Zlatan Ibrahimovic announced his retirement this Sunday, June 4, at the end of a season that included his last consecration with Milan, in Serie A of Italy. It is the end of an era for a unique, controversial crack and one of those that he always left cloth to cut where he deployed his football.
🇸🇪 At the age of 41, 𝑑𝑜𝑛 Zlatan Ibrahimovic has put an end to his career as a footballer
This is how Milan fired him, his last team 👏
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Why is Zlatan Ibrahimovic retiring?
The passage of time took its toll on the physique of the Swedish star, who He is 41 years old and will turn 42 next October. To this we must add, logically, that he has suffered serious injuries such as ligament surgery last year.
All this contributed to the final decision.
Without a doubt, the name of Zlatan will not remain indifferent, because beyond his technical and physical conditions, the Swedish striker never went unnoticed due to his personality. Just one of the many anecdotes about him is enough. When he was taking his first steps in Swedish football, English Arsenal set their sights on him and Ibrahimović once recounted why he didn’t give up on him: “Arsene Wenger asked me to do a trial with Arsenal when I was 17 years old. I turned it down. Zlatan doesn’t audition“.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s titles
The world presentation for Ibrahimović came when he jumped to Ajax from the Swedish Malmö and began to do his thing in the Netherlands. With the Amsterdam club came the first stars at a professional level. While his last conquest was with Milan in Serie A in the 2022-2023 season.
At the international level with clubs, he was crowned champion three times: the 2009 European Super Cup and the Club World Cup of the same year with Barcelona and the Europa League with Manchester United in the 2016-2017 season.
| Tournament | Equipment | Amount | Season |
| Eredivisie | Ajax | 2 | 2002-2002, 2003-2004 |
| Netherlands Cup | Ajax | 1 | 2001-2002 |
| Netherlands Super Cup | Ajax | 1 | 2002 |
| Italian Super Cup | Inter, Milan | 3 | 2006, 2008, 2011 |
| A league | Inter, Milan | 5 | 2006-2007, 2007-2008, 2008-2009, 2010-2011, 2021-2022 |
| Spain Supercup | Barcelona | 2 | 2009, 2010 |
| The league | Barcelona | 1 | 2009-2010 |
| Ligue 1 | PSG | 4 | 2012-2013, 2013-2014, 2014-2015, 2015-2016 |
| French Super Cup | PSG | 3 | 2013, 2014, 2015 |
| French League Cup | PSG | 3 | 2013-2014, 2014-2015, 2015-2016 |
| French Cup | PSG | 2 | 2014-2015, 2015-2016 |
| FA Cup | Manchester United | 1 | 2016 |
| england league cup | Manchester United | 1 | 2016-2017 |
| European Super Cup | Barcelona | 1 | 2009 |
| Club World Cup | Barcelona | 1 | 2009 |
| Europa League | Manchester United | 1 | 2016-2017 |
All the goals of Zlatan Ibrahimovic
At the time of his retirement, Zlatan Ibrahimović ranked fourth among active scorers with a total of 573 goals (511 with clubs and 62 with the Swedish National Team). His best production in rival networks was with the French PSG shirt, where he scored a total of 156 goals, while the podium was completed by two Italian giants, Milan (93) and Inter (66).
The particularity with Ibra is that he could never score in a World Cup, although with Sweden he participated in the World Cups in South Korea and Japan 2002 and Germany 2006.
| Equipment | goals |
|---|---|
| PSG | 156 |
| Milan | 93 |
| Inter | 66 |
| Sweden national team | 62 |
| Los Angeles Galaxy | 53 |
| Ajax | 48 |
| Manchester United | 29 |
| Juventus | 26 |
| Barcelona | 22 |
| Malmö | 18 |
| Total | 573 |
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2023-06-05 03:06:42
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