Zlatan Ibrahimovic 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, Ibrahimovic,
along with Kaká, are the highest salaried football players in the
world. Ibrahimovic won the Capocannonieri on 31 May 2009 with 25
domestic goals during the season.
Ibrahimovic signed a four-year contract with Internazionale for
€ 12 million a year on 10 August 2006. He started his spell at the
club by scoring one goal and assisting another in a league match
against Fiorentina and ended his first season as Inter's top
goalscorer with 15 goals. Ibrahimovic played his 100th Serie A
match on 16 September 2007. He scored two Champions League goals in
the group stage against PSV on 2 October, which marked his first
European goals since December 2005 and his first goals overall in
an Inter jersey, and finished with five goals in seven Champions
League matches. Against Parma FC in the final league matchday on 18
May 2008, he returned from a chronic knee injury and scored both
goals as Inter won 2-0, clinching their third straight Scudetto.
Ibrahimovic debuted for Sweden in a goalless friendly match
against the Faroe Islands on 31 January 2001. His first competitive
match was a 2002 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Azerbaijan on 7
October. Ibrahimovic was a fixture in the starting lineup for Euro
2004, scoring a penalty against Bulgaria and rounding off a fine
performance against the solid defense of Italy by scoring a late
equaliser. On 12 November 2007, Ibrahimovic was awarded the 2007
Swedish Golden Ball as the "Country's Top Player of the Year."

Date of birth: October 3, 1981 (age 27)
Place of birth: Malmö, Sweden
Height: 1.92m
Playing position: Striker
Current club: Internazionale
Number: 10