Zlatan Ibrahimović (born 3 October 1981) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a striker. Ibrahimović is renowned for his acrobatic strikes and volleys, powerful long-range shots, and excellent technique and ball control. He is regarded as one of the greatest strikers of all time and is one of the most decorated active footballers in the world, having won 34 trophies in his career. He has scored over 570 career goals, including more than 500 club goals, and has scored in each of the last four decades. Ibrahimović began his career at Malmö FF in 1999, and signed for Ajax two years later, where he gained a reputation as one of the most promising forwards in Europe. He departed two years later to sign for Juventus before joining domestic rivals Inter Milan in 2006, where he won three consecutive Serie A titles. In the summer of 2009, he moved to Barcelona in one of the world's most expensive transfers. After just one season, he returned to Italy having signed for Inter's rival Milan. With them, he won the Serie A title in his debut season. In 2012, Ibrahimović joined Paris Saint-Germain, leading them to their first Ligue 1 title in 19 years and soon establishing himself as a leading figure in their dominance of French football. During his four-season stay in France, he won four consecutive Ligue 1 titles, was the top scorer in Ligue 1 for three seasons and became PSG's all-time leading goalscorer at the time. In 2016, he joined Manchester United on a free transfer and won his first European honour in his debut season. Ibrahimović joined American club LA Galaxy in 2018 and rejoined Milan in 2020, winning his fifth Serie A title in 2022. Ibrahimović is one of eleven players to have made 100 or more appearances for the Swedish national team, over a 20-year international career. He is the country's all-time leading goalscorer with 62 goals. He represented Sweden at the 2002 and 2006 FIFA World Cups, as well as the 2004, 2008, 2012, and 2016 UEFA European Championships. He has been awarded Guldbollen (the Golden Ball), given to the Swedish player of the year, a record 12 times, including 10 consecutive times from 2007 to 2016. Ibrahimović's 35-yard bicycle kick goal for Sweden against England won the 2013 FIFA Puskás Award, and is often considered one of the best goals of all time. Ibrahimović was named in the FIFA FIFPro World XI in 2013 and the UEFA Team of the Year in 2007, 2009, 2013 and 2014. He finished at a peak of fourth for the FIFA Ballon d'Or in 2013. In 2015, UEFA ranked him as the best player ever not to have won the UEFA Champions League, while in 2019, FourFourTwo magazine named him the third-greatest player never to win the competition. In December 2014, Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter ranked him the second-greatest Swedish sportsperson ever, after tennis player Björn Borg. Off the field, Ibrahimović is known for his brash persona and outspoken comments, in addition to referring to himself in the third person.
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Biography from TMDB.
- October 3, 1981 (45)
- Malmö, Skåne län, Sweden
- Actor and writer
- 3 on MovieCove · 8 credits in all
Known for
What are Zlatan Ibrahimovic's films like?
Across their 9 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 7
Light 5 · Serious 2 · Dark 0
Grounded 4 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 0
Gentle 4 · Charged 3 · Intense 0
Steady 6 · Shifting 0 · Whiplash 1
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 1
Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 4 · Relentless 0
Casual 5 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 4 · Affecting 3 · Heavy 0
Resolved 6 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 1
Roles they play
- Mentoras Zlatan Ibrahimovic in The Soccer Football Movie (2022)
Moods and endings
- Happy6
- Ambiguous3
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Zlatan Ibrahimovic's films?
As of October 24, 2026, all 3 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (2).
Subscription and free streaming for Zlatan Ibrahimovic's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
8 credits, 3 with a MovieCove page; 42 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films
Tonight in Milan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
Midcredits score: 2nd percentile of all films
I Am Zlatan(2021)
Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films
Vita da Carlo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
Rondo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
The Last Game (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
Winner Stays (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
Career shape
Star power in the 74th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 8 titles from 2014 to 2023.
Film career
- 2022Screen debut· The Soccer Football Movie
- 2022First top-billed film· The Soccer Football Movie
How do Zlatan Ibrahimovic's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 14th percentile, the median of all 3; across their 7 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 65th percentile for acclaim.
- 25th to 49th1
- Below 25th2
Shape of the crowd
2 of their 3 titles are Mixed.
- Crowd Pleaser1
- Mixed2
Reviewers score the acting 52/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles; fans 75, detractors 29. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Zlatan Ibrahimovic work with?
People who share at least 2 of Zlatan Ibrahimovic's MovieCove titles; Elin Kamlert shares the most, 2.
- Elin KamlertShared titles: Zlatans näsa (2025), Becoming Zlatan ... (2015)See all 2 shared titles with Elin Kamlert
