By reaching UEFA EURO 2008, where they will play in group D with Spain,Greece and Ru sia, Sweden qualified for their fifth succe sive major international tournament.One of their most important players is Zlatan Ibrahimovi, striker born to a Croatian mother and a Bosnian father on October 3, 1981 in Malm.He began playing football at the age of 8 for local junior club Malm Anadolu B.I. At age 10, he moved to rival club FBK Balkan.He made a name for himself at the tender age of ten in a match for Balkans 12-year-olds against Vellinge. With Balkan Matt Bartkowski Women Jersey 4-0 down at half time, Zlatan came off the bench and scored eight goals to give his team an 8-5 victory.In 1995, he signed with hometown club Malm FF and moved up to the senior side for the 1999 season of Allsvenskan, Swedens top-flight league.In the summer of 2001, Ibrahimovi officially joined Ajax for a record-breaking 7 Greg Pateryn Men Jersey .8 million, the highest transfer fee ever paid to a Swedish club.In his third and also final season with Ajax, Ibrahimovi netted a goal against NAC Breda on August 22, 2003 that was eventually voted the goal of the year by Eurosport viewers.On August 18, 2004, Ibrahimovi injured fellow Ajax teammate Rafael van der Vaart during an international match against the Netherlands, which led to accusations from van der Vaart that Ibrahimovi had hurt him intentionally. This led to Ibrahimovis sudden sale to Juventus F.C. on August 31, 2004, for a 19 million transfer fee.Due to David Trzguets injury problems,he quickly made it into starting eleven. Ibrahimovi was nonethele s voted the fans player of the season in 2004/05, and he finished eighth in the voting for the 2005 FIFA World Player of the Year. On November 14, 2005, he was awarded the Guldbollen, a prize awarded to the best Swedish footballer of the year Matt Read Men Jersey .After Juventus got relegated to Serie B, as Victor Rask Women Jersey part of the verdict from the Calciopoli scandal, Ibrahimovi signed a four-year contract with Internazionale for 24.8 million on August 10, 2006. In the following season Inter went on to a record seventeen consecutive league wins en route to Inters first Scudetto on the field since 1989, and Ibrahimovi was coach Roberto Mancinis first choice in attack.On September 16, 2007, he played his 100th Serie A match.Zlatan scored a goal on his debut for Swedens under-21 against Macedonia, and represented his country at full international level for the first time on 31 January 2001 in a match against Faroe Islands,and since than scored 18 times in 49 games.On November 12, 2007, Ibrahimovi was awarded the 2007 Swedish Golden Ball as the countrys top player of the year.At the 2006 World Cup in Germany, Martin ONeill called Ibrahimovi the most overrated player in the world. This is in sharp contrast to the opinion that Ibrahimovi holds of himself, he has compared himself to Muhammad Ali and claimed that only injury can prevent me becoming the worlds greatest player.On Inters official website he is described as self-critical and instinctive, Luke Kunin Men Jersey with great character and a slightly rebellious nature, and also as an agile and acrobatic player despite his tall frame.
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