00:08Zlatan, three words, he's a winner, he's a goalscorer, he's funny.
00:14If you don't know him, maybe you think some quotes, a bit arrogant, he's just a funny guy.
00:22So I would say that, funny, winner and goalscorer.
00:31I mean, if you look upon his record, I can't compare him, I think, today with Enema, even if we
00:37had some great players through the history.
00:39But I mean, what he has achieved in winning titles and everything and his individual skills, I would say he
00:45is the best through history.
00:54It's in the museum. I have a house only for the medals.
00:58Few football nations have been entirely dominated by a single individual, like Sweden has with Zlatan Ibrahimović.
01:10From his arrival as a gangly teenager with Malmö, through to his retirement as a 40-something at AC Milan,
01:18Zlatan and Sweden enthralled to his every stroke of genius, misstep and bombastic press conference.
01:26I shine 24 hours, so depends how you want me to shine.
01:32I mean, I've been in the game for 20 years and I'm getting older, yes, but the older I get,
01:40the better I get, I feel.
01:42So, but I'm shining in one way or in another way, so, but if you want me to shine even
01:49more, I will try to do it for you.
01:53Zlatan has never had a problem speaking for himself, but his numbers do a pretty good job for him.
02:04511 goals and 20 major trophies, including five Serie A titles, represents a club career well spent.
02:14And what clubs they were too. Malmo, Ajax, Juventus, Inter, Barcelona, AC Milan, PSG, Manchester United and LA Galaxy.
02:31On top of that, there were 62 goals in 122 appearances for Sweden.
02:40I came like a king, I left like a legend.
02:44But Zlatan could never be distilled into just caps and goals.
02:48So many of those goals were great goals, some of the very best ever scored for club or country,
02:55including the 2013 Pushkas award for an outrageous long range acrobatic volley for Sweden against England.
03:03I think you will never forget this, so don't worry about that.
03:08But, I mean, when I play, I try to do my things.
03:11You never know what happens on the field and there is nothing that I plan to do or think to
03:19do before a game.
03:20That is just impulsive stuff.
03:22I see the situation and I am trying to do what I think is the best in that situation.
03:30So, I mean, I can still do those movements, that ninja stuff.
03:36So, I still have it in me, even if I am 39.
03:41And many of those appearances were memorable for Zlatan being uniquely Zlatan.
03:47It is not just about goals, his goals, his leadership, his motivation.
03:54I am really happy with the big guy.
03:59Taller than most, stronger than all, and with the self-confidence of a super villain.
04:05Whenever Zlatan was on the field, he was unmissable.
04:10He is a maverick.
04:12You know, he has a great personality.
04:15If you look at what May United have had over the past few years, there has not been someone like
04:20him.
04:20With that kind of aura, that kind of presence.
04:23They said I was old in the Premier League.
04:27The most biggest-paced competition in the world.
04:30When I was there, I felt it.
04:33I did it and I took over.
04:37So, the haters became my fans.
04:40Behind the headlines, Zlatan the athlete was a supreme professional.
04:46Maintaining his extraordinary physique into his 40s, long after most contemporaries had retired.
04:53I know my mentality.
04:55I know what I want.
04:55I come to win.
04:57I want to win, but it's behind everything.
05:01It's hard work.
05:02I have more than 450 goals in my career.
05:05So, as long as I'm creating the chances, as long as I'm there for the situation that comes up for
05:12the goal, then I'm not worried.
05:15I don't see myself only as scoring goals every game and playing bad.
05:19I prefer to play good, make the team win.
05:22And if I score a goal, it's a bonus.
05:26Zlatan ruptured his ACL twice in his career.
05:29And on the second occasion, played through excruciating pain for six months before receiving surgery, to ensure he could help
05:37AC Milan win the Scudetta.
05:40Zlatan is Zlatan, and that's his strength.
05:44You cannot see the training sessions, but training with Zlatan and without Zlatan is different.
05:52When he returned to ACTION eight months later, he did so as the oldest player to represent the Rossigneri in
05:59Serie A,
06:00and continuing the club's long love affair with Swedish football.
06:06Listen, every trophy is special.
06:08Every trophy is important.
06:10This is what we play for.
06:11We don't play for especially one trophy.
06:13You have players that won one trophy, World Cup, Champions League, and then they didn't win nothing.
06:18You need to win every trophy you play for.
06:20That is what I do.
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