Football
West Ham’s Viviane Asseyi: ‘When I was four I said I wanted to be like Zidane’
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
Published 28 October 2026 at 12:26 UTC
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phone and called her mum. It has become almost ritualistic for them to speak after a game. On the other end came a familiar sound. “She was just laughing,” says Asseyi. “She was l