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Zlatan Ibrahimovic said goodbye to football. After a long and successful career inside and outside Europe, the striker with a past at FC Barcelona, PSG, Inter Milan, Juventus, LA Galaxy and other teams announced his retirement from professional courts.
After the last day of Serie A, which ended with a 3-1 victory for AC Milan against Hellas Verona, the red and black team he dedicated a tribute to him after his non-renewal of contract. However, the striker who lived in the Swedish National Team He went further and announced his retirement.
Ibra, who will turn 42 in October, was unable to play regularly in the current season, this reason that the previous one ended with a knee injury that left him out for more than six months. Later, after a long recovery, he tried, but a new injury sidelined him for the rest of the season, that which became the last of his career.
The Swede leaves some figures of 93 goals and 35 assists adding his 116 games in two stageswithin the Milan team, but a much larger legacy that also includes two ‘Scudetti’ and an Italian Super Cup.
However, without a doubt The most important thing that Zlatan left behind was the rebirth of the Italian giantwho under his tutelage won a title after 11 years, returned to the EUFA Champions League and also reached the quarterfinals of that competition.
“The time has come to say bye to football”, was the phrase that determined the future of Zlatan Ibrahimovic, not only outside AC Milan, but on all pitches worldwide. As a result, ‘Ibracadrabra’ will not return to the LA Galaxy, where it was thought that he would continue his careeralthough it was not the only possible destination, since Monza from Serie A was also interested in his services.
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