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Deadspin - Found 9 hours ago Zlatan Ibrahimovic is ready to lead the Swedes, even if they aren't quite fit in their own right . Expect goals. |
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BobbyMcMahon's Blog - Found Oct. 5, 2008 A cross from Inter?s Adriano on the left was back-heeled into the Bologna goal by Zlatan Ibrahimovic . Christian Träsch will never forget... |
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Mail Online UK - Found Oct. 2, 2008 More... Although forwards Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Adriano and Mario Balotelli combined well at times, they created few chances. Pizarro haunts Mourinho 5:28 GMT - Reuters South Africa We'll definitely qualify, vows Mourinho - Yahoo! Singapore Inter held by Bremen - IAfrica.com Pizarro snatches draw for Werder at Inter - Yahoo! India Explore All |
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Inter's tactics under scrutiny for Werder visit
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Reuters South Africa - Found Sep. 30, 2008 He bought wingers Mancini and Ricardo Quaresma to complement striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic but so far the scheme has only worked in patches and... AC Milan coach urges improvement after derby success - AFP via Yahoo! Milan edge over Inter 1-0 in Serie A derby - People's Daily Online Milan edge over Inter 1-0 in Serie A derby - People's Daily Online Champions League Betting Preview: Inter Milan v Werder Bremen - Betfair Explore All |
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Mourinho dismisses Inter's derby loss as 'just one game in a ...
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Mail Online UK - Found Sep. 29, 2008 We've got to adapt to his characteristics a bit but today he was decisive.' Inter started with Zlatan Ibrahimovic flanked by Amantino Mancini and... Ronaldinho hands Mourinho first defeat at Inter - Reuters South Africa Europe - Serie A: Ronaldinho spoils Jose's derby debut - ESPNsoccernet Rome football fans celebrating as Lazio go top of Serie A - AFP via Yahoo! Timely Ronaldinho blast foils Inter - The Standard Explore All |
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Telegraph - Found Oct. 8, 2008 Brutally honest: Zlatan Ibrahimovic has publicly slated his former coach Fabio Capello and Roberto Mancini Photo: AP The 27-year-old, who spent two |
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CNN - Found Sep. 24, 2008 ... goals in quick succession put them in an insurmountable position in the match, followed up by a third after the break from Zlatan Ibrahimovic. |
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ESPNsoccernet - Found Sep. 19, 2008 Italian Serie A Games Goals Assists 2 1 0 Full Name Zlatan Ibrahimovic Birth Date Birth Place Malmo, Sweden Height 1.92m Weight 84 kg Age 26 Position ... |
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FOXSports.com - Found Sep. 16, 2008 ... in manager Jose Mourinho's first Champions League game in charge at the Italian club.Zlatan Ibrahimovic beat three defenders to set up Mancini... |
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Topnews.in - Found Sep. 6, 2008 Milan - Inter Milan striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic this season leads the pack of Serie A moneyed stars leapfrogging Brazilian Kaka of AC Milan. |
Zlatan Ibrahimovic Biography
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| Zlatan Ibrahimović | ||
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| Personal information | ||
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| Date of birth | October 3, 1981 | |
| Place of birth | Malmö, Sweden | |
| Height | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)[1] | |
| Playing position | Striker | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Internazionale | |
| Number | 8 | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| 1991 1989–1995 1995–1999 |
Malmö Anadolu BI FBK Balkan Malmö FF |
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| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1999–2001 2001–2004 2004–2006 2006– |
Malmö FF Ajax Juventus Internazionale |
40 (16) 74 (35) 70 (25) 59 (35) |
| National team2 | ||
| 2001 2001– |
Sweden U21 Sweden |
7 (6) 56 (20) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Zlatan Ibrahimović (born October 3, 1981 in Malmö, Sweden) is a Swedish football striker of Bosnian descent[2] who plays for Italian Serie A club Internazionale and the Swedish national team.
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Early life
Ibrahimović's Bosnian parents emigrated to Sweden, where they first met. Ibrahimović grew up in Rosengård, a Malmö neighbourhood known for its immigrant communities. He began playing football at the age of eight, alternating between local junior clubs Malmö Anadolu B.I. and FBK Balkan.
At the age of 6, he was a regular in hometown club Malmö FF, whose participants consisted of Bosnian and Somalian immigrants of the Rosengård neighbourhood. While at Malmö FF, Zlatan often played with individuals up to twenty years his senior. He successfully completed junior high school in the ninth grade, and though he was admitted to Borgarskolan in Malmö, he soon dropped out of high school to focus on his football career.
Club career
Malmö FF
Ibrahimović signed his first contract with his hometown club Malmö FF in 1996, and moved up to the senior side for the 1999 season of Allsvenskan, Sweden's top-flight league. That season, Malmö finished 13th in the league and were relegated to the second division, but returned to the top flight the next season. Arsène Wenger tried to persuade Ibrahimović to join Arsenal F.C. but Malmö did not allow the transfercitation needed. AFC Ajax coach Leo Beenhakker also expressed interest in the player after watching him in a training game against Norwegian side Moss F.K. On March 22, 2001, a deal between Ajax and Malmö regarding Zlatan's transfer to Amsterdam was announced, and in July, Ibrahimović officially joined Ajax for €7.8 million.
AFC Ajax
Ibrahimović received little playing time under manager Co Adriaanse, but when Adriaanse was sacked on November 29, 2001, new coach Ronald Koeman inserted Ibrahimović into the starting lineup as Ajax won the 2001-02 Eredivisie title. The next season, Ibrahimović scored twice in a 2-1 victory over perennial French champions Olympique Lyonnais in his first career Champions League match on September 17, 2002. He scored four CL goals overall for Ajax, who were eliminated in the quarterfinals by A.C. Milan. In his final season with Ajax, Ibrahimović scored a goal against NAC Breda on August 22, 2004 that was eventually voted the goal of the year by Eurosport viewers. He netted only once in Europe (against Celta Vigo on October 22) as Ajax were eliminated in the CL group stage.
On August 18, 2004, Ibrahimović injured fellow Ajax teammate Rafael van der Vaart during an international match against the Netherlands, which led to accusations from van der Vaart that Ibrahimović had hurt him intentionally. This led to Ibrahimović's sudden sale to Juventus F.C. on August 31, 2004.
Juventus
Ibrahimović moved from Ajax to Juventus for a €19 million transfer fee. He was promptly inserted into the starting eleven due in part to top scorer David Trézéguet's injury problems, and scored sixteen goals. Near the end of the season, Juventus reportedly rejected a €70 million bid for him from Real Madrid, which was later revealed to be a publicity stunt initiated by Ibrahimović's agent, Mino Raiola, in order to increase his market value. Ibrahimović was nonetheless voted the fans' player of the season in 2004-05, and he finished eighth in the voting for the 2005 FIFA World Player of the Year. On November 14, 2005, he was awarded the Guldbollen, a prize awarded to the best Swedish footballer of the year.
The following season, his role in Juventus's attack changed, as he became less of a goalscorer and moved more to the sidelines, taking much part in the build-up play, especially as a target player, a role that complemented his physical strength, and his assist numbers increased. However, criticism against the lack of goals started to increase both in Italy, where fans and journalists preferred Juventus veteran Alessandro del Piero, who was often sidelined for Ibrahimović's benefit.
Juventus were stripped of their last two Scudetti as part of the verdict from the Calciopoli scandal, and were relegated to Serie B. The new staff tried to persuade Ibrahimović, and other top players, to stay with Juventus, but the player and his agent were adamant to move, while Raiola threatened legal action in order to extricate Ibrahimović from his contract.
Internazionale
Ibrahimović signed a four-year contract with Internazionale for € 24.8 million on August 10, 2006.[3] He revealed that Inter was his favourite club as a child, gaining him immediate popularity with the Inter supporters. He started his spell at the club by scoring one goal and assisting another against ACF Fiorentina. After a close 4-3 win over A.C. Milan, Inter went on to a record seventeen consecutive league wins en route to Inter's first Scudetto on the field since 1989, and Ibrahimović was coach Roberto Mancini's first choice in attack.
On September 16, 2007, he played his 100th Serie A match. He scored two Champions League goals in the group stage against PSV Eindhoven on October 2, which marked his first European goals since December 2005 and his first goals overall in an Inter jersey. He went on to score 3 more ending with a tally of 5 goals in 7 matches for the 07/08 season.
Against Parma on May 18, Ibrahimovic returned from a chronic knee injury and scored both goals as Inter won 2-0 and won their third straight Scudetto on the final matchday of the season.
Due to many injuries in the Swedish squad he was the team skipper in the World Cup qual. game against Portugal
International career
Ibrahimović debuted for Sweden in a goalless friendly match against the Faroe Islands on January 31, 2001. His first competitive match was a 2002 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Azerbaijan on October 7. Ibrahimović was part of Sweden's 2002 World Cup finals squad who were eliminated in the round of 16 by Senegal.
Ibrahimović was a fixture in the starting lineup for Euro 2004, scoring a penalty against Bulgaria and rounding off a fine performance against the solid defense of Italy by scoring a late equaliser. However, he missed a penalty as Sweden were sent home following a shootout loss to the Netherlands. He went scoreless during the 2006 World Cup finals as Sweden were again snuffed out in the round of 16, this time by Germany.
He was called up for a Euro 2008 qualifier against Liechtenstein on September 6, 2006, but two days before the match, he violated team curfew by leaving the hotel with teammates Christian Wilhelmsson and Olof Mellberg and attending a nightclub. Though neither of the players consumed any alcohol, they were nonetheless all sent home by coach Lars Lagerbäck as punishment and did not take part in the match. Mellberg and Wilhelmsson did not appeal the coach's decision, but Ibrahimović felt that it was unjust and therefore refused to take part in Sweden's next qualifiers against Iceland and Spain. He also skipped a friendly against Egypt on February 7, 2007, but ended his self-imposed boycott a month later[4], and returned for Sweden's loss to Northern Ireland on March 28. He went scoreless in all twelve qualifying matches; his one goal was disallowed for offside in a 3-0 loss to Spain on November 17. On November 12, 2007, Ibrahimović was awarded the 2007 Swedish Golden Ball as the country's top player of the year.
Ibrahimović ended his international goal drought, which had lasted for over two years, against Greece in Sweden's Euro 2008 opener on June 10, 2008, and the next match against Spain four days later. He finished the tournament with the two goals as Sweden were eliminated in the group stage.
Personal life
Zlatan and his girlfriend, Helena Seger, have two sons, Maximilian and Vincent.
Career statistics
| Club Performance | League | Cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
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| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Sweden | League | Svenska Cupen | Europe | Total | ||||||
| 1999 | Malmö | Allsvenskan | 6 | 1 | - | - | 6 | 1 | ||
| 2000 | Superettan | 26 | 12 | - | - | 26 | 12 | |||
| 2001 | Allsvenskan | 8 | 3 | - | - | 8 | 3 | |||
| Netherlands | League | KNVB Cup | Europe | Total | ||||||
| 2001-02 | Ajax | Eredivisie | 24 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 30 | 8 |
| 2002-03 | 25 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 5 | 38 | 18 | ||
| 2003-04 | 22 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 22 | 14 | ||
| 2004-05 | 3 | 3 | - | - | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Italy | League | Coppa Italia | Europe | Total | ||||||
| 2004-05 | Juventus | Serie A | 35 | 16 | - | 10 | 0 | 45 | 16 | |
| 2005-06 | 35 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 46 | 10 | ||
| 2006-07 | Internazionale Milano | Serie A | 27 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 36 | 15 |
| 2007-08 | 26 | 17 | - | 7 | 5 | 33 | 22 | |||
| 2008-09 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | ||||
| Total | Sweden | 40 | 16 | - | - | 40 | 16 | |||
| Netherlands | 74 | 35 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 106 | 46 | ||
| Italy | 126 | 57 | 4 | 0 | 33 | 8 | 163 | 64 | ||
| Career Total | 240 | 108 | 11 | 3 | 58 | 16 | 308 | 126 | ||
Honours
Ajax
- Eredivisie: 2001-02, 2003-04
- KNVB Cup: 2001-02
Internazionale
- Italian Serie A: 2006-07, 2007-08
- Italian Super Cup : 2006, 2008
Individual
- Serie A Foreign Footballer of the Year: 2005
- Guldbollen: 2005, 2007
- Jerringpriset (Sweden's Sports Personality of the Year): 2007
- Swedish Male Athlete of the Year: 2007
- UEFA Team of the Year: 2007
References
- ^ F.C. Internazionale Milano
- ^ [1]
- ^ "JUVE SLAP ÂŁ25m PRICE TAG ON ZLATAN". sportinglife.com. Retrieved on 25 September, 2006.
- ^ "Ibrahimović agrees to return to Sweden side". ESPNsoccernet. Retrieved on 2 March, 2007.
External links
- Zlatan Ibrahimović at the Internet Movie Database
- The Big Interview: Zlatan Ibrahimović - The Sunday Times - Football
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