Zlatan Ibrahimovic announced his retirement this Sunday, June 4, at the end of a season that included his last sanctification with Milan, in Italy’s Serie A. It is the end of an era for a unique, controversial crack and one of those who always left the cloth to cut where he used his football.
🇸🇪 At the age of 41, 𝑜𝑛 Zlatan Ibrahimovic ended his career as a football player
This is how Milan, his last team, fired him 👏
He is a legendpic.twitter.com/o1SNp1n3dW
— Sportingnewsar Argentina 🇦🇷 (@sportingnewsar) June 4, 2023
Why is Zlatan Ibrahimovic retiring?
The passage of time has affected 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 of this contributed to the final decision.
Without a doubt, Zlatan’s name will not remain indifferent, because beyond his technical and physical conditions, the Swedish striker has never gone unnoticed because of his personality. Just one of his many anecdotes is enough. When he was making his first steps in Swedish football, England’s Arsenal looked at him and Ibrahimovic once said why he wasn’t given the pass:Arsene Wenger asked me to have a trial with Arsenal when I was 17 years old. I rejected it. Zlatan does not audition“.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s headlines
The global introduction for Ibrahimovic came when he jumped to Ajax from Malmo in Sweden and started doing his thing in Holland. With the Amsterdam club came the first stars at professional level. While the last conquest was with Milan in Serie A in the 2022-2023 season.
At international club level, he was crowned champion three times: the European Super Cup in 2009 and the Club World Cup in the same year with Barcelona and the Europa League with Manchester United in the 2016-2017 season.
| Tournament | Equipment | How much | Time |
| eredivisie | Ajax | 2 | 2002-2002, 2003-2004 |
| Dutch Cup | Ajax | 1 | 2001-2002 |
| Dutch Super Cup | Ajax | 1 | 2002 |
| Italian Super Cup | Inter, Milan | 3 | 2006, 2008, 2011 |
| One line | Inter, Milan | 5 | 2006-2007, 2007-2008, 2008-2009, 2010-2011, 2021-2022 |
| Spanish Super Cup | Barcelona | 2 | 2009, 2010 |
| The championship | Barcelona | 1 | 2009-2010 |
| championship 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 Championship | 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 goals of Zlatan Ibrahimovic
At the time of his retirement, Zlatan Ibrahimovic was ranked fourth among active goalscorers with a total of 573 goals (511 with clubs and 62 with the Swedish national team). His best output in opposition networks was with French side PSG, where he scored a total of 156 goals, while the podium was completed by two Italian giants, AC Milan (93) and Inter Milan (66).
The peculiarity with Ibra is that he was never able to score in a World Cup, although with Sweden he participated in the World Cups in South Korea and Japan in 2002 and in Germany in 2006.
| Equipment | targets |
|---|---|
| psg | 156 |
| Milan | 93 |
| between | 66 |
| Swedish national team | 62 |
| los angeles galaxy | 53 |
| Ajax | 48 |
| Manchester United | 29 |
| Juventus | 26 |
| Barcelona | 22 |
| Malme | 18 |
| Total | 573 |
News in progress.
