Ibrahimovic started his career in his hometown club Malmo before playing for some of the greatest clubs in Europe with the likes of Ajax, Juventus, Inter Milan, Barcelona, Paris Saint-Germain, Manchester United, and AC Milan. Zlatan also had a brief spell at LA Galaxy.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic is third on the list of goals scored by an active player only behind Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo

1. Cristiano Ronaldo-790 goals

2. Lionel Messi-752 goals

3. Zlatan Ibrahimovic -565 goals

Zlatan has scored a total of 16 hat-tricks at club level and four more at the international level making a total tally of 20 hat-trick goals. Ibrahimovic is the oldest non-Italian player to score in the Seria A earlier in September on his AC Milan debut. Zlatan has won 11 league titles across four different countries while his overall trophy cabinet comprises 33 trophies. He has won so many Ligue 1 titles during his spell at Paris Saint-Germain.

As Zlatan Ibrahimovic turns 40 today, the striker is set to miss Sweden’s world cup qualifier as Sweden faces Kosovo and Greece. The AC Milan striker will be replaced by Viktor Gyokeres. Zlatan suffered a knee injury while playing for Milan against Juventus in May which caused him to miss Euro 2020.

Sweden coach Janne Andersson said as Sweden football released a statement, “Unfortunately Zlatan is not far enough along in his rehabilitation that he can join us in the upcoming games, Sad for us, and sad also for Zlatan of course.

Though Zlatan has never won the Champions League but is the only player to score a goal with 6 different teams in the competition.

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