Trivias Of Zlatan Ibrahimovic
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His father was a Muslim Bosniak while his mother a Croatian Catholic.
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He grew up idolizing Brazilian forward Ronaldo and Italian forward Gabriel Batistuta.
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FourFourTwo magazine named him the third-greatest player never to win the UEFA Champions League title.
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Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter ranked him the second-greatest Swedish sportsperson ever in 2014 after tennis player Bjorn Borg.
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He is known for his brash persona and outspoken comments.
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He refers to himself in the third person.
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His statue in his hometown, Malmo, was unveiled in October 2019.
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Malmo fans have vandalized Ibrahimovic statue in Malmo on numerous occasions after Ibrahimovic bought 23.5 percent of the shares in Hammarby, a Swedish top-flight club, Malmo's rival club.
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He has stated that the boxer Muhammad Ali is one of his role models.
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He has been featured in EA SPorts' FIFA video game series.
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Independent Swedish film production company Auto Images produced a sports documentary, Becoming Zlatan in 2016.
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He does not drink alcohol.