26 hours ago · London
West Ham’s Viviane Asseyi: ‘When I was four I said I wanted to be like Zidane’

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SignalsMonitor is following this as a sports story. The Guardian Sport is the outlet attached so far. The reports are tied to London. The first report grouped here was at 28 Oct 2026, 12:26 UTC. The headline in use is “West Ham’s Viviane Asseyi: ‘When I was four I said I wanted to be like Zidane’”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
French forward on how the 1998 World Cup inspired her football dream, her Gabonese background and finding a new family in east London On Saturday, once West Ham’s Viviane Asseyi was home from the match, she picked up her phone and called her mum. It has become almost ritualistic for…
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West Ham’s Viviane Asseyi: ‘When I was four I said I wanted to be like Zidane’
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- The Guardian