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Algiers, Algeria (AP) – Luka, son of the French football Great Zinedine Zidane Called<\/span> For the first time on Thursday, the team approached qualifying for the 2026 World Cup in North America.<\/p>\n

27-year-old goalkeeper, Luca Zidane, represented France at the youth level, but is qualified for Algeria not for the senior national team but through the family ties of her father.<\/p>\n

FIFA approved a change in Zidane’s national qualification two weeks ago. Zidane once played for Real Madrid when his father was a coach there. He is currently with Spain’s second division team Granada.<\/p>\n

Algerian coach Vladimir Petkovic chose Zidane with a team of 26 players for the qualifying game against Somalia five days later. <\/p>\n

Algeria leads the qualifying group with four points, and with a victory in either game, the team will be sent to the World Cup co-hosted by the US, Canada and Mexico.<\/p>\n

Algeria played in the four men’s World Cup, reaching 16 rounds in their final appearance in 2014.<\/p>\n

Zinedine Zidane played in three World Cups in France, winning the title at her home in 1998, and lost the final in 2006. Head batting Italian defender Marco Materazzi<\/span> It was part of World Cup lore and his last game as a player.<\/p>\n

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