Zlatan Ibrahimović
In March 2018, the Swedish striker Zlatan Ibrahimović paid for a full-page advertisement in the Los Angeles Times. It carried his signature and a single short message: 'Dear Los Angeles, you're welcome.' He had just signed for LA Galaxy, and he saw no reason to be modest about it.
Ibrahimović was born in Malmö in 1981. By the time he retired, he had scored more than 570 goals and collected 34 trophies. He also talked about himself in the third person, and he had a gift for irritating coaches, referees and rivals.
How does a hungry child from a fractured household turn into a footballer that fans treat as a cult figure? What did all those moves between countries cost him, and what did they earn him? Why did one famous list of the greatest players never to win the Champions League include his name? And what lay behind the temper that kept getting him sent off?
On the 3rd of October 1981, a boy was born in Malmö to parents from two different faiths. His father, Šefik Ibrahimović, was a Muslim Bosniak who had emigrated to Sweden in 1977. His mother, Jurka Gravić, was a Catholic Croat who had also emigrated, and the couple met in Sweden.
At the age of six, he received a pair of football boots, and the game took hold. He moved between FBK Balkan, a Malmö club founded by Yugoslav immigrants, Malmö BI and, briefly, BK Flagg.
Home was harder than the pitch. His mother sometimes hit him on the head with a wooden spoon, and the spoon often broke. After she was arrested for handling stolen goods, social services stepped in. They doubted that a divorced mother could cope with five children, and one of them, his half-sister, had a drug problem.
At nine, he was sent to live with his father. Food was scarce there, and the fridge was packed with beer. The boy often went hungry and ran to his mother's place to eat dinner. He also shoplifted and stole bikes.
The author David Lagercrantz, who co-wrote the autobiography I Am Zlatan, calls him complex. He describes a warrior who had to be tough to survive, and also someone wounded by his upbringing. Lagercrantz says 99 out of 100 people in that position would have gone under. Ibrahimović used his anger instead, and he once told Lagercrantz, 'David, I need to be angry to play well.'
Money mattered too. Among middle-class children, he felt inferior because of his clothes and his empty pockets. Lagercrantz says he promised himself, 'One day I'll show them!' That promise became his motivation.
In his early teens, he was already a regular at his hometown club, Malmö FF. At fifteen, he came close to quitting football for a job at the docks in Malmö, until his manager convinced him to continue. His boyhood hero was the Brazilian forward Ronaldo.
He also watched Italian football avidly. There he admired Gabriel Batistuta, a prolific striker with traits much like his own. Italy would later be the country where he won five league titles.
Ibrahimović signed his first Malmö FF contract in 1996 and joined the senior side for the 1999 season. That year Malmö finished 13th and fell into the second division, though they returned to the top flight the next season. Scouts had noticed him anyway. Arsène Wenger tried and failed to persuade him to join Arsenal.
Leo Beenhakker, the technical director of Ajax, watched him in a friendly against the Norwegian side Moss FK and wanted him as well. On the 22nd of March 2001, a deal with Ajax was announced. In July, he joined for 80 million Swedish kronor, which was 8.7 million euros.
Playing time was scarce under the manager Co Adriaanse. Then Adriaanse was sacked on the 29th of November 2001, and the new coach, Ronald Koeman, put the young Swede into the starting eleven. Ajax won the 2001-02 Eredivisie title.
Three years after arriving in Amsterdam, he moved to Juventus for 16 million euros. The club's top scorer, David Trezeguet, kept getting injured, so Ibrahimović started at once and scored 16 goals. Juventus finished top of Serie A.
Near the end of that season, Juventus reportedly rejected a 70 million euro bid from Real Madrid. It later emerged that the bid was a publicity stunt by his agent, Mino Raiola, designed to raise the player's market value. He was named Serie A Foreign Footballer of the Year, and in November 2005 he won the Guldbollen, the prize for Sweden's best player.
The next season was poorer. His role changed, with fewer goals and more build-up play, and fans grew frustrated with his anonymous showings, including in a Champions League defeat to Arsenal. Then the Calciopoli scandal stripped Juventus of their last two Scudetti and sent them down to Serie B.
The new staff tried to keep their stars. Ibrahimović and Raiola were adamant about leaving, and Raiola threatened legal action to free him from his contract.
On the 10th of August 2006, he completed a 24.8 million euro move to Inter Milan on a four-year deal. He said he had supported Inter as a boy. He scored on his Serie A debut against Fiorentina, and in his first Derby della Madonnina he scored in a 4-3 win over Milan.
In that first season, he scored 15 league goals as Inter won the Scudetto with a record 97 points. In 2007, he signed a contract until June 2013, which was reported to make him the highest paid footballer in the world. On the final day of 2007-08, he scored both goals in a 2-0 defeat of Parma to secure a second consecutive title.
The third title came in 2008-09, when he finished as top scorer in Serie A with 25 goals. Then his Inter teammate Maxwell moved to Barcelona, and a bigger deal followed.
Barcelona's president, Joan Laporta, agreed in principle to send Inter the striker Samuel Eto'o plus a reported 40 million pounds for Ibrahimović. More than 60,000 people packed Camp Nou to see him presented. His five-year contract carried a release clause of 250 million euros.
He began superbly. He became the only player to score in each of his first five league matches for the club, which set a team record. After seven league games, he had seven goals.
A thigh injury interrupted that run, and a red card against Almería followed in March 2010. Then Barcelona lost the Champions League semi-final to Inter Milan. By his own account, he confronted his coach Pep Guardiola in the changing room and yelled, 'You haven't got any balls!' He added, 'You can go to hell!'
He said Guardiola simply walked off and never mentioned it again. After his last match for the club, on the 25th of August 2010, he claimed Guardiola had not spoken to him since February. In I Am Zlatan, he blamed Lionel Messi for wanting to play in the middle, which changed the system from 4-3-3 to 4-5-1 and took away his freedom.
Three days later, on the 28th of August 2010, AC Milan announced his loan for the season, with an option to buy for 24 million euros. He said, 'I have moved here to win the Champions League with Milan. I want to win the double.' He did win the Scudetto in 2010-11, and in 2011-12 he finished as Serie A top scorer with 28 goals in 32 matches.
The next stop was France.
Paris Saint-Germain paid Milan 20 million euros for Ibrahimović in July 2012. His net annual salary was set at 14 million euros including bonuses, which made him the second best paid footballer in the world behind Samuel Eto'o. At his press conference he said, 'I am here to win and nothing else.'
On the 18th of September 2012, he scored a penalty against Dynamo Kyiv in only his fifth appearance for Carlo Ancelotti's side. It was his sixth Champions League goal for a sixth different club, which no man had managed before. Three weeks later, he scored both goals in a 2-2 draw at Marseille, a backheel and a free kick.
That match made him only the third player, after Ronaldinho and Laurent Blanc, to have played in El Clásico, the Derby della Madonnina and Le Classique. In January 2013, he took the number 10 shirt after Nenê departed.
On the 12th of May 2013, a 1-0 win away to Lyon gave PSG the Ligue 1 title, their first since 1994. Ibrahimović scored 30 league goals that season, the first player to reach that mark in France since Jean-Pierre Papin in 1989-90. The players' union named him Ligue 1 Player of the Year.
In September 2013, he extended his contract until 2016. On the 16th of March 2014, two goals against Saint-Étienne carried him past Carlos Bianchi's club record of 39 in a season. He finished with 41 goals in all competitions and a second straight league title.
The 2014-15 season brought a domestic quadruple. In January 2015, his only goal won a Coupe de la Ligue quarter-final at Saint-Étienne, and the home team argued that the ball had not crossed the line. Fans threw objects onto the pitch, and play stopped for ten minutes.
On the 8th of April 2015, a penalty against Saint-Étienne was his 100th goal for the club. He ended that match with 102, second only to Pauleta. Three days later, he scored twice in a 4-0 Coupe de la Ligue final win over Bastia.
On the 4th of October 2015, two penalties against Marseille put him past Pauleta, and he became the club's all-time leading scorer with 110 goals. In December, two goals against Nice beat Mustapha Dahleb's record of 85 for the most French first division goals in the club's history.
In between, on the 25th of November 2015, he captained PSG on a return to Malmö FF. He scored the third goal in a 5-0 win that sent the French side into the knockout stage.
A 9-0 win over bottom-placed Troyes sealed the 2015-16 league title with eight games left. Ibrahimović scored four times, and his nine-minute hat-trick was the fastest in Ligue 1 history. That evening he announced he was leaving, joking that he would only stay if the Eiffel Tower were replaced with a statue of himself.
On the 14th of May 2016, he played his last Ligue 1 match, a 4-0 win over Nantes. He scored twice to reach 38 league goals, a club record for a single Ligue 1 season, one more than Bianchi's 37 in 1977-78. Fans stood and applauded in the tenth minute, matching his shirt number.
His two sons ran onto the pitch wearing number 10 shirts, with 'King' on one and 'Legend' on the other. The words echoed his social media post before the match: 'I came like a king, left like a legend.'
On the 21st of May 2016, he scored twice in the Coupe de France final, a 4-2 win over Marseille. Those were his 155th and 156th goals in his 180th and final match for the club. His scoring record fell to his former strike partner Edinson Cavani in January 2018.
On the 18th of August 2004, Ibrahimović injured his Ajax teammate Rafael van der Vaart during an international match against the Netherlands. Van der Vaart later accused him of doing it on purpose. It was an early sign of how a physical style could spill over into controversy.
In March 2010, he was sent off against Almería while at Barcelona, and the club appealed in vain. A suspension of one game followed.
March 2011 brought a red card in a 1-1 home draw against Bari, for punching the defender Marco Rossi in the stomach. The result was a three-match ban. A further three-match ban came in February 2012 after he swore at an assistant referee during a 2-1 home defeat to Fiorentina. He said in his defence that he had been talking to himself in frustration.
On the 5th of February 2012, he was shown another red card, this time for slapping Salvatore Aronica in an off-the-ball incident against Napoli. That was yet another three-match ban in Serie A.
On the 11th of March 2015, a straight red card arrived at Stamford Bridge for a foul on the Chelsea player Oscar. PSG still drew 2-2 after extra time and went through on away goals.
At Manchester United, the Football Association suspended him for three matches on the 7th of March 2017 for violent conduct. He had elbowed Bournemouth's Tyrone Mings in a 1-1 draw at Old Trafford three days earlier.
The most serious row came on the 26th of January 2021, in a Coppa Italia quarter-final against Inter. Ibrahimović and Romelu Lukaku, his former Manchester United teammate, clashed after a late foul by Lukaku in the first half. They exchanged insults and butted heads, and teammates had to pull them apart. Both were booked, and the argument continued into the tunnel at half-time.
Ibrahimović was sent off in the second half for a second yellow card, after a foul on Aleksandar Kolarov. Inter won 2-1. Pitchside microphones had picked up him telling Lukaku to 'go do your voodoo' and calling him a 'little donkey'.
The Italian Football Federation investigated whether the words amounted to racial abuse. Ibrahimović denied using racist language, and no evidence of racist intent was found. He was fined 4,000 euros, and Lukaku was fined 3,000.
A commentator watching Ibrahimović slalom past five NAC Breda defenders on the 22nd of August 2004 reached for the names of Diego Maradona and Zinedine Zidane. Eurosport viewers voted the run Goal of the Year.
At Euro 2004, he equalised against Italy in the 85th minute with a back-heel lob. The match finished 1-1, he was named Man of the Match, and the goal was later judged the best of the tournament.
On the 4th of October 2008, he stunned the goalkeeper Francesco Antonioli with a backheeled shot from Adriano's cross, against Bologna. The goal was voted Goal of the Year in Serie A.
At Euro 2012, a volley against France opened the scoring in a 2-0 win. It was later considered the goal of the tournament. In October 2013, he scored a volleyed backheel against Bastia, reaching behind the defender to fire it in. The public chose it as the Ligue 1 Goal of the Season.
Four days later, he scored four goals against RSC Anderlecht in a 5-0 Champions League win. His hat-trick took 19 minutes, the eighth-fastest in the competition's history, and included a bending half-volley from 30 yards clocked at 93 miles per hour.
The most famous came on the 14th of November 2012, in the first match ever played at the Friends Arena. Sweden beat England 4-2, and Ibrahimović scored all four goals. The last was an overhead kick from 35 yards with his back to goal.
The Guardian called it 'a moment of sublime mastery'. The BBC said it 'combined unfathomable imagination and expert technique'. It won him the 2013 FIFA Puskás Award, and many consider it one of the best goals of all time.
On the 15th of September 2018, an acrobatic strike for LA Galaxy against Toronto FC was his 500th professional goal for club and country. The team lost 5-3, and he said afterwards that he was happy for Toronto because they would be remembered as his 500th victim. The goal was nominated for the 2019 Puskás Award.
He scored many more by instinct than by plan, and his own team would soon learn how far that confidence stretched.
Ibrahimović could have played for Sweden, Bosnia and Herzegovina or Croatia, and he chose Sweden. His debut was a goalless friendly against the Faroe Islands at Tipshallen on the 31st of January 2001. On the 7th of October 2001, he scored his first international goal in a 3-0 qualifier win over Azerbaijan.
At the 2002 World Cup in Korea and Japan, he appeared twice as a substitute. Sweden were eliminated in the round of 16 by Senegal. At Euro 2004, he missed a penalty in the shoot-out against the Netherlands after a 0-0 draw, and Sweden went out. In 2006, he did not score at the World Cup finals, and Germany knocked Sweden out in the round of 16.
On the 4th of September 2004, he had scored four goals in a 7-0 win away to Malta in World Cup qualifying. Yet the Euro 2008 qualifiers brought a long fight with the team.
Before a qualifier against Liechtenstein on the 6th of September 2006, he left the team hotel with Christian Wilhelmsson and Olof Mellberg and visited a nightclub. None of them drank alcohol. The manager, Lars Lagerbäck, sent all three home two days before the match.
Mellberg and Wilhelmsson accepted it, but Ibrahimović thought it unjust. He refused to play in the qualifiers against Iceland and Spain and in a friendly against Egypt on the 7th of February 2007. A month later, he ended his boycott and returned for a loss to Northern Ireland on the 28th of March.
He scored in none of the 12 qualifying matches. His goal drought lasted over two years, until the Euro 2008 opener against Greece on the 10th of June 2008. He added another against eventual champions Spain, but Sweden went out in the group stage.
Under the manager Erik Hamrén, he captained the side at Euro 2012, scoring the opener in a 2-1 loss to Ukraine. Sweden were eliminated in the group stage, though he was named in the Team of the Tournament.
In October 2012, Sweden came from 4-0 down in Berlin to draw 4-4 with Germany, the first time the Germans had failed to win after a four-goal lead. The 2014 World Cup play-off was billed as Ibrahimović against Cristiano Ronaldo. Portugal won 3-2, with Ronaldo scoring three and Ibrahimović two. 'One thing is for sure,' he said, 'a World Cup without me is nothing to watch.'
On the 4th of September 2014, he scored his 50th international goal, a 2-0 win over Estonia, and passed Sven Rydell as the national team's top scorer. Four days later, in Vienna against Austria, he played his 100th match for Sweden.
Denmark were beaten in the Euro 2016 play-off, and he scored both goals in a 2-2 draw in Copenhagen to qualify. He had eleven goals in qualifying. At the tournament itself, he announced on the 21st of June 2016 that he would retire after the last match.
Sweden lost 1-0 to Belgium and finished last in their group. As captain, Ibrahimović played every minute of the three group games but had only one shot on target and no goals.
In April 2018, manager Janne Andersson ruled out a World Cup place, and Ibrahimović later blamed the Swedish media. In November 2020, he hinted at a comeback in a newspaper interview, and Andersson flew to Milan to discuss it. On the 15th of March 2021, he was named in the squad. Ibrahimović tweeted simply, 'The return of the God.'
On the 25th of March, he started a 1-0 win over Georgia and set up Viktor Claesson's winner, becoming the oldest man ever to play for Sweden. A knee injury kept him out of the Euro 2020 squad, and he came on late in the 0-2 play-off final defeat to Poland on the 29th of March 2022.
In March 2023, Andersson recalled him for qualifiers against Belgium and Azerbaijan. Ibrahimović was first hailed as the oldest player in a European Championship qualifier, ahead of Dino Zoff. Then it was confirmed that Lee Casciaro, four days older, had taken the record on the same day.
On the 1st of July 2016, Manchester United signed Ibrahimović as a free agent on a one-year contract, with an option to extend. His reported wage was 200,000 pounds a week. He wanted to test himself in England, and he wanted to work again with José Mourinho.
He wore number 9. In the 2016 FA Community Shield, he headed the winner past Leicester City's goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel. It was his record 10th domestic super cup, won in a fifth country.
On the 6th of November 2016, his first goal at Swansea City was the 25,000th in Premier League history. On the 5th of February 2017, at 35 years and 125 days old, he became the oldest player to score at least 15 league goals in a Premier League season. A week after an FA Cup winner against Blackburn Rovers, he scored twice in the 2017 EFL Cup final, clinching United's fifth League Cup.
On the 20th of April 2017, he suffered serious ligament damage to his right knee against Anderlecht in the Europa League. United beat Ajax in the final in Stockholm, giving him his first major European title. He signed a new one-year deal in August 2017, but on the 22nd of March 2018, the club terminated his contract by mutual agreement. A new signing in attack and his own fitness struggles both played a part.
The next day, he signed for LA Galaxy. He debuted on the 31st of March 2018 as a substitute against Los Angeles FC in the first El Tráfico derby. Galaxy trailed by three goals. He scored a 45-yard half volley and a stoppage-time header, and the Galaxy won 4-3. 'I heard the crowd saying We want Zlatan, we want Zlatan, so I gave them Zlatan,' he said.
He scored his first MLS hat-trick against Orlando City in a 4-3 win, with all three goals inside 24 second-half minutes. He was named MLS Newcomer of the Year and made the Best XI. In 2019, as captain, he scored two penalties against the Portland Timbers, one Panenka-style. That took him to 515 career goals, passing his countryman Gunnar Nordahl as Sweden's biggest scorer in football history.
His 26 goals in the 2019 regular season set a club record. When a debate arose over whether he or Los Angeles FC's Carlos Vela was the better player, he called himself the 'best by far'. On the 13th of November 2019, he announced his exit with the words, 'You wanted Zlatan, I gave you Zlatan. You are welcome. The story continues...Now go back to watch baseball.'
On the 27th of December 2019, he rejoined AC Milan on a six-month contract. He returned to the squad on the 6th of January 2020, and on the 11th of January he scored his first goal back, against Cagliari. That made him a scorer in each of the last four decades, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
On the 9th of February, at 38 years and 129 days, he became the oldest scorer in the Derby della Madonnina, passing Nils Liedholm. On the 29th of July 2020, he became the first player to score 50 Serie A goals for both Milan clubs. On the 1st of August, he became the oldest player to score ten Serie A goals in a season since Silvio Piola in the 1950s.
On the 12th of September 2021, he returned from a knee injury and scored against Lazio at 39 years and 344 days, the oldest non-Italian scorer in the 123-year history of Serie A. A goal against Bologna on the 23rd of October made him the fourth player to score in Serie A after turning 40. Against Fiorentina on the 20th of November, he became the oldest player to score twice in a Serie A game. On the 11th of December, an acrobatic stoppage-time equaliser against Udinese gave him 300 league goals in Europe's top five leagues, only the third man this century to do it after Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi.
On the 22nd of May 2022, Milan won the Serie A title for the first time in 11 years. He had also been part of their previous title in 2011. He contributed eight goals and three assists and dedicated the trophy to his friend and agent Mino Raiola, who had recently died.
Three days later, he revealed that he had played six months with a torn anterior cruciate ligament and had undergone surgery that day. On the 18th of March 2023, after nine months out, he scored against Udinese at 41 years and 166 days, the oldest goalscorer in Serie A history. On the 4th of June 2023, he announced his retirement from football after the final game of the Serie A season.
The last record he set was in Milan's colours, on a pitch he had first walked onto as an Inter player more than sixteen years earlier.
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Where was Zlatan Ibrahimović born and when?
He was born in Malmö, Sweden, on the 3rd of October 1981, to a Muslim Bosniak father and a Catholic Croat mother who had both emigrated to Sweden.
How many goals did Ibrahimović score for Sweden?
He is Sweden's all-time leading goalscorer with 62 goals, and he made more than 100 appearances over a 20-year international career.
Which clubs did Ibrahimović play for?
He played for Malmö FF, Ajax, Juventus, Inter Milan, Barcelona, AC Milan, Paris Saint-Germain, Manchester United and LA Galaxy, and he returned to AC Milan before retiring in 2023.
What was Ibrahimović's most famous goal?
His 35-yard overhead kick for Sweden against England on the 14th of November 2012 won the 2013 FIFA Puskás Award and is often considered one of the best goals of all time.
When did Ibrahimović retire?
He announced his retirement from football on the 4th of June 2023, after AC Milan's final Serie A game of the season.
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- 128Zlatan Ibrahimovic hero and villainESPN FC — 8 August 2014
- 129NewsZlatan Ibrahimovic scores hat-trick as Paris St Germain rout St Etienne31 August 2014
- 130Zlatan Ibrahimovic's PSG cup goal provokes supporters14 January 2015
- 131Chelsea 2–2 Paris St-Germain (aet)Phil McNulty — 11 March 2015
- 132Paris St-Germain 3–1 LorientEmlyn Begley — 20 March 2015
- 133Zlatan Ibrahimovic Performs Filthy Pass, Hits a Hat-Trick for PSGSean Swaby — Bleacher Report — 20 March 2015
- 134Zlatan Ibrahimovic records hat trick as PSG go top overnightESPN FC — 20 March 2015
- 135Watch: Zlatan searches Zlaaatan.com for 'hat trick,' finds one vs. St. EtienneAlexander Abnos — 8 April 2015
- 136PSG into Coupe De France Final as Another Ibrahimovic Treble Downs Saint-EtienneJonathan Johnson — Bleacher Report — 8 April 2015
- 137Paris St-Germain beat Bastia 4–0 to win the French League CupMatt Davis — 11 April 2015
- 138Le classement historique des buteurs du PSG20 May 2017
- 139NewsZlatan Ibrahimovic crowns Malmo homecoming with goal in PSG's 5–0 rout26 November 2015
- 140NewsZlatan Ibrahimovic breaks Paris St Germain record with doubleBT Sport — 4 December 2015
- 141Cavani gives Paris the edge over ChelseaUEFA — 16 February 2016
- 144NewsPSG and Zlatan Ibrahimovic send laboured Chelsea crashing out9 March 2016
- 145Ibrahimović joins UEFA's 50-goal clubUEFA — 9 March 2016
- 146NewsFour-goal Zlatan Ibrahimovic inspires Paris St Germain to Ligue 1 title triumphESPN FC — 13 March 2016
- 148Zlatan Ibrahimovic: Replace Eiffel Tower with my statue and I'll stayESPN FC — 23 March 2016
- 149NewsParis Saint-Germain hit Caen for six as Zlatan Ibrahimovic scores twice16 April 2016
- 150NewsLorient 0–1 PSG: Ibrahimovic sends Blanc's men into Coupe de France finalJamie Smith — 19 April 2016
- 151NewsIbrahimovic named Player of the YearLigue 1 — 8 May 2016
- 152NewsZlatan Ibrahimovic breaks PSG record with double in win over Nantes14 May 2016
- 153Marseille 2–4 Paris Saint-Germain21 May 2016
- 154Zlatan Ibrahimovic scores brace in farewell as PSG win Coupe de FranceESPN FC — 21 May 2016
- 155NewsCavani becomes PSG's all-time leading goal scorerEurosport — 27 January 2018
- 156Manchester United sign Zlatan IbrahimovićManchester United — 1 July 2016
- 158Top Story: Zlatan's contract details emergeESPN FC — 24 May 2016
- 159Zlatan Ibrahimovic takes No. 9 from Martial as Man Utd unveil numbersESPN FC — 21 July 2016
- 160Community Shield: Leicester City 1–2 Manchester UnitedChris Bevan — 7 August 2016
- 161NewsIbrahimović rejoins AC Milan: how Zlatan made his mark in EuropeUnion of European Football Associations — 27 December 2019
- 162NewsBournemouth vs Manchester United match report: Zlatan Ibrahimovic scores on winning debut at Dean CourtJack Pitt-Brooke — 14 August 2016
- 163Manchester United 2–0 SouthamptonMike Whalley — 20 August 2016
- 164Zlatan Ibrahimovic scores twice as Manchester United sink SwanseaESPN FC — 6 November 2016
- 165Leicester City 0 Manchester United 3: Ibrahimovic makes history as top-four hopes are rekindledFourFourTwo — 5 February 2017
- 166Praise for 20-goal Zlatan IbrahimovicJames Tuck — Manchester United — 5 February 2017
- 167Ibrahimović hat-trick puts United in commandSimon Hart — UEFA — 16 February 2017
- 168Blackburn Rovers 1–2 Manchester UnitedShamoon Hafez — 19 February 2017
- 169Manchester United 3 Southampton 2Thompson Gemma — Manchester United — 16 February 2017
- 171Men's PFA Players' Player of the Year 2017Professional Footballers' Association — 13 April 2017
- 172Sources: Zlatan Ibrahimovic has knee ligament damage, out until JanuaryMark Ogden — ESPN FC — 22 April 2017
- 173Eight Reds named in Europa League Squad of the SeasonManchester United
- 174Premier League free transfers 2016/17Premier League
- 175NewsUnited hold talks over Ibrahimovic returnManchester United — 11 August 2017
- 176Zlatan to wear no.10 shirtManchester United — 24 August 2017
- 177'Lions don't recover like humans!' – Zlatan returns for Man Utd after seven months on the sidelinesGoal — 18 November 2017
- 178Zlatan Ibrahimovic sets Champions League record with Manchester UnitedESPN — 23 November 2017
- 179Korey Smith stuns Manchester United at the death to send Bristol City throughBen Fisher — 20 December 2017
- 180NewsZlatan Leaves Manchester UnitedManchester United — 22 March 2018
- 181LA Galaxy sign Zlatan IbrahimovićLA Galaxy — 23 March 2018
- 183NewsZlatan Ibrahimovic scores two late goals to lift Galaxy to a 4–3 victory over LAFCKevin Baxter — 31 March 2018
- 185NewsBrace-bagging Zlatan tired of LA playing from behind (highlights)Nicholas Mendola — 31 May 2018
- 189NewsIbrahimovic has first MLS hat trick, Galaxy rally past Orlando CitySportsnet — 30 July 2018
- 190Zlatan Ibrahimovic scores to reach 500 goals for club and countryESPN FC — 15 September 2018
- 191NewsZlatan Ibrahimovic: LA Galaxy striker scores 500th career goal with spinning volleyBBC Sport — 17 September 2018
- 193IBRAHIMOVI© / Zlatan Ibrahimovic named the LA Galaxy's 2019 team captainLa Galaxy — 1 March 2019
- 194Zlatan Ibrahimovic: LA Galaxy striker prepares for new MLS seasonJames Kilpatrick — 2 March 2019
- 195Ibrahimovic and Bradley star on MLS opening day3 March 2019
- 196Zlatan Ibrahimovic all smiles after brace in victory over Portland TimbersLa Galaxy — 31 March 2019
- 197Zlatan Ibrahimovic Scores 2 Goals in Return, Galaxy Chop Down TimbersSocal Sports — 31 March 2019
- 199Ibrahimovic's hat trick sparks Galaxy in 7–2 rout of Sporting KC16 September 2019
- 200Forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic Breaks LA Galaxy Single-Season Scoring RecordLA Galaxy — 15 September 2019
- 201Carlos Vela, LAFC not satisfied with LA Galaxy triumph: "I want to win MLS"Alex Dwyer — MLS Soccer — 25 October 2019
- 202LAFC finally slays LA Galaxy dragon as Carlos Vela outshines Zlatan IbrahimovicJeff Carlisle — ESPN FC — 25 October 2019
- 203Zlatan Ibrahimović on Twitter13 November 2019
- 204NewsZlatan Ibrahimovic confirms LA Galaxy exitBBC Sport — 13 November 2019
- 205Zlatan Ibrahimovic riabbraccia il MilanAssociazione Calcio Milan — 27 December 2019
- 206Zlatan's AC Milan return ends in disappointing goalless drawMichael Hincks — Eurosport — 6 January 2020
- 207Zlatan scores as Milan get the three pointsAssociazione Calcio Milan — 11 January 2020
- 209Inter-Milan, i marcatori più anziani del derby di Milano: Ibrahimovic 1° in classificasport.sky.it — 10 February 2020
- 210Inter Milan 4–2 AC Milan: Inter win Milan derby to go top of Serie AShamoon Hafez — 9 February 2020
- 211Highlights: Milan 3–1 Parma16 July 2020
- 214Ibrahimovic signs new AC Milan contract to end transfer speculation31 August 2020
- 215Shamrock Rovers 0–2 Milan: Ibrahimovic and Calhanoglu seal Rossoneri's progressbeIN Sports — 17 September 2020
- 216AC Milan 2–0 Bologna: Zlatan Ibrahimovic scores twice in season openerBBC Sport — 21 September 2020
- 217Inter Milan 1–2 AC Milan: Zlatan Ibrahimovic scores twice for leadersBBC Sport — 17 October 2020
- 218European round-up: AC Milan pegged back by Roma three times in thrilling drawSky Sports — 26 October 2020
- 219Napoli 1–3 AC Milan: Zlatan Ibrahimovic stars as Serie A leaders AC Milan beat NapoliBBC Sport — 22 November 2020
- 220AC Milan 2–0 Torino: Hosts extend lead in Serie A as Zlatan Ibrahimovic returnsBBC Sport — 9 January 2021
- 221Cagliari 0–2 AC Milan: Zlatan Ibrahimovic on target as Swede continues incredible scoring recordSky Sports — 18 January 2021
- 222Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Romelu Lukaku clash in Milan derbySky Sports — 27 January 2021
- 223Ibrahimovic risks racism charge with Lukaku30 January 2021
- 224NewsZlatan Ibrahimovic denies using racist language in clash with Romelu LukakuBBC Sport — 27 January 2021
- 225NewsIbrahimovic and Lukaku fined26 April 2021
- 227NewsZlatan Ibrahimovic scores 500th goal of club career in AC Milan victoryMatias Grez — CNN — 8 February 2021
- 229NewsZlatan Ibrahimovic ruled out of Euro 2020 due to knee injuryJames Horncastle — 15 May 2021
- 230NewsAC Milan 2–0 Lazio: Zlatan Ibrahimovic scores on return from injury12 September 2021
- 231NewsBologna 2–4 AC Milan: Zlatan Ibrahimovic scores at both ends as Milan go top23 October 2021
- 232NewsFiorentina 4–3 AC Milan: Dusan Vlahovic double in exciting win20 November 2021
- 233NewsUdinese 1–1 AC Milan: Zlatan Ibrahimovic earns late point for leader AC Milan11 December 2021
- 237Zlatan Ibrahimovic förlänger med MilanViktor Runsten — 18 July 2022
- 238NewsIbrahimovic on verge on Milan return after long recoveryApollo Heyes — 3 February 2023
- 239NewsPioli explains his decision to exclude Ibrahimovic: "I had no other choice"Isak Moller — 4 February 2023
- 240Tuttosport: Milan have another reason to celebrate as Maignan and Zlatan returnOliver Fisher — 27 February 2023
- 241NewsZlatan Ibrahimovic becomes oldest Serie A goalscorer in AC Milan's 3-1 loss to UdineseMichael Emons — 18 March 2023
- 243Ibrahimovic retires from game after AC Milan win4 June 2023
- 247Belgium-Sweden | Under-21UEFA.com
- 250NewsZlatan plays "magic" man as Sweden advance to Euro 2016Philip O'Connor — 18 November 2015
- 251Zlatan Ibrahimovic retires from Sweden duty: Five memorable goals for his countryPeter Smith — 23 June 2016
- 252NewsGolden day for Senegal16 June 2002
- 253NewsHow they qualified: Sweden21 May 2004
- 254Larsson lights up Sweden on dark day for BulgariaDavid Farrelly — UEFA — 15 June 2004
- 255Ibrahimović and Sweden peg back ItalyMatthew Spiro — UEFA — 19 June 2004
- 256UEFA Euro 2004™ – Fanzone – Carlsberg Man of the Match – Italy vs. SwedenUEFA — 18 June 2004
- 257Highlights: The best goals of EURO 2004UEFA — 28 May 2016
- 258Denmark and Sweden through after drawMatthew Spiro — UEFA — 23 June 2004
- 259Dutch delight in quarter-final shoot-outMark Chaplin — UEFA — 27 June 2004
- 260Malta – SwedenEurosport — 4 September 2004
- 261NewsGermany 2–0 Sweden24 June 2006
- 263Ibrahimovic wins Swedish Golden Ball awardESPN FC — 12 November 2007
- 264Full-time Greece-SwedenUEFA — 10 June 2008
- 265NewsGreece 0–2 SwedenPhil McNulty — 10 June 2008
- 266NewsSweden 1–2 SpainChris Bevan — 14 June 2008
- 267NewsLagerback devastated by Euro exit18 June 2008
- 268Sweden vs. Malta – Football Match ReportESPN FC — 10 June 2009
- 269Hungary 1 – 2 Sweden – Match Report5 September 2009
- 270Zlatan Ibrahimovic: Sweden striker retires from international footballTimothy Abraham — 23 June 2016
- 271NewsHow do Sweden solve a problem like Zlatan Ibrahimovic?Marcus Christenson — 12 November 2011
- 272NewsSoccer-Ibrahimovic scores twice as Sweden crush San MarinoPhilip O'Connor — 7 September 2010
- 273Ibrahimovic treble in Sweden routEurosport — 7 June 2011
- 274Ukraine 2 Sweden 111 June 2012
- 275Highlights: The best goals of EURO 2012UEFA — 27 June 2016
- 276Full-time report Sweden-FranceUEFA — 19 June 2012
- 277Sweden 2–0 FranceMandeep Sanghera — 19 June 2012
- 278Ten Spain players in Team of the TournamentUEFA — 2 July 2012
- 279NewsInternational round-up: Germany lose four-goal lead as Ibrahimovic inspires Sweden fightbackGordon Tynan — 17 October 2012
- 281NewsZlatan Ibrahimovic: taekwondo blackbelt key to Swedish striker's goalscoring prowessCameron MacPhail — 15 November 2012
- 282NewsZlatan Ibrahimovic: I liked the first goal more because it was historyDominic Fifield — 15 November 2012
- 284Zlatan Ibrahimovic goal like 'a video game', says Sweden coach14 November 2012
- 287Ibrahimovic scores hat-trick as Sweden beat NorwayEurosport — 14 August 2013
- 288StatisticsUEFA
- 289NewsSweden 2–3 Portugal
- 290NewsZlatan Ibrahimovic: a World Cup without me is not worth watching20 November 2013
- 291NewsZlatan Ibrahimovic promises more after breaking Sweden goals record6 September 2014
- 292100 caps for IbrahimovicParis Saint-Germain F.C. — 9 September 2014
- 293Denmark 2–2 Sweden (agg 3–4)17 November 2015
- 294Ibrahimović leads Sweden to fifth EURO in a rowUEFA — 17 November 2015
- 295Ibrahimović to retire from international football after Euro 2016ESPN FC — 21 June 2016
- 296Zlatan Ibrahimovic bids farewell to Sweden as Belgium march onESPN FC — 22 June 2016
- 297Euro 2016 opta stats: The best stats from the Group stage23 June 2016
- 298Sweden stand tall amid Italy onslaught to book place at Russia World CupSimon Burnton — 13 November 2017
- 299NewsInternational return for Zlatan Ibrahimovic gets Sweden talkingTimes Live — 14 November 2017
- 300NewsSweden boss frustrated by talk of Zlatan Ibrahimovic returning for the World Cup in RussiaCallum Davis — 14 November 2017
- 301Ibrahimovic open to World Cup call: If I want to go, I'm thereBen Spratt — 14 November 2017
- 302NewsZlatan Ibrahimović hints at World Cup return for Sweden and a nation shrugs its shouldersLuke Brown — 2 March 2018
- 304Zlatan Ibrahimovic Won't Play at World Cup, Says Sweden Manager Janne AnderssonMatt Jones — Bleacher Report — 24 April 2018
- 306NewsZlatan Ibrahimovic meets Sweden head coach Janne Andersson to discuss international comebackEurosport — 26 November 2020
- 307Janne Andersson presenterar landslagstruppen15 March 2021
- 308NewsZlatan Ibrahimovic: AC Milan striker recalled by SwedenBBC Sport — 16 March 2021
- 309Vackra assisten till Sveriges mål25 March 2021
- 310Kosovo – Sverige – Matchfakta – Svensk fotboll28 March 2021
- 311NewsZlatan Ibrahimovic out of Euro 2020, Sweden boss confirms15 May 2021
- 312Zlatan Ibrahimovic speaks out on his future plans after missing out on World CupColin Millar — 30 March 2022
- 313NewsIbrahimovic returns to Sweden squad with no guarantee of playing time15 March 2023
- 314Sweden 0–3 Belgium24 March 2023
- 315NewsThey said it: Zlatan IbrahimovicFIFA — 24 January 2014
- 316Zlatan Ibrahimovic Must Battle Decline To Make Possible Final Year at PSG A Memorable OnebeIN Sports — 21 October 2015
- 317NewsIbrahimovic sparkles in new PSG playmaker roleOlivier Guillemain — 7 November 2012
- 318Zlatan Ibrahimovic: How to play as a targetmanAndy Mitten — FourFourTwo
- 319NewsDa Meazza a Ibrahimovic Cent'anni di gol nerazzurri5 March 2008
- 320Zlatan gives very Zlatan response to question about scoring with 'weaker foot'Chris Wright — ESPN FC — 19 February 2014
- 321Del Piero RE-PUNIZIONE! Pirlo e Miccoli, che fine avete fatto?26 March 2009
- 322NewsJosé Mourinho hails Ibrahimovic's form for Manchester UnitedJamie Jackson — 20 August 2016
- 323NewsZlatan Ibrahimovic vs Diego Costa: Who is the better striker?Tom Sheen — 17 February 2015
- 324Zlatan Ibrahimovic versus Costa, Firmino, Aguero, Sanchez and KaneAdam Smith — 24 November 2016
- 325NewsZlatan Ibrahimovic to Manchester United: What would he bring?Adam Bate — 27 June 2016
- 326News'You didn't study well': An audience with Zlatan IbrahimovicAdam Crafton — 6 August 2024
- 327Messi e Ronaldo? Nessuno è come IbraIl Corriere dello Sport — 23 August 2012
- 328Zlat's the way I like itESPN — 16 November 2012
- 329Wayne Rooney expects more magic from Zlatan Ibrahimovic after goalArindam Rej — ESPN FC — 30 July 2016
- 330Ibra, nuova magia stile kung-fu: tutti i suoi gol acrobaticiSky Sport — 29 July 2014
- 331NewsManchester United vs Galatasaray: Jose Mourinho has striker dilemma as Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Marcus Rashford excelJack de Menezes — 30 July 2016
- 332Swedes keep faith in Zlatan, but glorious farewell seems unlikelyBen Snowball — Eurosport — 14 June 2016
- 333NewsEuro 2012: England shown videos of Sweden's Zlatan Ibrahimovic at his enigmatic bestHenry Winter — 15 June 2012
- 334NewsIbrahimovic returns to AC Milan as final chapter loomsPhilip O’Connor — 27 December 2019
- 335Inside Europe: Age is really just a number for Zlatan IbrahimovicAnthony Lopopolo — The Score — 13 January 2020
- 336Zlatan Ibrahimovic's Top 15 Career GoalsCharlie Melman — Bleacher Report — 24 March 2012
- 338NewsThe making of Zlatan Ibrahimovic – from Malmo to Manchester UnitedSam Wallace — 24 February 2017
- 339NewsIbra, il dottor House del calcio ricco, goleador e insopportabileFabrizio Bocca — 17 May 2009
- 341L' Inter e Ibrahimovic Un tacco da ChampionsIl Corriere della Sera — 5 March 2007
- 342Zlatan Ibrahimovic: From teenage outcast to world greatBen Smith — 10 September 2013
- 344NewsHow a difficult childhood helped create Zlatan Ibrahimovic the soccer godKevin Baxter — 8 April 2018
- 346Ranking the Top 60 Strikers of All TimeSam Tighe — 14 February 2014
- 348The 30 greatest strikers of all time25 May 2021
- 349NewsZlatan Ibrahimovic: 'I did a stupid thing. But I will do it again, 100%'Donald McRae — 22 November 2021
- 350Capello: I made Ibrahimovic watch Van Basten videosFourFourTwo — 10 November 2016
- 351Inconsistent Ibrahimovic to lead Swedish charge6 June 2008
- 352Unpopular opinion: Why Zlatan Ibrahimovic is the most overrated player of the modern eraJack Beresford — FourFourTwo — 4 September 2019
- 353NewsMilan edge out Inter in Super CupSabrina Mao et al. — 6 August 2011
- 354NewsLa Juve ringrazia Del Piero Inter, più nervi che gioco12 February 2006
- 356NewsBarcelona 1–0 Real MadridJonathan Stevenson — 29 November 2009
- 357Barcelona 5–2 Atlético MadridESPN FC — 19 September 2019
- 358Barcelona 1–0 EspanyolESPN FC — 12 December 2009
- 359Zlatan Ibrahimovic must make most of Le Classique for PSG at MarseilleJonathan Johnson — ESPN FC — 4 April 2015
- 360Feyenoord Rotterdam 1 – 2 Ajax AmsterdamESPN FC — 26 August 2001
- 361Kishna maakt 5000ste goal AjaxAjax — 15 February 2015
- 362Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Chris Wondolowski trade braces in LA Galaxy-San Jose Earthquakes drawESPN FC — 1 July 2018
- 363NewsManchester United 1–2 Manchester City: Premier League – as it happenedBarry Glendenning — 10 September 2016
- 364NewsManchester United 1 Liverpool 1: Late Zlatan Ibrahimovic header earns hosts share of the pointsJason Burt — 15 January 2017
- 365NewsZlatan Ibrahimovic comes back to haunt Arsenal on a painful nightRichard Williams — 16 February 2012
- 366Report: Zlatan Ibrahimovic to join AC Milan on free transferESPN FC — 26 December 2019
- 367Ibrahimovic's best stats – Man United, Juventus, Milan, Barcelona, PSGESPN FC — 10 June 2017
- 368PSG win and AC Milan draw – Champions League round-up18 September 2012
- 370NewsZlatan Ibrahimovic involved in new altercationAna Paulina Maupomé — AS — 13 May 2019
- 371NewsZlatan Ibrahimovic: from the conflict and controversies to the goals and gloryPaul McNamara — 18 February 2016
- 372NewsZlatan Ibrahimovic is not the new Cantona but buys José Mourinho timeBarney Ronay — 27 February 2017
- 373NewsREDBIRD CAPITAL PARTNERS PRESS RELEASE11 December 2023
- 374Cardinale, la voce del padronePanorama — 1 March 2024
- 375Ibrahimovic, il re del MilanPanorama — 16 April 2024
- 377Zlatan Ibrahimović investerar i AEG Sweden – blir delägare i Hammarby Fotboll ABHammarby Fotboll — 27 November 2019
- 378Fakta: 51-procentsregelnSVT — 22 May 2013
- 379NewsZlatan Ibrahimovic statue sawn off at ankles and toppled in Malmo5 January 2020
- 380Zlatan Ibrahimovic hits out at 'undercover racism' in Swedish media8 January 2018
- 383Materazzi taken to hospital after Ibra clash14 October 2018
- 384Hånar Zlatan Ibrahimovic efter uttalandet6 December 2019
- 385NewsAC Milan's Zlatan Ibrahimovic banned 3 matches for punch14 March 2011
- 386NewsIbrahimovic banned for three Serie A matches6 February 2012
- 388NewsIbrahimovic sent off for karate kick against Saint Etienne3 November 2012
- 389Paris Saint-Germain's Zlatan Ibrahimovic has ban extendedESPN — 8 November 2012
- 391UEFA hand Zlatan Ibrahimovic two-match ban following Valencia red card27 February 2013
- 394Ibrahimovic gets 2-match ban for Johnson scrap17 May 2019
- 395Lucas: Ibrahimovic insults us a lotYahoo Sports — 19 March 2013
- 396Brazil starlet Lucas denies calling Ibrahimovic "arrogant"NZweek — 20 March 2013
- 397NewsZlatan Ibrahimovic clashes with Leonardo in PSG dressing room – videoMassimo Marioni — 12 May 2013
- 398Zlatan Ibrahimovic: PSG striker 'abuses referees in English'6 February 2015
- 400NewsLe Pen invites Zlatan to leave France after rant15 March 2015
- 401NewsZlatan banned over 'France is s**t' rant9 April 2015
- 402Ibrahimovic erupts after LA derby: Go home, little b**ch20 July 2019
- 404NewsZlatan Ibrahimovic and Romelu Lukaku given one-match bans after Coppa Italia clashBBC Sport — 29 January 2021
- 406NewsIbrahimovic speaks out over Lukaku row: 'In Zlatan's world there is no place for racism'ESPN — 27 January 2021
- 407NewsIbra-Lukaku, cosa rischiano dopo la rissa? I passaggi della giustizia sportivaSky Sport — 27 January 2021
- 409Zlatan Ibrahimovic threatened to beat Pep Guardiola up – VilarrubiESPN FC — 4 November 2011
- 410NewsZlatan Ibrahimovic: Pep Guardiola is 'not a man,' says Swedish star25 November 2015
- 411NewsZlatan Ibrahimovic: The 20 most ridiculous things he has ever said27 February 2017
- 412NewsFemale footballers strike back at Zlatan15 May 2013
- 413Vandals topple Zlatan Ibrahimovic's statue in Sweden5 January 2020
- 414NewsZlatan Ibrahimovic Invests With AEG in Hammarby Fotboll OwnershipBusiness Wire — 27 November 2019
- 415A betraya: Malmo fury as Ibrahimovic invests in Hammarby27 November 2019
- 416Här bröt Zlatan mot Fifas regler – kan straffas efter comebacken14 April 2021
- 419Thank you for an unforgettable visit and a World Cup 2022 Qatar 🇶🇦 final that will remain in the history books forever21 December 2022
- 422FIFA and Qatar 'rattled' as European World Cup boycott gathers pace10 November 2022
- 423News'Built on the blood of slaves': British football fans boycotting World CupEmma Russell — 23 November 2022
- 424Fotboll: Zlatan hyllar Qatar: "Hur grymt som helst"Johan Kücükaslan et al. — 21 March 2023
- 425Fotboll: Kosovare Asllani kritiserar Zlatan Ibrahimovics Qatar-uttalande: "Ointelligenta svar"Ellen Hellmark — 1 July 2023
- 427Kritiken: "Måste ha bott under en sten"22 March 2023
- 428NewsVincent Ibrahimovic skriver proffskontrakt med MilanSVT — 18 December 2025
- 429NewsZlatan har fått fotarbetet från taekwondonLudvig Holmberg — 11 November 2010
- 430NewsThe Big Interview: Zlatan IbrahimovićIan Hawkey — 11 December 2005
- 431Zlatan Ibrahimovic: "El gol no lo es todo para mí, no estoy preocupado"8 February 2010
- 432NewsMåltorkan inget som oroar ZlatanJohannes Cleris — 8 February 2010
- 433NewsRead the best Zlatan Ibrahimovic quotes on the outspoken Swedish striker's birthdayJoe Mewis — 3 October 2013
- 434NewsZlatan Ibrahimovic: Hero or Villain?Simmy Richman — 18 November 2012
- 435VideoCristiano Ronaldo vs Zlatan Ibrahimovic – Nike Commercial19 November 2009
- 438VideoZlatan Ibrahimovic on Muhammad Ali6 March 2011
- 439NewsIbrahimovic inducted into Malmo Walk of Fame10 September 2012
- 440NewsFans snap up a jaw-dropping five million Zlatan Ibrahimovic stamps in advance salesAlan Wilson — 28 March 2014
- 441NewsThe 10 highest rated players in 'FIFA 15'Nick Schwartz — 7 September 2014
- 442Zlatan Ibrahimovic pays to send Swedish learning disabled team to Brazil for INAS World CupYahoo Sports — 11 August 2014
- 443NewsZlatan: "Vad kostar det att åka?"Fredrik Falk — 11 August 2014
- 444Zlatan Ibrahimovic dons temporary tattoos to raise hunger awarenessKyle Bonn — NBC Sports — 15 February 2015
- 446Becoming ZlatanInternational Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
- 447Agent reaffirms Zlatan stanceKent Hedlundh
- 449Zlatan Ibrahimovic statue unveiled in Sweden9 October 2019
- 450Zlatan Ibrahimovic a Sanremo 2021: chi è, origini, moglie e figli campioneAnton Filippo Ferrari — 2 March 2021
- 451NewsZlatan Ibrahimovic: 'Mourinho is cool – the older coaches get, the cooler they get'Morwenna Ferrier — 7 June 2016
- 452NewsPhilip Roth and Zlatan IbrahimovićSimon Kuper — 1 March 2013
- 453Ibrahimovic: 'The dream becomes reality'Paris Saint Germain FC — 18 July 2012
- 454BookI am ZlatanZlatan Ibrahimović et al. — Penguin Books — 2013
- 455Zlatan Ibrahimovic: 'I'm very happy in Paris'Amanda Davies et al. — CNN — 24 November 2015
- 456Zlatan Ibrahimović otvoreno o svojoj religijskoj pripadnosti: Katolik sam!Dnevnik.ba — 11 November 2017
- 4586 January 2014, Who Is Zlatan Ibrahimović?, beIN Sports, 7:45–8:20
- 459Red Star Belgrade Apologises to Zlatan Ibrahimovic for Ethnic AbuseSaša Dragojlo — 19 February 2021
- 460Što se zaista dogodilo u Beogradu? UEFA pokrenula veliku istragu23 February 2021
- 461Red Star punished after racist abuse of Zlatan14 April 2021
- 462When I roar he roars4 May 2020
- 463NewsZlatan Ibrahimovic: new tattoos were to draw attention to world famine15 February 2015
- 464Ibrahimovic Zlatan – Player sheetParis Saint-Germain F.C.
- 465Z. Ibrahimovic – HonoursSoccerway
- 4668 players with the most Ballon d'Or nominations in history2 November 2021
- 4672012 Golden Foot winner is Zlatan IbrahimovićGolden Foot Award — 2013
- 468NewsGlobe Soccer Awards: all the winners – Maldini, Osimhen, Ibra, Ancelotti, Salah and moreLorenzo Bettoni — 17 November 2022
- 469FIFA Puskás award 2013 – resultsFIFA — 2013
- 470FIFA FIFPro World XI 2013FIFPro — 20 December 2013
- 471NewsZlatan Ibrahimović receives UEFA President's Award28 August 2025
- 472Ultimate Team of the Year: The All-Time XIUEFA — 22 November 2015
- 473UEFA Champions League squad of the seasonUEFA — 2 June 2014
- 474UEFA Europa League Squad of the SeasonUEFA — 25 May 2017
- 475ESM Season XIKarel Stokkermans — Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation — 14 March 2007
- 477UEFA EURO 2004 – History – Italy-Sweden18 June 2004
- 478Spectacular Zlatan goal voted 'best of Euro 2012'3 July 2012
- 479Zlatan, meilleur passeur de la Ligue des Champions11 April 2013
- 481Juventus – Squad 2004/200528 July 2023
- 482NewsZlatan Ibrahimovic MVP of OctoberSerie A — 6 November 2020
- 484Andrea Pirlo wins Serie A Player of the Year award again, 7 Juventus players make Team of 2013/14Ed Ran — Yahoo — 17 December 2014
- 485NewsGran Cala' del Calcio 2011: Rizzoli premiato miglior arbitroFIGC.it — 24 January 2012
- 486Gran Galà del Calcio Aic. E' Pirlo il migliore del 2012Tutto Sport — 27 January 2013
- 488NewsSerie A 2011/2012
- 489Gazzetta Sports Awards15 December 2020
- 490News27 January 2022
- 492November 2012 – Ibrahimovic12 July 2013
- 493Zlatan Ibrahimovic élu "homme de l'année 2013" par le magazine GQ21 November 2013
- 495Zlatan 'Ligue 1 Player of the Month'8 January 2016
- 497Player profile Zlatan IbrahimovicLigue 1
- 498Ibrahimovic named Player of YearLigue 1 — 12 May 2014
- 500Lacazette wins player of yearLigue 1 — 18 May 2015
- 5018 Parisians named in Ligue 1 Team of the YearParis Saint-Germain F.C. — 8 May 2016
- 502NewsPalmarès Trophées UNFP – Oscars du footSportPalmares
- 505Marseille 2–4 Paris St-Germain21 May 2016
- 506Official Top Scorer ChartLigue 1
- 510PSG – Zlatan joueur du mois3 September 2013
- 511PSG – Ibrahimovic élu joueur du mois de Novembre3 December 2013
- 512Ibrahimovic élu joueur du mois de janvier13 February 2014
- 514Nouveau titre de " meilleur joueur parisien du mois " pour Ibrahimovic2 February 2016
- 515Le PSG dévoile son Hall of FameRemiSudiste à l'esprit contradictoire amoureux de Paris et du PSG depuis mon enfance Nostalgique à mes heures perdues et al. — 4 July 2017
- 516News50 ans
- 517Zlatan Ibrahimovic handed award from the City of Paris22 May 2016
- 518Zlatan Ibrahimovic named first Eurosport European Player of the MonthLe BUZZ Eurosport — 4 September 2016
- 519Zlatan Ibrahimovic: OverviewPremier League
- 522EFL Cup Final: Zlatan Ibrahimovic the Wembley hero for Manchester UnitedEnglish Football League — 26 February 2017
- 523English Carabao Cup StatisticsESPN FC
- 5252019 MLS All-Star RosterMajor League Soccer — 20 June 2019
- 5262018 MLS Best XIMLS Soccer — 11 November 2018
- 5272019 MLS Best XIMLS Soccer — 28 October 2019
- 528LA Galaxy's Zlatan Ibrahimovic named 2018 MLS Newcomer of the YearTom Bogert — Major League Soccer — 12 November 2018
- 529LA Galaxy's Zlatan Ibrahimovic claims 2018 AT&T Goal of the Year13 November 2018
- 530Zlatan Ibrahimovic wins Greatest GoalMLS — 17 December 2020
- 531Zlatan Ibrahimovic wins Best MLS Player Award at 2019 ESPYsLA Galaxy — 10 July 2019
- 532LA Galaxy announce 2018 Team Awards28 October 2018
- 534Zlatan Ibrahimovic's legendary strike against LAFC named LA Galaxy Goal of the Year presented by Rocket LeagueLA Galaxy — 1 January 2019
- 535Zlatan aurait pu devenir professionnel de taekwondo9 October 2012
- 537GuldbollenSwedish Football Association
- 538Jerringpriset – vinnare genom årenSVT Sport — 14 January 2013
- 539Zlatan vann fotbollskanalens hederspris17 November 2008
- 540IFFHS
- 541Zlatan wins Swedish 'Expat of the Year' award10 June 2013
- 542Eliason Merit Award8 August 2018
- 543Ibrahimovic inducted into Malmo Walk of Fame10 September 2012
- 544PSG, Zlatan Ibrahimovic décoré par le maire de Malmö25 November 2015
- 546Övriga utmärkelserSwedish Football Association
- 547Svenska Idrottsgalan – Idrottens främsta gala Vinnare 2008Svenska Idrottsgalan
- 548Svenska Idrottsgalan – Idrottens främsta gala Vinnare 2010Svenska Idrottsgalan
- 549Svenska Idrottsgalan – Idrottens främsta gala Vinnare 2013Svenska Idrottsgalan
- 550Svenska Idrottsgalan Idrottens främsta gala Vinnare 2013Svenska Idrottsgalan
- 552Ibrahimovic, Henry, Van Nistelrooy and the Champions League's GREATEST strikersDamian Mannion — Talksport — 20 September 2012
- 554NewsIbra, l'uomo dei record Come lui nessuno mai14 May 2012
- 555Zlatan Ibrahimović scores for seventh club in EuropePaul Saffer — UEFA — 30 September 2016
- 556NewsIbrahimovic plus fort que BianchiParis.canal-historique — 20 May 2014
- 557NewsPSG : Zlatan devient le meilleur buteur parisien en championnat4 December 2015
- 559Zlatan Ibrahimović Le Classique top scorerParis Saint Germain F.C.
- 562Ibrahimovic sets new Premier League recordRonan Murphy — 5 February 2017
- 564Final Tournament Goals20 February 2020
- 565Zlatan Ibrahimovic set for Euro 2016 swansong with SwedenSimeon Gholam — 18 November 2015
- 566NewsManchester United news: Zlatan Ibrahimovic awarded his own statue in SwedenJack Austin — 23 November 2016
- 568Fotboll: Zlatan Ibrahimovic får medalj av Kungen2022-01-28
- 570Zlatan Ibrahimovic gör röst i The Soccer Football Movie på Netflix8 November 2022
- 571Ibrahimovic joins pantheon of footballers-turned-movie stars26 September 2022
- 572BookJag är Zlatan Ibrahimović: min historiaZlatan Ibrahimovic — Albert Bonniers Förlag — 22 March 2012
- 573BookAdrenalina. My untold storiesZlatan Ibrahimovic — Cairo — 2 December 2021