Zlatan Ibrahimovic has announced his retirement from football, at the age of 41.
The Swedish superstar’s contract expires at the end of June and it will not be renewed following a season plagued by injuries, prompting him to end a remarkable and successful career.
The striker started his professional career at Malmo in 1999 and left for Ajax in 2001 before embarking on a career which featured spells with leading European teams such as Juventus, Barcelona, Manchester United, Internazionale and Milan.
He scored 511 career goals and won league titles in four countries.
Ibrahimovic, Sweden’s all-time top scorer with 62 goals in 121 matches, quit the national team after Euro 2016 but returned in 2021 for their unsuccessful World Cup qualifying campaign.
‘I say goodbye to football’ – emotional Zlatan Ibrahimovic ends career at 41
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