It was between 2000 and 2010 that Ibrahimović reached a peak he would maintain into the next decade and discovered what kind of man he wanted to be
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When a talented yet unproven 20-year-old Zlatan Ibrahimović arrived at Ajax in 2001 from his hometown club Malmö, he struggled to break into the first team, battling for a place up front…
When the City of Angels heard it would be adding Zlatan Ibrahimović to its medley of celebrities, the football world was sent into a frenzy. A return from what might have been…
This feature is part of Virtuoso Occasionally in a footballer’s career you can pinpoint the exact moment the lightbulb went off in the public’s minds. When a fan doubts a player and…
Illustration by Federico Manasse From the ghettos of Rosengård to the brightest lights in Amsterdam, Milan, Paris and beyond, Zlatan Ibrahimović has done it all in a career punctuated by continued excellence.…
Zlatan Ibrahimović arrived at Ajax as a gangly target man but would with the platform to become of the best strikers ever seen in European football
SIR ALEX FERGUSON RARELY SHIES AWAY FROM SPEAKING HIS MIND, even more so when he wishes to express his distaste for something, or someone. Distaste, though, would be a polite way of…
The meaning of Zlatan – ‘the golden one’ – has always revealed a lot about him, at least to those that admire the striker. If football numbers are any sort of indicator…
As a versatile player with a six foot two inch frame and ability to run for days, I often played across the back line or as a central midfield player. The game demanded high levels…