Zidane's first move: the legendary goalkeeper started working for the French national team

**Zidane's first step: the legendary goalkeeper has started working in the French national team**

Famous goalkeeper Fabian Barthez of the French national team has joined the coaching staff of the "tricolors" led by Zinedine Zidane. The 55-year-old specialist has been appointed as the national team's goalkeeper coach. This was reported by the official website of the French Football Federation.

Earlier, Zinedine Zidane was appointed head coach of the French national team. It was he who supported Barthez's return to the team.

However, Barthez's appointment was questioned for some time. The reason for this was that he did not have the necessary coaching license. According to reports, Barthez completed the process of obtaining a license in an accelerated manner in order to officially work in Zidane's staff.

In addition to Barthez, David Bettoni, Hamidou Msaidi, Gregory Dupont, Stephane Plank, Farid Tabet and Clement Hiber also joined the coaching staff.

This is not Barthez's first experience with the national team. He was also on the coaching staff of the French national team in 2010, where he was responsible for the training of goalkeepers.

However, after ending his playing career in 2007, Barthez has hardly been involved in coaching. Now, the former goalkeeper has the opportunity to work with the country's main team again.

Barthez is considered one of the most decorated players of his generation. He won the 1998 World Cup, the 2000 European Championship and the Confederations Cup with the national team.

At the club level, the French player won the Champions League with Marseille, won the English championship twice with Manchester United and became the champion of France twice with Monaco. Barthez has played 87 matches for the French national team.