Who is Zlatan Ibrahimovic ??

ZLlatan Ibrahimovic (born October 3, 1981) is a Swedish footballer who plays at the center of the attack with the Los Angeles Galaxy. He was Sweden captain before announcing his international retirement after his team's exit from the group stage of the 2016 European Championship. .

Ibrahimovic began his career at the Malmö Club in the late 1990s and then signed for Ajax, where he made a good reputation as a professional player with coach Ronald Koman. He later moved to Juventus for 16 million euros Zlatan won a reputation for excellence in the Italian Premier League, taking advantage of his partnership in the line-up with David Trezeguet.

In 2006, he signed with Inter Milan where he won several individual awards such as the Oscar-winning Alcachio and the Golden Ball, won the Serie A title three consecutive times and won the title of Italian league top scorer in the 2008-09 season. In the summer of 2009 he moved to Barcelona. His stay with Barcelona was short. He returned to Italy to play for AC Milan in a deal that made him one of the highest paying players in the world and the cost of the club € 24 million. Signed a three-year contract with Paris Saint-Germain in July 2012.

On June 30, 2016, after finishing his contract with the French capital Paris Saint-Germain, Ibra announced that he joined Manchester United through his social networking accounts "Instagram" and "Twitter." He wrote: "It's time to tell the world that my next destination is Manchester United

before the club officially announces it a day later.

Ibrahimovic is one of the most talented footballers of his generation.

In 2012 he was ranked fifth in the Guardian list of the top 100 footballers in the world.

His life and his birth

Zlatan was born in Sweden to a Bosnian Muslim father who immigrated to Sweden in 1977, Shafiq, and a Croatian Catholic mother, Jörka Grafic, who also migrated to Sweden where they first met. Zlatan, along with his three sisters and two brothers, grew up in the Rosenberg district of Malmö, known for its large immigrant population. After receiving a pair of sports shoes at the age of six, Zlatan began to move among junior clubs such as the Rosengrad football club and FCK Balkan.

Zlatan said in an interview that his team once was late 4-0 to the end of the first half, and the coach introduced him as an alternative, scoring eight unbelievably. Although Zlatan was one of the pillars of Malmö during his early teens, he was about to leave the club at the age of 15 to work in the port of Malmö, but the coach convinced him to stay at the club.

Ibrahimovic completed middle school years successfully at the ninth grade. Although accepted at the Malmö Burgascola school and his marks were higher than average, he left high school to focus on his career.

His career

Malmo

Zlatan Ibrahimovic played for Swedish club Malmö in the second division at the age of 19, after his first season with 19 goals and impressive performance, three Ibrahimovic (Arsenal Ajax Roma) offered.

Ibrahimovic signed his first contract with Malmö in 1996 and moved to the first team in the 1999 season of the Swedish Premier League. In that season, Malmö finished 13th in the league and fell to the second division, but returned to Serie A in the following season. Arsene Wenger tried unsuccessfully to persuade Ibrahimovic to join Arsenal, while Leo Beenhakker (Ajax manager)expressed interest in the player after seeing him in a friendly against the Norwegian club Moss. 

Ajax

On March 22, 2001, a deal between Ajax and Malmo was announced for Ibrahimovic's transfer to Amsterdam. In July, Ibrahimovic officially joined Ajax for 80 million Swedish crowns (8.7 million euros).

Ibrahimovic was given time to play under the management of Ku Adrianse, but when Adriancy was dismissed on November 29, 2001, new coach Ronald Koman Ibrahimovic was included in the starting line-up with Ajax winning the 2001-02 title.

The following season, Ibrahimovic scored two goals in a 2-1 win over Lyon in his first Champions League appearance on September 17, 2002. He scored five goals in the Champions League overall, with Ajax falling to Milan in the quarterfinals.

In his last season with Ajax, Ibrahimovic's character rose when he scored against Nac Breda on August 22, 2004, who eventually won the vote as the "goal of the year" by Eurosport fans.

On August 18, 2004, during an international match against the Netherlands, Ibrahimovic injured his Ajax colleague Rafael Van der Vaart, later accusing Ibrahimovic of deliberately harming him. This led to the sudden sale of Ibrahimovic to Juventus on 31 

Juventus

Ibrahimovic moved from Ajax to Juventus for 16 million euros. Near the end of its first season, Juventus rejected a 70 million euro offer from Real Madrid, which turned out to be the propaganda of its business agent Ibrahimovic Mino Raiola to increase its market value. On 14 November 2005, he was awarded the Swedish Player of the Year award.

His second season was weak compared to his first season. His role in the Juventus attack has changed, as his task has not been to score but to move more on the sidelines, playing a big role in the game industry, especially as a target player.

Juventus were stripped of the last two Scudetti as part of the ruling on the Calchipoli scandal, and Juve fell to the second division. The new team tried to persuade Ibrahimovic and other prominent players to stay with Juventus, but the player and his agent were determined to leave. Rayola threatened legal action to free Ibrahimovic from his contract. 

Inter Milan

On 10 August 2006, Ibrahimovic transferred € 24.8 million to Inter Milan, where he signed a four-year contract, from Juventus to Nerazzurri.

This came just days after the 30-year-old midfielder, Patrick Vieira, completed the deal. Ibrahimovic said he was a fan of Inter when he was young. 

Barcelona

He then moved to FC Barcelona, ​​the second-most expensive deal in the history of football after Cristiano Ronaldo. Ibrahimovic was replaced by Barcelona's Samuel Eto'o in addition to 30 million euros. But because of differences with Guardiola Ibrahimovic left Barcelona for AC Milan after just one season.

Milan

Ibrahimovic plays for Milan.

Ibrahimovic moved on 28 August 2010 to the ranks of AC Milan from Barcelona for four years worth 24 million euros.

In his first season with Milan, he scored 21 goals and in the second season scored 35 goals to be the Serie A top scorer for the 2011-12 season and the club's top scorer.

Paris Saint-Germain

On 17 July 2012, the Paris Saint-Germain team announced an agreement with Milan on Ibrahimovic's transfer to his ranks. 

Manchester United

On July 1, 2016, Manchester United signed a contract with Ibrahimovic in a free transfer,] one day after the player announced his transfer through his account on the Intercam and Twitter websites.

On 31 July 2016 he participated in the first match against the Turkish club Galatasaray, scoring a goal just 4 minutes after the start of the match.

On 7 August, Zlatan scored the winning goal for Manchester United in the FA Cup match of Leicester City, which ended in 2-1. His goal came in the 83rd minute from a header to the left of Danish goalkeeper Casper Schmeichel. On 14 August, Zlatan scored his first Premier League goal in Manchester United's first match against Bournemouth in a 3-1 win over the Red Devils. 

Los Angeles Galaxy

On March 23, 2018, Ibrahimovic signed with Los Angeles Galaxy. He made his first appearance on March 31 as a substitute against Los Angeles at the Los Angeles Los Angeles derby. He scored two goals, the first goal 45 yards from a half-volley shot and the second with a header in stoppage time to win the Galaxy 4-3. After his impressive performance Ibrahimovic said: "I heard the audience say: 'We want Zlatan, we want Zlatan, so I gave them Zlatan.'" Scored his second double in a 3-2 defeat to Dallas on May 30. Ibrahimovic scored a goal that was his 12th goal in the league until then to help his team defeat Philadelphia Union 3-1 on 22 July

His international career

Zlatan played Sweden in the 2002 and 2006 World Cups, and he and his team missed both 2010 and 2014. He also participated in the European Championship 2004 and 2008, where he scored a beautiful goal and fought with the heel of Italy, and also played in the European Championship 2012 and scored two goals against the Ukrainian and French respectively, and the goal scored on France of the most beautiful goals of the tournament and after the exit of his country from the championship European Nations 2016 in France.

his personal life

Ibrahimovic is married to Helena Segar, and has two children Maximilian in 2006 and Vincent in 2008. Ibrahimovic currently resides in Paris, but goes to Malmö annually in the summer vacation. Ibrahimovic received the ceremonial Black Belt in Taekwondo; He took part in one of the taekwondo clubs in Malmo in his youth.  Ibrahimovic speaks several fluent languages: Swedish, Bosnian, English, Spanish, and Italian.  In an interview in February 2011 with Eurosport, Zlatan confirmed that Mohamed Ali Clay was one of the people who followed them. "He is one of my people, one of my colleagues in the world of sport and beyond ... he believes in his principles and never gives up." Ibrahimovic said he was a Roman Catholic

Achievements

Club

 Ajax

Netherlands Eredivisie (2): 2001-02, 2003-04

Netherlands Cup (1): 2001-02

The Shield of Johan Cruyff (1)

 Juventus

Serie A (2): 2004-05, 2005-06 (Both were withdrawn due to the Calchipoli scandal)

 Inter Milan 

Italian league (3): 2006-07, 2007-08, 2008-09

Italian Super Cup

 Barcelona [41]

Spanish league (1):

Spanish Super Cup

European Super Cup

Club World Cup

 Milan

Italian league (1): 2010-11

Italian Super Cup

 Paris Saint-Germain [41]

French Ligue 4: 2012-13, 2013-14, 2014-15, 2015-16

French Cup of Champions (3): 2013, 2014, 2015

French League Cup (3): 2013-14, 2014-15, 2015-16

France Cup (2): 2014-15, 2015-16

 Manchester United [41]

English Premier League Cup (1): 2016-17

Shield of the FA (1): 2016

European Championship (1): 2016-17

Individual

Golden Foot Award (1):

Puskas Prize (1): 2013

Vivo (1): 2013

Star Team in the European Championship (1): 2012

Man of the match in the European Championship 2004 (1): against Greece

Man of the Match in Euro 2008 (1): against Italy

Man of the Match in Euro 2012 (1): against France

UEFA Best Team Award [4]: ​​2007, [42] 2009, [43] 2013, [44] 2014 [45]

Best maker of UEFA Champions League goals (1): 13-2012

Season lineup of European sports magazines (4): 2006-07, 2007-08, 2012-13, 2013-14 [46]

Ligue 1 Player of the Year: 2012-13, 2013-14, 2015-16

French league season lineup (4): 2012-13, 2013-14, 2014-15, 2015-16

Top scorers in the French league (3): 2012-13, 2013-14, 2015-16

Top scorers in the Italian league (2): 2009, 2012

Goal of the year in the Italian league (1): 2008 [47]

French league goal of the year (1): 2014 [48]

Best foreign player in the Italian league (4): 2004-05, 2007-08, 2008-09, 2010-11

Player of the Italian league (3): 2007-08, 2008-09, 2010-11

Man of the Match in the Italian Super Cup

Player of the Month in the Italian League (1): January 2012

Player of the Month in the French Ligue 5: September 2012, January 2014, February 2014, March 2014, November 2015

Best Swedish Player of the Year Award [11]: 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 [49]

Best Swedish striker (11): 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 [50]

Sports Personality of the Year in Sweden

Best Swedish Athlete Award