Watch the video: At the age of 41, football star Zlatan Ibrahimovic ended his career.
Towards the end it got emotional again. But how not after such a career as a football star: “I kept this thing to myself that I was going to leave football. I didn’t tell anyone. When I spoke to the club, I just said: ‘Let’s do something for the last game to make it a special moment.’ But in reality, they didn’t know about my decision about my future.” Zlatan Ibrahimović is officially retiring at the age of 41, as he emphasized at a press conference in Milan on Sunday. The former Sweden international has been struggling with injuries lately. But without question, the exceptional athlete can look back on an impressive career. Most recently, he played again for AC Milan since the beginning of 2020. Together they won the championship last season, as they did in 2011. Other stations in his professional career, which was peppered with awards, included: Ajax Amsterdam, Manchester United, Barcelona, Paris Saint-Germain and also Inter Milan. Ibrahimovic is Sweden’s all-time leading scorer with 62 international goals in 121 games.