I Am Zlatan Ibrahimović (Swedish: Jag är Zlatan Ibrahimović) is an autobiography of the Swedish footballer Zlatan Ibrahimović, written alongside 👄 the Swedish author David Lagercrantz and first published in Swedish in 2011 by Albert Bonniers Förlag. The book was commercially 👄 successful, selling its first edition of 100,000 copies on its first day, and 800,000 by 2024. It was translated into 👄 other languages, including a 2013 English translation by Ruth Urbom which was published by Penguin Books. A film based on 👄 the book was released in Sweden in 2024, titled I Am Zlatan, directed by Jens Sjögren.
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Swedish footballer 👄 Zlatan Ibrahimović tells his life story, starting from his upbringing in Rosengård, a mostly immigrant area of the southern city 👄 of Malmö. His Bosniak father and Croat mother marry for residency permits and separate when he is two; his father 👄 suffers from alcohol abuse and trauma from his family's suffering in the ongoing Bosnian War, while his mother is at 👄 times violent. Segregated from mainstream Swedish society, he finds a way to integrate while a young footballer at Malmö FF, 👄 while remaining self-conscious of his differences.[1]
In Ibrahimović's account of his one season at FC Barcelona (2009–10), he attacks manager Pep 👄 Guardiola, whom he considers indirect, cowardly and inflexible.[1][2][3] He praises other managers from his career: Leo Beenhakker (AFC Ajax), Fabio 👄 Capello (Juventus) and José Mourinho (Inter Milan), as well as his agent Mino Raiola.[4]
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