Zlatan Ibrahimovic

Zlatan Ibrahimovic

Retired (AC Milan senior advisor)

Birth Date:   03/10/1981
Age:   45
Nationality:  Sweden
Height:   195 cm
Weight:  95 kg
Position: Forward, Center-Forward
Shirt Number:   11 (AC Milan, 2020–2023)

Short answer: Zlatan Ibrahimovic, a retired Swedish striker, played for Malmö FF, Ajax, Juventus, Inter, Barcelona, AC Milan, PSG, Manchester United and LA Galaxy. He retired on 4 June 2023 at the age of 41. He is Sweden’s all-time top scorer, with 62 goals in 122 matches.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic is a retired Swedish striker and one of the best attackers of his generation.

Ibra retired in June 2023, at the end of his second spell with AC Milan. He was the captain of the Sweden national team and is its all-time top scorer with 62 goals in 122 matches.

Zlatan has started his career at Malmö FF in 1999, signing for Ajax after 2 years. In 2004, he came to Serie A, and the first team he signed for was Juventus (for €16 million). In 92 matches scoring 26 goals, Ibra joined another Italian giant: Inter, where he played 117 matches, scoring 66 goals, winning 3 Serie A titles and 2 Italian Super Cups.

The next destination of Zlatan Ibrahimovic was Barcelona. He spent there only 1 season. Being not able to adapt in that team for popular reason and the relationship with Barca coach Guardiola, Ibrahimovic came back to Serie A, but this time joined AC Milan. As the future has shown, Ibra spent 2 impressive seasons, scoring 56 goals in 85 matches. With Milan, Ibra won the Serie A and the Italian Super Cup once.

However, even he had no desire to leave Milan, Ibra joined PSG for €20 million in 2012. He signed a three-year contract with an annual salary of €14 million, becoming the 2nd highest paid football player.

4 seasons in France, 180 matches and 156 goals. His French adventures were quite exciting. Yet, after playing for Serie A, La Liga and Ligue 1, he was going to join the Premier League, where he set 53 appearances and 29 goals for Manchester United. Also here, he spent only 2 seasons, then joined LA Galaxy for another 2 seasons, scoring 53 goals in 58 matches.

In January 2020, Ibra returned to AC Milan. In his second spell, he played 78 matches and scored 37 goals, and in the 2021-22 season he won another Serie A title with Milan. He also returned to the Sweden team in 2021. Ibra announced his retirement on 4 June 2023, after Milan’s last match of the 2022-23 season, at the age of 41.

In December 2023, he joined RedBird Capital Partners, the owner of AC Milan, as an operating partner and senior advisor to the club. During the 2026 FIFA World Cup, he worked as a studio analyst for Fox Sports in the United States.

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Source: Wikipedia