--- title: "Zinedine Zidane appointed France head coach" description: "Most outlets reported Zidane's appointment as France's new head coach, noting his status as a former player and his expected tenure. A few also highlighted his connection to the 1998 World Cup-winning team or the four-year contract term. While most described the appointment as expected, only some mentioned the departure of Didier Deschamps. The framing varied slightly, with some emphasizing Zidane’s legacy as a football legend or the fulfillment of a coaching dream." url: https://harzaviya.com/stories/675-zinedine-zidane-appointed-france-head-coach site: HarZaviya language: en --- # Zinedine Zidane appointed France head coach sports · updated 28 Jul 2026, 7:55 PM PKT · 28 Jul 2026 · 7 articles from 7 outlets **HarZaviya summary** — how 7 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts: > Most outlets reported Zidane's appointment as France's new head coach, noting his status as a former player and his expected tenure. A few also highlighted his connection to the 1998 World Cup-winning team or the four-year contract term. While most described the appointment as expected, only some mentioned the departure of Didier Deschamps. The framing varied slightly, with some emphasizing Zidane’s legacy as a football legend or the fulfillment of a coaching dream. ## Same story from 7 outlets Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source. - **Dunya News** — [Zidane lands dream job as France hand him reins through 2030 World Cup](https://dunyanews.tv/en/Sports/965108-zidane-lands-dream-job-as-france-hand-him-reins-through-2030-world-cup) · 28 Jul 2026, 7:55 PM PKT > Football great succeeds Deschamps and becomes third member of France's 1998 World Cup-winning team to lead Les Bleus - **24 News HD** — [Legend Zinedine Zidane fulfils coaching dream, succeeds Didier Deschamps](https://www.24newshd.tv/28-Jul-2026/legend-zinedine-zidane-fulfils-coaching-dream-succeeds-didier-deschamps) · 28 Jul 2026, 7:02 PM PKT · 79% identical wording to the newest filing > France have officially appointed football legend Zinedine Zidane as the new head coach of the national team, succeeding Didier Deschamps, the French Football Federation (FFF) announced on Tuesday. - **BOL News** — [Zinedine Zidane appointed France head coach on four-year](https://www.bolnews.com/sports/zinedine-zidane-appointed-france-head-coach-on-four-year/) · 28 Jul 2026, 6:56 PM PKT · 78% identical wording to the newest filing > One of France's greatest footballers, Zidane captained Les Bleus to their first World Cup title in 1998. The post Zinedine Zidane appointed France head coach on four-year appeared first on BOL News. - **Business Recorder** — [France turn to Zidane as coach in long-awaited homecoming](https://www.brecorder.com/news/40432180/france-turn-to-zidane-as-coach-in-long-awaited-homecoming) · 28 Jul 2026, 4:20 PM PKT · 74% identical wording to the newest filing > PARIS: Zinedine Zidane was appointed France coach on Tuesday, as widely expected, following the departure of Didier Deschamps, the French Football Federation (FFF) announced. Zidane, 54, had long been viewed as the leading candidate for the role and had been waiting for an opportunity to take charge of the national team for several years. He will replace Deschamps, whose tenure began in 2012 an... - **Aaj News (English)** — [Zidane named as France head coach](https://english.aaj.tv/news/330465490/zidane-named-as-france-head-coach) · 28 Jul 2026, 3:58 PM PKT · 80% identical wording to the newest filing > Former France midfielder Zinedine Zidane will take over as national ​team head coach, the French Football Federation ‌said on Tuesday in a post on X. The appointment of former Real Madrid manager Zidane comes ​two weeks after Didier Deschamps’ tenure as ​coach ended following France’s fourth-place finish at ⁠the World Cup. His final match ​in charge was a 6-4 defeat by ​England. The 54-year-old... - **ARY News (English)** — [Zinedine Zidane appointed coach of France](https://arynews.tv/zinedine-zidane-appointed-coach-of-france) · 28 Jul 2026, 2:10 PM PKT · 77% identical wording to the newest filing - **Arab News Pakistan** — [France turn to Zidane as coach in long-awaited homecoming](https://www.arabnews.pk/node/2652553/sport) · 28 Jul 2026, 2:07 PM PKT · 74% identical wording to the newest filing > PARIS: Zinedine Zidane was appointed France coach on Tuesday, as widely expected, following the departure of Didier Deschamps, the French Football Federation (FFF) announced. Zidane, 54, had long been viewed as the leading candidate for the role and had been waiting for an opportunity to take charge of the national team for several years. He will replace Deschamps, whose tenure began in 2012 an... ## Part of a bigger story Other stories whose coverage resembles this one, nearest first. "% related" compares whole stories, not single articles — see [what the percentages mean](https://harzaviya.com/methodology). - [Mbappe comments on working with Zidane as France coach](https://harzaviya.com/stories/9846-mbappe-says-having-zidane-as-france-coach-like-a-film) · 22 Sep 2026 · 6 outlets · 2 developments · 77% related - [Italy holds France to 1-1 draw in Zidane's home debut](https://harzaviya.com/stories/12200-italy-hold-france-to-1-1-draw-in-zidane-s-home-debut) · 4 Oct 2026 · 4 outlets · 2 developments · 70% related 7 articles from 7 outlets, 28 Jul 2026. Headlines and links belong to their outlets — HarZaviya links out and never copies article text. --- HarZaviya compares how Pakistani outlets cover the same story. It stores and shows each outlet's headline and a short excerpt, and links out — it never copies article text, and every headline belongs to the outlet that wrote it. It takes no stance on any outlet. 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