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Zlatan Ibrahimovic

Position: forward

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HAN P W D L F A Diff Win%
H 26 16 8 2 46 17 +29 61.54
A 25 13 5 7 39 26 +13 52.00
N 2 2 0 0 5 3 +2 100.00
TOTALS 53 31 13 9 90 46 +44 58.49

Name: Zlatan Ibrahimovic
Birthdate: 03-10-1981
Age: 44
Birthplace: Malmo, Sweden
Height: 6' 5" (1.96m)
Weight: 13st 7lbs (85.73kg)
Years at Club: 2016-2017, 2017-2018
Signing Info: Transferred from Paris St Germain, 01/07/2016, £Free, 2nd Spell, Resigned, 24/08/2017, £Free
Previous Clubs: Malmo FF, Ajax, Juventus, Inter Milan, Barcelona, AC Milan (loan), AC Milan, Paris Saint-Germain
Debut: 07/08/2016 v Leicester City (N) 2-1 (Community Shield)
Farewell: 1st Farewell: Contract expired 30/06/2017, 2nd Farewell Contract cancelled 22/03/2018
Passed Away:

Biography

Zlatan Ibrahimović is one of the most iconic footballers of his generation, known for his immense physical stature, technical ability, and self-confidence both on and off the pitch. Ibrahimović joined Manchester United in 2016 and made an immediate impact, helping the club win multiple trophies in his debut season. A prolific goal scorer throughout his career, Ibrahimović's time at United further solidified his reputation as one of the most dominant forwards in world football. With an impressive resume that includes success at numerous top clubs, Ibrahimović is regarded as one of the best strikers of the modern era.

Early Career and Rise to Stardom
Born in Malmö, Sweden, Ibrahimović began his professional career with Malmö FF before moving to Ajax in 2001, where he gained international attention for his goal-scoring ability and incredible technique. After successful spells at Juventus and Inter Milan, where he won multiple Serie A titles, Ibrahimović moved to Barcelona and later returned to Italy with AC Milan.

Move to Manchester United (2016-2018)
In 2016, Ibrahimović signed with Manchester United as a free agent, reuniting with José Mourinho, who had previously managed him at Inter Milan. Despite being in the later stages of his career, Ibrahimović brought with him vast experience, and his arrival at Old Trafford generated significant excitement.

Key Achievements at Manchester United:
2016-17 EFL Cup Victory: Ibrahimović was the standout performer in United's EFL Cup final victory over Southampton, scoring twice, including the winning goal in a 3-2 triumph. His decisive performance helped Manchester United secure the first major domestic trophy under José Mourinho.
2016-17 UEFA Europa League Victory: Ibrahimović played a pivotal role in United's successful Europa League campaign, scoring crucial goals during the tournament. Although he missed the final due to injury, his contributions earlier in the season were instrumental in helping United lift the trophy with a 2-0 win over Ajax.
Community Shield (2016): In his very first official appearance for Manchester United, Ibrahimović scored the winning goal in the FA Community Shield against Leicester City, announcing his arrival in English football in typical Zlatan style.
28 Goals in Debut Season: Despite joining United at the age of 34, Ibrahimović scored 28 goals across all competitions during the 2016-17 season, showcasing his incredible fitness, finishing ability, and match-winning mentality.
Injury and Departure from Manchester United
Towards the end of the 2016-17 season, Ibrahimović suffered a serious knee injury that ruled him out for several months. After recovering, he returned briefly in the 2017-18 season, but his role in the squad was reduced, and he left Manchester United in March 2018 to join LA Galaxy in Major League Soccer (MLS).

Despite his injury-curtailed second season, Ibrahimović left Manchester United as a fan favorite and a player who made a significant impact during his time at Old Trafford.

Playing Style: Powerful, Technical, and Spectacular
Ibrahimović is known for his physicality, standing at 6'5” (1.95 m), which, combined with his exceptional technical skills and athleticism, made him a nightmare for defenders. His ability to score from all angles, whether through acrobatic volleys, bicycle kicks, or long-range efforts, earned him a reputation as one of the most creative and unstoppable strikers. He is equally famous for his charismatic personality and confidence, which has often been a hallmark of his success across different leagues.

International Career with Sweden
Ibrahimović is Sweden's all-time leading goal scorer, having netted 62 goals in 122 appearances. He represented Sweden in multiple major tournaments, including the UEFA European Championships and FIFA World Cups. Known for his spectacular goals on the international stage, including his famous bicycle kick against England in 2012, Ibrahimović remains an iconic figure in Swedish football.

Later Career and Return to AC Milan
After his stint in the MLS with LA Galaxy, where he continued to score goals at a prolific rate, Ibrahimović returned to AC Milan in 2020 at the age of 38, helping the team regain its status as one of Serie A's top clubs. His longevity, fitness, and ability to perform at the highest level into his late 30s and 40s have further cemented his status as a footballing legend.

Legacy
Zlatan Ibrahimović is regarded as one of the greatest strikers in football history. His incredible goal-scoring record, combined with his ability to succeed in multiple top leagues, has made him a global icon. At Manchester United, Ibrahimović's leadership, determination, and match-winning performances helped the club secure important trophies, even in the twilight of his career. His larger-than-life personality and confidence have left a lasting impression on football fans around the world.

Summary
Zlatan Ibrahimović was a powerful and technical striker who joined Manchester United in 2016, scoring 28 goals in his debut season and helping the club win the EFL Cup, Europa League, and Community Shield. Known for his physicality, athleticism, and ability to score spectacular goals, Ibrahimović's time at United further cemented his legacy as one of the greatest footballers of his generation. Zlatan's contract expired 30/06/2017 but was resigned to Manchester United 24 August 2017 on a 1 year deal.
 
League League Cup FA Cup Charity Shield European Cup Europa League Super Cup Cup Winners Cup Inter-cont Cup World Clubs Cup    
Season Goals Season Apps
No Season League Goals League Apps LC Goals LC Apps FAC Goals FAC Apps CS Goals CS Apps EC Goals EC Apps Europa Goals Europa Apps SC Goals SC Apps CWC Goals CWC Apps IC Goals IC Apps CWC Goals CWC Apps Season
Goals		 Season
Apps
1. 2016-2017 17 28 4 5 1 1 1 1 0 0 5 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 46
2. 2017-2018 0 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7
TOTALS 17 33 5 6 1 1 1 1 0 1 5 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 53

Detailed Match & Performance Charts

MUFC Player Goals MUFC Player Appearances MUFC Player Opponent Manager MUFC Player Club Manager
No Opponent Goals Appearances
1. Southampton 4 2
2. West Ham United 4 3
3. Saint Etienne 3 1
4. Swansea City 2 1
5. West Bromwich Albion 2 1
6. Everton 2 2
7. Leicester City 2 2
8. Zorya Luhansk 2 2
9. Sunderland 2 2
10. Bristol City 1 1
11. Liverpool 1 1
12. Crystal Palace 1 1
13. Bournemouth 1 1
14. Blackburn Rovers 1 1
15. Manchester City 1 1
No Opponent Appearances Goals
1. Leicester City 3 2
2. Hull City 3 0
3. Manchester City 3 1
4. Watford 3 0
5. West Ham United 3 4
6. Bournemouth 2 1
7. Southampton 2 4
8. Feyenoord 2 0
9. Zorya Luhansk 2 2
10. Stoke City 2 0
11. Liverpool 2 1
12. Chelsea 2 0
13. Burnley 2 0
14. Everton 2 2
15. Sunderland 2 2
16. Saint Etienne 2 3
17. Rostov 2 0
18. Anderlecht 2 0
19. Northampton Town 1 0
20. Fenerbahce 1 0
21. Swansea City 1 2
22. Tottenham Hotspur 1 0
23. Crystal Palace 1 1
24. West Bromwich Albion 1 2
25. Middlesbrough 1 0
26. Blackburn Rovers 1 1
27. Newcastle United 1 0
28. Basel 1 0
29. Brighton 1 0
30. Bristol City 1 1
No Opponent Manager No
1. Ranieri, Claudio 3
2. Guardiola, Josep 3
3. Bilic, Slaven 3
4. Silva, Marco 3
5. Howe, Eddie 2
6. Puel, Claude 2
7. van Bronckhorst, Giovanni 2
8. Mazzarri, Walter 2
9. Vernydub, Yuriy 2
10. Hughes, Mark 2
11. Klopp, Jurgen 2
12. Conte, Antonio 2
13. Dyche, Sean 2
14. Koeman, Ronald 2
15. Moyes, David 2
16. Galtier, Christophe 2
17. Daniliants, Ivan 2
18. Weiler, Rene 2
19. Phelan, Mike 1
20. Page, Rob 1
21. Advocaat, Dick 1
22. Bradley, Bob 1
23. Pochettino, Mauricio 1
24. Pardew, Alan 1
25. Pulis, Tony 1
26. Karanka, Aitor 1
27. Coyle, Owen 1
28. Benitez, Rafa 1
29. Wicky, Raphael 1
30. Hughton, Chris 1
31. Johnson, Lee 1
No MUFC Managers Count
1. Mourinho, Jose 53
Stadiums Competition Opponents Opponent Nationality
No Stadium Count
1. Old Trafford 26
2. KCOM Stadium 2
3. Vicarage Road 2
4. Wembley 2
5. Anfield 1
6. Ashton Gate 1
7. bet365 Stadium 1
8. Chornomorets Stadium 1
9. Constant Vanden Stock Stadium 1
10. Ewood Park 1
11. Feyenoord Stadion 1
12. Geoffrey Guichard 1
13. Goodison Park 1
14. King Power Stadium 1
15. Liberty Stadium 1
16. London Stadium 1
17. Olimp-2 Stadium 1
18. Selhurst Park 1
19. Sixfields Stadium 1
20. St Jakob Stadium 1
21. Stadium of Light, Sunderland 1
22. Stamford Bridge 1
23. Sukru Saracoglu 1
24. The Hawthorns 1
25. Vitality Stadium 1
No Competition Count
1. Premiership 33
2. Europa League 11
3. League Cup 6
4. Charity Shield 1
5. European Cup 1
6. FA Cup 1
No Opponent Count
1. Leicester City 3
2. Hull City 3
3. Manchester City 3
4. Watford 3
5. West Ham United 3
6. Bournemouth 2
7. Southampton 2
8. Feyenoord 2
9. Zorya Luhansk 2
10. Stoke City 2
11. Liverpool 2
12. Chelsea 2
13. Burnley 2
14. Everton 2
15. Sunderland 2
16. Saint Etienne 2
17. Rostov 2
18. Anderlecht 2
19. Northampton Town 1
20. Fenerbahce 1
21. Swansea City 1
22. Tottenham Hotspur 1
23. Crystal Palace 1
24. West Bromwich Albion 1
25. Middlesbrough 1
26. Blackburn Rovers 1
27. Newcastle United 1
28. Basel 1
29. Brighton 1
30. Bristol City 1
No Opponent Nationality Count
1. England 40
2. Holland 2
3. Ukraine 2
4. France 2
5. Russia 2
6. Belgium 2
7. Turkey 1
8. Wales 1
9. Switzerland 1
Roy Keane own goal v Real Madrid Old Trafford 2000 Cup Finals
No Date Opponent Competition Own Goals
Player has never scored an own goal against the club.
No Date Opponent WDL F-A Competition
1. 07-08-2016 Leicester City W 2-1 Charity Shield
2. 26-02-2017 Southampton W 3-2 League Cup
Penalties scored for Manchester United Manchester United Hat-Tricks
No Date Opponents Competition Penaltys
1. 19-08-2016 Southampton Premiership 1
2. 16-02-2017 Saint Etienne Europa League 1
3. 04-04-2017 Everton Premiership 1
No Date Opponent Competition Goals
1. 16-02-2017 Saint Etienne Europa League 3
 
Red Cards  
No Date Opponent Competition
Player has never been sent off during a match.
 

All Matches played
No Date Comp Opponent WDL F-A HAN Goal!! Scorers Opponent scorers
1. 07-08-2016 CS Leicester City W 2-1 N 1 Jesse Lingard 32', Zlatan Ibrahimovic 82' Jamie Vardy 52'
2. 14-08-2016 PL Bournemouth W 3-1 A 1 Juan Mata 40', Wayne Rooney 59', Zlatan Ibrahimovic 64' Adam Smith 69'
3. 19-08-2016 PL Southampton W 2-0 H 2 Zlatan Ibrahimovic 36', 52' (pen)
4. 27-08-2016 PL Hull City W 1-0 A 0 Marcus Rashford 90'+2
5. 10-09-2016 PL Manchester City L 1-2 H 1 Zlatan Ibrahimovic 42' Kevin De Bruyne 15', Kelechi Iheanacho 36'
6. 15-09-2016 EL Feyenoord L 0-1 A 0 Tonny Vilhena 79'
7. 18-09-2016 PL Watford L 1-3 A 0 Marcus Rashford 62' Etienne Capoue 34', Juan Camilo Zuniga 83', Troy Deeney 90'+5 (pen)
8. 21-09-2016 LC Northampton Town W 3-1 A 0 Michael Carrick 17', Ander Herrera 68', Marcus Rashford 75' Alex Revell 42' (pen)
9. 24-09-2016 PL Leicester City W 4-1 H 0 Chris Smalling 22', Juan Mata 37', Marcus Rashford 40', Paul Pogba 42' Demarai Gray 59'
10. 29-09-2016 EL Zorya Luhansk W 1-0 H 1 Zlatan Ibrahimovic 69'
11. 02-10-2016 PL Stoke City D 1-1 H 0 Anthony Martial 69' Joe Allen 82'
12. 17-10-2016 PL Liverpool D 0-0 A 0
13. 23-10-2016 PL Chelsea L 0-4 A 0 Pedro Rodriguez 1', Gary Cahill 21', Eden Hazard 62', N'Golo Kante 70'
14. 26-10-2016 LC Manchester City W 1-0 H 0 Juan Mata 54'
15. 29-10-2016 PL Burnley D 0-0 H 0
16. 03-11-2016 EL Fenerbahce L 1-2 A 0 Wayne Rooney 89' Moussa Sow 2', Jeremain Lens 59'
17. 06-11-2016 PL Swansea City W 3-1 A 2 Paul Pogba 15', Zlatan Ibrahimovic 21', 33' Mike van der Hoorn 69'
18. 24-11-2016 EL Feyenoord W 4-0 H 0 Wayne Rooney 35', Juan Mata 69', Brad Jones 74' (o.g.), Jesse Lingard 90'+2
19. 27-11-2016 PL West Ham United D 1-1 H 1 Zlatan Ibrahimovic 21' Diafra Sakho 2'
20. 30-11-2016 LC West Ham United W 4-1 H 2 Zlatan Ibrahimovic 2', 90'+3, Anthony Martial 48', 62' Ashley Fletcher 35'
21. 04-12-2016 PL Everton D 1-1 A 1 Zlatan Ibrahimovic 42' Leighton Baines 89' (pen)
22. 08-12-2016 EL Zorya Luhansk W 2-0 A 1 Henrikh Mkhitaryan 48', Zlatan Ibrahimovic 88'
23. 11-12-2016 PL Tottenham Hotspur W 1-0 H 0 Henrikh Mkhitaryan 29'
24. 14-12-2016 PL Crystal Palace W 2-1 A 1 Paul Pogba 45'+2, Zlatan Ibrahimovic 88' James McArthur 66'
25. 17-12-2016 PL West Bromwich Albion W 2-0 A 2 Zlatan Ibrahimovic 5', 56'
26. 26-12-2016 PL Sunderland W 3-1 H 1 Daley Blind 39', Zlatan Ibrahimovic 82', Henrikh Mkhitaryan 86' Fabio Borini 90'+1
27. 31-12-2016 PL Middlesbrough W 2-1 H 0 Anthony Martial 85', Paul Pogba 86' Grant Leadbitter 67'
28. 02-01-2017 PL West Ham United W 2-0 A 1 Juan Mata 63', Zlatan Ibrahimovic 78'
29. 15-01-2017 PL Liverpool D 1-1 H 1 Zlatan Ibrahimovic 84' James Milner 27' (pen)
30. 21-01-2017 PL Stoke City D 1-1 A 0 Wayne Rooney 90'+4' Juan Mata 19' (o.g.)
31. 26-01-2017 LC Hull City L 1-2 A 0 Paul Pogba 66' Tom Huddlestone 35' (pen), Oumar Niasse 85'
32. 01-02-2017 PL Hull City D 0-0 H 0
33. 05-02-2017 PL Leicester City W 3-0 A 1 Henrikh Mkhitaryan 42', Zlatan Ibrahimovic 44', Juan Mata 49'
34. 11-02-2017 PL Watford W 2-0 H 0 Juan Mata 32', Anthony Martial 60'
35. 16-02-2017 EL Saint Etienne W 3-0 H 3 Zlatan Ibrahimovic 15', 75', 88' (pen)
36. 19-02-2017 FAC Blackburn Rovers W 2-1 A 1 Marcus Rashford 27', Zlatan Ibrahimovic 75' Danny Graham 17'
37. 22-02-2017 EL Saint Etienne W 1-0 A 0 Henrikh Mkhitaryan 16'
38. 26-02-2017 LC Southampton W 3-2 N 2 Zlatan Ibrahimovic 19', 87', Jesse Lingard 38' Manolo Gabbiadini 45'+1, 48'
39. 04-03-2017 PL Bournemouth D 1-1 H 0 Marcos Rojo 23' *Joshua King 40' (pen)
40. 09-03-2017 EL Rostov D 1-1 A 0 Henrikh Mkhitaryan 35' Aleksandr Bukharov 53'
41. 16-03-2017 EL Rostov W 1-0 H 0 Juan Mata 70'
42. 04-04-2017 PL Everton D 1-1 H 1 Zlatan Ibrahimovic 90'+4 (pen) Phil Jagielka 22'
43. 09-04-2017 PL Sunderland W 3-0 A 1 Zlatan Ibrahimovic 30', Henrikh Mkhitaryan 46', Marcus Rashford 89'
44. 13-04-2017 EL Anderlecht D 1-1 A 0 Henrikh Mkhitaryan 36' Leander Dendoncker 86'
45. 16-04-2017 PL Chelsea W 2-0 H 0 Marcus Rashford 7', Ander Herrera 49'
46. 20-04-2017 EL Anderlecht W 2-1 H 0 Henrikh Mkhitaryan 10', Marcus Rashford 107' Sofiane Hanni 32'
47. 18-11-2017 PL Newcastle United W 4-1 H 0 Anthony Martial 37', Chris Smalling 45'+1, Paul Pogba 54', Romelu Lukaku 70' Dwight Gayle 14'
48. 22-11-2017 EC/UCL Basel L 0-1 A 0 Michael Lang 89'
49. 25-11-2017 PL Brighton W 1-0 H 0 Lewis Dunk 66' (o.g.)
50. 28-11-2017 PL Watford W 4-2 A 0 Ashley Young 19', 25', Anthony Martial 32', Jesse Lingard 86' Troy Deeney 77' (pen), Abdoulaye Doucoure 84'
51. 10-12-2017 PL Manchester City L 1-2 H 0 Marcus Rashford 45'+2 David Silva 43', Nicolas Otamendi 54'
52. 20-12-2017 LC Bristol City L 1-2 A 1 Zlatan Ibrahimovic 58' Joe Bryan 51', Korey Smith 90'+3
53. 26-12-2017 PL Burnley D 2-2 H 0 Jesse Lingard 53', 90'+1 Ashley Barnes 3', Steven Defour 36'
 

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