Franck Ribery

He is the French's new Zidane, he will be one of the best soon in Bayern Munich. He has incredible skills.

Franck Ribéry (born April 7, 1983 in Boulogne-sur-Mer) is a French football player who currently plays for FC Bayern München, and recently has been touted by the media as the successor to Zinedine Zidane as the star of the French national team, due to his increasingly impressive performances. Franck Ribéry's face suffered severe scarring when he was only 2 years old because of being involved, with his parents, in a serious car accident.
Ribery attracted growing interest from major European clubs including Real Madrid and Arsenal after a successful 2006 stint in the World Cup. On June 7, 2007, Bayern Munich officially announced the signing of Ribéry on a four year deal from Marseille for a club record fee of €26 million (16 M€ cash, and 10 M€ in 2008, i.e. £17.5 million) and up to €4 million more with team's successes. Ribéry was given the number 7 shirt, previously worn by club legend Mehmet Scholl, who had retired the preceding season.
On July 6,2007 Ribery played his First match against FT Gern the game ended 18-0 for Bayern Munich and Ribery scored 2 goals .
On May 27, 2006, he made his French senior national team debut in the "Les Bleus" 1-0 victory over Mexico at the Stade de France. He began the match and was substituted by David Trezeguet in the 74th minute.
On June 12, 2006, he was named in the starting lineup of the French team for their opener in the 2006 FIFA World Cup against Switzerland. His first international goal proved to be a crucial one, levelling France at 1-1 with Spain in the 41st minute of their knockout round match after calmly rounding the Spanish keeper, Iker Casillas. Though Spain were the favourites, France went on to win that game 3-1 to book a quarter-final slot against Brazil.
Upon facing Brazil on July 1, 2006, Ribéry was substituted in the 75th minute of the 1-0 victory following an impressive performance. He also played in the World Cup final defeat to Italy where he went close with a low shot in the first half of extra-time.
Ribery converted to Islam and is married to Wahiba, they have a daughter named Hizya. He has taken the Muslim name of Bilal, which he shares with fellow french international Nicolas Anelka. He is also a competent Saxophone player, having played saxophone since the age of 12.

FC Bayern
7 April 1983
Source: Wikipedia