First of all, about Ibrahimovic's family and growing background.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic, no matter from the composition of his name or his five senses, Ibrahimovic from Sweden actually doesn't look like a real Swede. Ibrahimovic was born in a poor community in Malm?, a city in southern Sweden. His father is an immigrant from Bosnia and Herzegovina and his mother is an immigrant from Croatia. In the community where Ibrahim grew up, the proportion of foreign nationalities was as high as 70%, and the economic situation and public security situation were not good for many years. Ibrahimovic did many wrong things when he was a child, such as stealing bicycles and being sent to prison.
After coming into contact with football, Ibrahimovic's life ushered in a bright turn. Because of the foreign accent and appearance, Ibrahimovic was discriminated against in his youth. Every time he was bullied by other local teenagers, he would fight back, which developed Ibrahimovic's tough and happy character.
Second, about Ibrahim's love.
Ibrahimovic is a famous representative star in the football circle. His wife is Helena Segur, who is older than him 1 1 year. The latter was a model when she was young and had a master's degree in economics. When Ibrahimovic was very young, Helena Seger, who lived a block with him, was with him. They have gone through a long time and now have two children.
It can be said that Helena Segur, who appeared in Ibrahimovic's life as a big sister from the beginning, has been clinging to Ibrahimovic. Ibrahimovic revealed in his autobiography that his lover has always been Helena, and he thinks that Helena seguer is the person who can understand her best in the world. Even though Helena seguer's appearance deteriorated with age, fans rarely heard the gossip about Ibrahimovic playing football everywhere.
Third, Ibrahimovic's favorite sport outside football is ice hockey.
Besides football, Ibrahimovic's favorite sport is ice hockey. In fact, in Ibrahimovic's childhood, he wanted to be a hockey player, but because of his poor family, his family could not support his equipment expenses as a hockey player, so Ibrahimovic chose football, which he also liked very much, as his development direction. When playing football in the United States, Ibrahimovic, who works in Los Angeles, was often photographed watching NHL ice hockey games, but he rarely went to watch games other than basketball, baseball or rugby.
Fourth, about Ibrahimovic's football idol.
Any football player will probably have his own football idol, which plays an important leading role in his growth. When asked who his football idol or the strongest player in football history is, Ibrahimovic always tells the name of Cristiano Ronaldo, a legendary Brazilian star nicknamed Alien.
It is also worth mentioning that when Ibrahimovic was a child, his room was covered with posters of Rhoda, and when he really met Rhoda on the court, his infatuated eyes impressed the fans.
5. Ibrahimovic once rejected Wenger and Arsenal because he wanted to try out.
Wenger, the former legendary Arsenal coach, can be said to be a big coffee coach who noticed Ibrahimovic's talent and potential very early. When Ibrahimovic just made his mark at Malmo Club in Sweden, Wenger, who wanted to reinforce the No.9 shooter, noticed Ibrahimovic and extended an olive branch to him.
When he received Arsenal's No.9 jersey, the young Ibrahimovic was very excited and couldn't wait to put it on in the dressing room to take pictures. However, Ibrahimovic's mood changed greatly after he was asked to try out at Arsenal. The arrogant Ibrahimovic will not be tried. Later, Ibrahimovic joined Ajax, the Dutch team, and did not need his trial training.
6. Van der Vaart was the first famous player to fight Ibrahimovic.
Time goes back to the Ajax era of Ibrahimovic. At that time, there were also high-quality young players in his team, including Dutch midfielder van der Vaart. When they were on the same team, they were told that they were not fighting for the core position.
What impressed me most was that I didn't know whether it was intentional or unintentional. During this period, Ibrahimovic met the Dutch national team and injured Van der Vaart's ankle in a long-distance pursuit and defense confrontation, and the relationship between them fell to freezing point. Looking back on that incident, Van der Vaart once said after retiring that Ibrahimovic was jealous of his talent, but he had put aside his grievances.
Seven, Ibrahimovic hates Guardiola most in the football circle.
Back in the summer of 2009, Ibrahimovic joined Spanish giants Barcelona. In order to get the Swede in his prime, Barcelona paid 46 million+meritorious striker Eto 'o to buy from Inter Milan.
In the first half of joining Barcelona, Ibrahimovic's performance was acceptable, but in the second half, his performance began to decline and he was left out by Guardiola. The contradiction between them became more and more irreconcilable, and the disharmony reached its peak after the defeat in the Champions League that year.
In the system with Messi as the absolute core, Guardiola hoped that Ibrahimovic would change the style of play for the system and could not always retreat to Messi's active area to get the ball, but he was questioned and disobeyed by the latter. Ibrahimovic believes that the team should change the system, and he and Messi may play better.
As a result, Ibrahimovic broke up with Barcelona after staying for a season. After leaving, he didn't say a good word for Guardiola for a long time. He said Ibrahimovic's classic words, such as winning everything like Barcelona's peak, Guagua treating Ferrari as Fiat, and seeing Guardiola in the future. Guardiola didn't solve the problem, but only solved the person who raised it.
By the way, since he became a professional football player, Ibrahimovic revealed that Mourinho and Capello are his favorites. It can be said that Mourinho, who is equally arrogant, is Ibrahimovic's confidant to some extent, both inside and outside football; Capello caught him when he was very young and really helped him grow into a generation of superstars.
Eighth, Ibrahimovic voted for Messi in the seven years when he had the right to vote for the Golden Globe.
Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo, who is better? On this classic issue, Ibrahimovic has been firmly on Messi's side. Although his cooperation experience with Messi in Barcelona was not pleasant, he was quite generous. In addition to Guardiola, he is quite recognized and admired by Messi.
During his seven years as captain of the Swedish national team, Ibrahimovic has the right to vote for the Golden Globe Award, during which he has been voting for Messi. Considering that it was also the peak of Mero's hegemony. In other words, in fact, Ibrahimovic's choice is that Messi is stronger than C Ronaldo.
Nine, Ibrahimovic still remembers to retaliate against Materazzi after four years.
On the court, Ibrahim, who likes the new and hates the old, is definitely not a good-tempered player. He will try to get back after he has suffered a loss and give his opponent a "courtesy", but when he matures, he actually knows how to put the overall situation first and bear the burden of humiliation.
Back in the 2005-06 season, Materazzi, who played for Inter Milan, gave Ibrahimovic a scissor-legged shovel in the game, and Ibrahimovic was injured and left. Fortunately, the injury is not too serious.
In the summer of 2006, Juventus was involved in match-fixing, and was subsequently 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. He and Materazzi, who had been maliciously shoveling him for three years, were teammates, and they were still in peace and had a good cooperation.
By 20 10, Ibrahimovic returned to Serie A and joined AC Milan. In Materazzi's first game as an opponent, Ibrahimovic kicked Materazzi's thigh in the process of competing for the ball, and then knocked Materazzi down in the air with his hand. The vendetta of that year finally paid off.
In the follow-up review of this incident, Ibrahimovic said: I just showed him a taekwondo action, and he really wanted to maliciously abolish me. In this regard, Materazzi also retorted that he would like to thank Ibrahimovic for letting him win the Champions League (meaning mocking Ibrahimovic's situation, the team can't win the Champions League).
10. Ibrahim tattooed the names of 50 hungry refugees on his body.
Many football stars have tattoos, and the significance of their choice of tattoo content or behavior is different, and Ibrahimovic's tattoo is very special.
As early as 20 14, WFP hoped to find an influential football ambassador to help publicize and support their ongoing aid program, which will benefit 805 million poor and hungry people on earth. They thought of Ibrahimovic, who came from the bottom, was poor, arrogant but grounded.
After knowing this plan, Ibrahimovic really agreed to be their propaganda ambassador to participate in this plan. For this reason, Ibrahimovic tattooed the names of 50 hungry refugees on his body, stripped off his clothes in the match between French Ligue 1 and Caen in 14- 15 season, and got a classic football yellow card after being appreciated and nodded by the referee.
Afterwards, Ibrahimovic confided to the media and explained the motives of his tattoo and behavior. Wherever I go, fans can recognize me, shout my name and applaud me, he said. However, there are still many people suffering in this world. They are forgotten by the public and no one has ever cheered for them. They even endure hunger for a long time. I wrote the names of some of them on my body. When people hear my name and see me, these starving refugees should be known and seen by more people.