{"id":40748,"date":"2023-06-04T22:48:14","date_gmt":"2023-06-04T22:48:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fusefornews.com\/2023\/06\/04\/zlatan-ibrahimovic-retires-swedish-great-ends-football-career-at-41\/"},"modified":"2023-06-04T22:48:14","modified_gmt":"2023-06-04T22:48:14","slug":"zlatan-ibrahimovic-retires-swedish-great-ends-football-career-at-41","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fusefornews.com\/?p=40748","title":{"rendered":"Zlatan Ibrahimovic retires: Swedish great ends football career at 41"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Ibrahimovic and many of his team-mates and the crowd were in tears as he announced his retirement on the pitch<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

AC Milan striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic has announced his retirement from football at the age of 41.<\/span><\/p>\n

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“I say goodbye to football but not to you,” the Swede told the San Siro crowd after Sunday’s last game of the season.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Ibrahimovic had already announced he would leave the Italian club, with his contract expiring this month.<\/span><\/p>\n

He scored 511 goals for clubs including Paris St-Germain, Manchester United and both AC and Inter Milan, winning league titles in four countries.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ibrahimovic began his second spell with AC Milan in early 2020, having won the Scudetto with them in 2011, and helped them win the title again last season.<\/span><\/p>\n

But he played only four times and started one match for the Serie A side this term – and scored one goal – following a series of injuries.<\/span><\/p>\n

The striker also retires as Sweden’s all-time top scorer with 62 goals in 121 matches. <\/span><\/p>\n

He quit the national side after Euro 2016 but returned in 2021 for their unsuccessful World Cup qualifying campaign. <\/span><\/p>\n

Ibrahimovic started his professional career with hometown side Malmo FF in 1999 before moving to Ajax in 2001 for a three-year spell in which he won three league titles.<\/span><\/p>\n

A move to Italy followed in 2004 with Juventus, where he won two league titles, both of which were later stripped from the club as a result of the Calciopoli scandal.<\/span><\/p>\n

However, the Swede won three more Serie A titles with his next club, Inter Milan, before a move to Barcelona in 2009.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ibrahimovic spent only one season at the Catalan club, winning a La Liga title before being loaned to AC Milan, a move which was made permanent in 2011.<\/span><\/p>\n

A year later, however, and Ibrahimovic was on the move again, signing for Paris St-Germain, where he scored 113 goals in 122 league appearances and won four Ligue 1 trophies.<\/span><\/p>\n

In July 2016, he signed for Manchester United for a two-year spell with the Premier League club that saw him win the League Cup and his first European title – the 2016\/2017 Europa League.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ibrahimovic signed for MLS side LA Galaxy in 2018, spending two seasons there before making his return to AC Milan.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Across<\/span><\/span>\"Across<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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