Eto'o is better than Weah

by CrazyBoy Sun Jul 07, 2013 11:16 am

Eusebio

by LeBéninois Sun Jul 07, 2013 3:52 pm

Killer wrote:Eto'o is better than Weah

True

by LeBéninois Sun Jul 07, 2013 4:00 pm

spectre89 wrote:Hard to compare, for example, George Weah vs Zinedine Zidane.

Two different positions. Different skills.

Maybe a better question might be... who was the best African striker? Or who was the best African playmaker?

Well , this logic should be applied for any comparison then.

i agree with you though.

by FennecFox7 Sun Jul 07, 2013 7:48 pm

you kidding me? zidane shits all over weah and eto

by LeBéninois Sun Jul 07, 2013 9:29 pm

Giggity5313 wrote:you kidding me? zidane shits all over weah and eto

Zidane shouldn't be considered as African , in this case.

Has he played for Algeria , he wouldn't have won the euro and WC , which are a big part of his legacy.

Therefore he wouldn't be even considered as a GOAT. Just a great player at best

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