Zinedine Zidane was the first player inducted into the Goal Hall of Fame following a poll of over 100,000 readers.

"I played by instinct," he told Goal.

"I worked hard to improve that, but everything was in my head. Playing by instinct has always been my quality. I saw things shortly before others did. Faster than the defender understood them anyway."

Zidane was asked if he could have extended his career by playing a deeper role.

He added: "Maybe I could have played deeper, but my strength was giving the last pass, so it's better to be close to the opponent's area, to the opponent's goal. I think I was more effective offensively.

"I loved creating goals, being there, close to the area. It was my thing. I liked creating goals better than scoring myself."

A big part of Zidane's legacy was his elegance on the pitch.

"I'm aware of that but I don't want to focus on this aesthetic thing," he said. "Because even though I was beautiful to watch, the most important thing was that I was effective on the pitch.

"It's true that I wasn't a great goalscorer, I made goals a lot more than I scored. And I want to focus on my efficiency."