Zlatan Ibrahimovic ~ Swedish Striker ~ 08/09

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Zlatan Ibrahimović (born 3 October 1981 in Malmö) is a Swedish football striker of Bosnian and Croatian descent who plays for Italian Serie A club Internazionale and the Swedish national team. As of February 2009, Ibrahimović along with Milan's Kaká are the highest salaried football players in the world. Ibrahimović was born to a Bosnian father Sefik and a Croatian mother Jurka who emigrated to Sweden, where they first met. Ibrahimović grew up in Rosengård, a Malmö neighbourhood known for its immigrant communities. He began playing football at the age of 8, alternating between local junior clubs MalmöAnadolu BI and FBK Balkan. While in his early teens, he was a regular in his hometown club Malmö FF. Ibrahimović successfully completed junior high school in the ninth grade, and though he was admitted to Borgarskolan, he soon dropped out of high school to focus on his soccer career. On August 18, 2004, Ibrahimović injured fellow Ajax teammate Rafael van der Vaart during an international match against the Netherlands, which led to accusations from van der Vaart that Ibrahimović had hurt him intentionally. This led to Ibrahimović's sudden sale to Juventus on August 31. Ibrahimović movedfrom Ajax to Juventus for a €19 million transfer fee. He was promptly inserted into the starting eleven due in part to top scorer David Trézéguet's injury problems, and scored sixteen goals. Near the end of the season, Juventus reportedly rejected a €70 million bid for him from Real Madrid, which was later revealed to be a publicity stunt initiated by Ibrahimović's agent, Mino Raiola, in order to increase his market value. On November 14 2005, he was awarded the Guldbollen, a prize awarded to the best Swedish footballer of the year. The following season was poor compared to his first season, his role in Juventus's attack changed, as he became less of a goalscorer and moved more to the sidelines, taking much part in the build-up play, especially as a target player, and his assist numbers increased. In the 05-06 season Juventus fans often got frustrated with him due to his anonymouspresence in certain important games such as the Champions League defeat to Arsenal. Juventus were stripped of their last two Scudetti as part of the verdict from the Calciopoli scandal, and were relegated to Serie B. The new staff tried to persuade Ibrahimović, and other top players, to stay withJuventus, but the player and his agent were adamant to move on, with Raiola threatening legal action in order to extricate Ibrahimović from his contract Ibrahimović signed a four-year contract with Internazionale for € 12 million a year on August 10, 2006. He revealed that Inter was his favourite club when he was young, and that Ronaldo was his favourite player. He started his spell at the club by scoring one goal and assisting another in a league match against Fiorentina and end his first season as Inter's top scorer with 15 goals. Ibrahimovic's 08/09 season started brilliantly, hitting the back of the net in Inter's first league match. His goal against Bologna was voted Goal of the Year. He scored it with his heel without moving and accurately into the net from a cross by Brazilian Adriano. Ibrahimovic's form this season has so far been eye-catching, with clever movement off and onthe ball, and his passing has been outstanding, such as his acrobatic pass against Lazio. He ended a month long goal drought against Genoa, handing them their first home loss of the season, making Inter the only team not to lose at home in the league.