Zinedine Zidane takes over France.
Zidane Returns Home: France’s Greatest Player Becomes Les Bleus’ New Coach . Zinedine Zidane is back where he belongs.
On 28 July 2026, the French Football Federation officially named the 54-year-old legend head coach of the France national team, succeeding Didier Deschamps on a four-year contract that runs through the 2030 World Cup. The announcement, long rumoured and finally confirmed in a packed press conference in Paris, felt less like a coaching appointment and more like a homecoming.