Zidane celebrates four years since his appointment as Real Madrid boss Real Madrid Seems like a decade

Zinedine Zidane was presented as Real Madrid boss for the first time on January 4 2016.

Four years later and it seems like he's been in the job for a decade having involved himself in an intense period full of success.

In his three years and three months in charge, Zidane has won nine trophies, including three consecutive Champions Leagues, said goodbye and returned to reconstruct what he'd built in his first spell in the dugout.

Promotion to first team boss and first Champions League

After two years with Castilla, Zidane was promoted to take charge of the first time in January 2016 following the sacking of Rafa Benitez. His arrival brought excitement to the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu as Los Blancos won 17 of their 20 remaining league fixtures, including a Clasico victory at the Camp Nou. Silverware came in the Champions League where, after defeating Roma, Wolfsburg and Manchester City in the knockout stages, Real Madrid beat Atletico Madrid on penalties in Milan.

Historic double

In Zidane's most successful season in charge, 2016/17, Real Madrid went on to win the UEFA Super Cup and the Club World Cup before ending the campaign by winning LaLiga Santander and becoming the first club since the competition's revamp to defend the Champions League.

Third Champions League in a row, The Best and nine trophies

Real Madrid continued to pick up titles at the start of the 2017/18 season, winning the Supercopa de Espana against Barcelona and the UEFA Super Cup against Manchester United. Another Club World Cup followed before the first crisis of the Zidane era arrived with elimination to Leganes in the Copa del Rey. However, Los Blancos pushed on and beat Paris Saint-Germain, Juventus and Bayern Munich on their way to winning their third Champions League title on the bounce against Liverpool in Kiev.

Shock farewell and surprise return

Five days after winning the Champions League in Ukraine, Zidane make the surprise announcement that he was stepping down as boss. Cristiano Ronaldo also left the club and the team suffered greatly under Julen Lopetegui and Santiago Solari. Zidane retuned to the job in March 2019 to rescue the club from its slump.

More talk of crisis in the rebuilding project

Zidane wasn't as effective as he was the first time he came into the Bernabeu dugout and results were mixed towards the end of the 2018/19 season. A bad pre-season wasn't helped by a difficult start to the current campaign with defeats to PSG and Real Mallorca particularly damaging. Jose Mourinho's name was linked with the role but Zidane managed to turn the situation around. Now, he celebrates his four-year anniversary of his first appointment with Real Madrid in the running for all four trophies this season.