Following the dismissal of Rafael Benitez as Real Madrid coach, the club have named Zinedine Zidane as their caretaker manager until the end of the season and also appointed former Real Madrid player Santiago Solari as his assistant.
Until Monday, the 43-year-old Zidane, who needed just six seasons as a player to become one of Real Madrid's biggest legends, was the coach of the Real Madrid Castilla, a job for which Florentino Perez selected him in June of 2014 and his first official coaching job. This youth team play in an equivalent to the Third Division in Spain, and consists of players with an average of 20 years of age.