‘<i>Un homme avant tout</i>’: Zinedine Zidane and the sociology of a head‐butt

Morrissey, Sean

doi:10.1080/14660970802601696

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“…The sub-dimension of style of play, which has been identified in the current study, suggests a link with prior studies as Morrissey 74 called Zidane a "magician" because of his style of play. For example, one of the participants (Triin) referred to German and FC Bayern Münich goalkeeper Manuel Neuer as a "half defender" because of his style of play.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 72%

Athlete brand construction: A perspective based on fans' perceptions

Hasaan

Kerem

Biscaia

et al. 2016

Motriz: rev. educ. fis.

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The purpose of this study was to develop a framework for understanding the antecedents and components of athlete brand. Based on a set of 21 interviews conducted in three different countries, a detailed framework is proposed including five antecedents and two components of athlete brand. The antecedents are media (social media, mass media, video games and major sport events), oral communications (word of mouth, and rumors and narratives), impression management, social agents (parents, family members, friends and community), and teams and sport (sport interest, team interest and team geographical location). In turn, the components of athlete brand are related with on-field attributes (behavior, team, achievements, style of play and skills) and off-field attributes (physical attraction, lifestyle, personal appeal, ethnicity and entertainment). Complementarily, these components of athlete brand are proposed to have an impact on fans' loyalty towards the athlete. Implications of these findings for building and managing athlete brand are discussed, and directions for future studies are provided.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 72%

Athlete brand construction: A perspective based on fans' perceptions

Hasaan

Kerem

Biscaia

et al. 2016

Motriz: rev. educ. fis.

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“…For example, when Cristiano Ronaldo refused to exchange the jersey with an Israeli athlete during a match between Israel and Portugal, his action was widely admired in the Muslin world (Muslimvillage, 2014). Also, Zidane's head-butt in the 2006 World Cup final did not affect his popularity much in the Muslim world, as it was alleged that Materazzi used abusive language toward Zidane's mother (i.e., referred to her as a terrorist) (Morrissey, 2009). Nevertheless, the athletes should be careful about personal and social life activities and think carefully before taking an action or they may damage their image, with subsequent sport-and sponsor-related penalties such as in the case of Luis Suárez (CNN, 2014;International Business Times, 2014).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…On the basis of previous studies, the following aspects are considered in the proposed model to assess the on-field attributes: athlete's behaviour, team membership, achievements, style of play and skills (Chadwick and Burton, 2008;Morrissey, 2009).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…For instance, Zidane was called the magician because of his style (Morrissey, 2009). A graceful style of play is considered a positive aspect for creating an athlete's brand (Daley and Wolfson, 2010;Kerr and Emery, 2011), while an unappreciated style would make it more difficult for an athlete to become relevant for fans (Hill and Vincent, 2006).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Athletes can be differentiated from each other on the basis of their skills (Abernethy, 1990). For example, Zidane was among one of the most skilful and elegant footballers that played football (Groves, 2011;Morrissey, 2009). Sloan (1985) mentioned that athletes' general skills and tactical skills are important for delivering aesthetic pleasure from the game to satisfy the fans.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Playing with tension: national charisma and disgrace at Euro 2012

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2013

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By the time of Euro 2012, deepening tensions of nationalism and internal social struggles were developing across Europe in worsening conditions of systemic crisis. The official football ideology of UEFA conceives Euro2012 as a civilising platform for mutual respect and brotherhood between competing nations. In contrast, what I call Hyper-Critical Theory conceives of football competitions like Euro2012 as part of a de-civilising 'sports mode of production' that necessarily produces crisis conditions, alienation and violence on a mass scale, fostering nationalism, militarism and racism. Between these polar perspectives, the figurational sociology of sport associated with Norbert Elias proposes that major international football competitions like Euro2012 creates and dissipates contingent tensions of 'group charisma' and 'group disgrace'. Study of Euronews 'post-national' coverage of Euro2012 allows their explanatory adequacy to be compared. In a competition structure like the Euros no social group-players, officials, media or fans-is able to disregard entirely the field capabilities of the 'best minority of 11' in the serious game of exemplifying the group charisma of nations.

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‘Un homme avant tout’: Zinedine Zidane and the sociology of a head‐butt

Cited by 5 publications

References 12 publications

Athlete brand construction: A perspective based on fans' perceptions

Athlete brand construction: A perspective based on fans' perceptions

A conceptual framework to understand the creation of athlete brand and its implications

Playing with tension: national charisma and disgrace at Euro 2012

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