Zlatan Ibrahimovic, or Ibrahimovic for short, is a Swedish football superstar and one of the legendary centre-forwards in modern football history. An extremely youthful football career, outstanding personal strength, arrogant personality, incredible fairy ball, and multi-country leagues are all labels that fans can easily remember when mentioning Ibrahimovic.
Any star has an anecdotes or anecdotes that are not necessarily well known to them, and Ibrahimovic is no exception. In this article, I will sort out a little bit and take stock of ten anecdotes about Ibrahimovic that are not necessarily widely known, so that fans who are interested in him can get to know him more fully. Of course, due to space limitations, if there is any discussion or other additions, fans are also welcome to leave a message in the comment area to share.
First, about Ibrahimovic's family and upbringing
Zlatan Ibrahimović, whether judging from the composition of the name or the facial features of his appearance, Ibrahimovic from Sweden does not look like an authentic Swede. Ibrahimović was born in a poor neighborhood in the southern Swedish city of Malmö, the son of a migrant from Bosnia and Herzegovina and an immigrant from Croatia. In the community where Ibrahimovic grew up, the proportion of foreigners is as high as 70%, and the economic situation and security situation are poor for many years, and Ibrahimovic has done many wrong things when he was a child, such as stealing a bicycle and being twisted to the bureau.
After being exposed to football later, Ibrahimovic's life ushered in a bright turnaround. Because of the alien feeling of accent and appearance, Ibrahimovic was not less discriminated against in his youth, and every time he was bullied by other local teenagers, he would fight back strongly, which developed Ibrahimovic's tough and quick-tempered personality.
Second, about Ibrahimovic's love
Ibrahimovic is a well-known sibling love star in football, and his wife is Helena Segel, who is 11 years older than him, who was a model and holds a master's degree in economics. Helena Segel, who lived in the same neighborhood as Ibrahimovic, was with him when he was still young, and the two of them walked through the long years and now have two children.
It can be said that Helena Segel, who appeared in Ibrahimovic's life as a big sister at the beginning, has always pinched Ibrahimovic to death. In his autobiography, Ibrahimovic revealed that his lover was never helena, and he thought Helena Segel was the most understanding person in the world. Even helena Segel's countenance has deteriorated badly with age, and fans rarely hear the lace gossip that Ibrahimovic is playing around.
Ibrahimovic's favorite sport is ice hockey
Outside of football, Ibrahimovic's favorite sport is ice hockey. In fact, in Ibu's childhood, he had thought about becoming an ice hockey player, but because his family was poor, his family could not support him to become an ice hockey player, so Ibrahimovic chose football, which he also liked very much, as the development direction. While playing in the United States, Ibrahimovic, who worked in Los Angeles, was often photographed going to watch NHL ice hockey events, but was less likely to watch basketball, baseball, or rugby.
Fourth, about Ibrahimovic's football idol
Any footballer probably has his own football idol, who plays an important leading role in his or her own growth. When asked who his football idol or the strongest player in football history is, Ibrahimovic doesn't hesitate to say the name of the Brazilian legend and nicknamed "Alien".
It is also worth mentioning that Ibrahimovic's room was plastered with posters of Da Luo when he was a child, and when he actually met Da Luo on the field, he revealed a fascinating look that impressed the fans.
Ibrahimovic once rejected Wenger and Arsenal because he had to try out
The legendary Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger can be said to have noticed Ibrahimovic's talent and potential very early on. When Ibrahimovic had just emerged at the Malmö club in Sweden, Wenger, who wanted to strengthen the No. 9 scorer, noticed Ibrahimovic and threw him an olive branch.
When he received arsenal's No. 9 shirt, the young Ibrahimovic was so excited that he couldn't wait to change into the dressing room to take a picture. However, after Ibrahimovic was asked to come to Arsenal for a trial, his mood changed drastically, and the arrogant Ibrahimovic did not accept the trial request. Later, Ibrahimovic joined Dutch side Ajax, who did not need him to try out.
Van der Vaart was one of the first well-known stars to fight with Ibrahimovic
Time to Ibrahimovic's Ajax era, when the quality young players in his team were also the Dutch midfielder Van der Vaart, who were rumored to be infighting during their time in the same team for a core position.
The most impressive thing is that, whether intentionally or accidentally, Ibrahimovic encountered the Dutch national team in the long-distance pursuit confrontation and injured van der Vaart's ankle during the long-distance pursuit confrontation, and the relationship between the two fell to a freezing point. Looking back on that incident, van der Vaart once said after retiring that Ibrahimovic was jealous of his talents, but he had already let go of his grudge.
Ibrahimovic's most hated big man in football is Guardiola
Fast forward to the summer of 2009 when Ibrahimovic joined La Liga giants Barcelona. In order to get the Swedes who are at their peak, Barcelona paid the price of 46 million+ meritorious striker Eto'o to inter.
In the first half of the game with Barca, Ibrahimovic performed decently, but the second half of the schedule began to decline and was snubbed by Guardiola, and the contradictions between the two became increasingly irreconcilable, and the discord reached its extreme after the defeat in the Champions League that year.
In the system with Messi as the absolute core, Guardiola hopes that Ibrahimovic will change his playing style for the system and cannot withdraw to the area where Messi is active to get the ball, but he has been questioned and disobeyed by the latter, and Ibrahimovic believes that the team should change the system and it is possible for him and Messi to play better.
As a result, Ibrahimovic broke up with Barca after staying for a season, and after leaving, he did not say anything good to Guardiola for a long time, saying that he won everything like the peak Barça did not have a melon, Guadula used Farah as Fiat, later saw Guardiola play once a time, Guardiola did not solve the problem and only wanted to solve the problem of the person who asked the problem and other classic quotes.
Incidentally, since working as a professional footballer, Ibrahimovic has revealed that he admires Mourinho and Capello. It can be said that the equally arrogant Mourinho is to some extent Ibrahimovic's confidant, inside and outside football, while Capello pinched him when he was still very young and really helped him grow into a generation of superstars.
Ibrahimovic voted for Messi in the seven years he had the ballot box
Messi or C Ronaldo, who is better? On this classic issue, Ibrahimovic has always been firmly on Messi's side. Although his experience working with Messi at Barca was not pleasant, he was quite generous, in addition to Guardiola, he was quite recognized and admired for Messi.
During his seven years as captain of the Swedish national team, Ibrahimovic had the voting rights to the Ballon d'Or, during which time he had been voting for Lionel Messi. Considering that that period was also the peak of The Merlot's reign. In other words, in fact, the choice Ibrahimovic made was to think that Messi was stronger than C Ronaldo.
Ibrahimovic still remembers to take revenge on Materazzi four years later
On the field, Ibrahimovic, who is happy and vengeful, is definitely not a good-tempered player, and he will definitely find a way to find a way to find it back and give his opponents "courtesy exchanges", but he actually knows that after gradually maturing, he also knows to take the overall situation as the most important and bear the burden of humiliation.
Back in the 05-06 season, Materazzi, who played for Inter, gave Ibrahimovic a scissor leg shovel in the game, and Ibrahimovic left the field injured, fortunately the injury was not too serious.
In the summer of 2006, Juventus was involved in the [telephone gate] fake ball storm, and then was ordered by the Italian Football Association to be relegated to the second division, Ibrahimovic immediately decided to leave the team, and then transferred to Inter Milan for 24.8 million euros, and recently viciously shoveled his Materazzi as a teammate for three years, during which they were relatively peaceful and happy.
In 2010, Ibrahimovic returned to Serie A and joined AC Milan. In the first encounter match that finally waited for Materazzi to appear as an opponent, Ibrahimovic gave the former scissor leg a kick to his own Materazzi in the process of fighting for the ball, and then pressed Materazzi down with his hand in the air, and the revenge of the year was finally repaid.
In a follow-up review of the incident, Ibrahimovic said: I was just showing him a taekwondo action, and his action of that year really wanted to maliciously destroy me. In response, Materazzi also used his mouth to return the color, saying that he wanted to thank Ibrahimovic for letting him win the Champions League (meaning to mock Ibrahimovic's situation that the team could not win the Champions League).
Ibrahimović tattooed the names of 50 starving refugees on his body
Many soccer stars have tattoos on their bodies, and the meaning of the content or behavior they choose to tattoo is also different, and Ibrahimovic has a very special tattoo on his body.
Fast forward to 2014, when the World Food Agency wanted to find an influential ambassador in football to help promote and support their ongoing aid program that would benefit the planet's poor and hungry people, Ibrahimovic, who had come from the bottom, had suffered hardships, and was arrogant but grounded.
After learning of this plan, Ibrahimovic gladly agreed and agreed to participate in this plan as their propaganda ambassador. To this end, Ibrahimovic stabbed the names of 50 starving refugees on his body, stripped off the camera in the Ligue 1 match against Caen in the 14-15 season, and received a classic football yellow card after being admired and nodded by the referee.
Afterwards, Ibrahimovic revealed his heart to the media and explained his tattoos and motivations for his actions, saying that wherever I went, the fans could recognize me, shout my name, and applaud me. However, there are many people in this world who are suffering, who have been forgotten by the masses, who have never been cheered for by them, and who have even endured hunger for a long time. I wrote the names of some of them on me, and when people hear my name and see me, these starving refugees should be known and seen by more people.