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Son of Bosnian immigrants, he started playing football at the age of 10. He first started professional soccer with the Swedish club Malmö FF in the 99/ 00 season. During his stay at the club, Arsène Wenger tried to persuade him to join Arsenal but Malmö did not allow a transfer to occur.

Other than Wenger, Leo Beenhakker was also interested in Ibrahimovic after observing the striker practiced in Spain. Beenhakker went back to Amsterdam and on March 22, 2001, a deal between AjaxAmsterdamsche Football Club Ajax also referred to as Ajax Amsterdam AFC Ajax or simply Ajax is a football club from Amsterdam, the Netherlands. History Ajax is one of the top football clubs in the world. It is one of the "big three" clubs in the Netherlan and Malmö regarding Ibrahimovic's transfer to AmsterdamMunicipality of Amsterdam St Andrew's crosses are taken to represent these (though the crosses are even older than the motto). A popular tradition links the X's to the three threats to the city: Water, Fire and Pestilence. Alternate meanings: See Amsterda was announced and in JulyJuly is the seventh month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 31 days. July was renamed for Julius Caesar; previously, it was called Quintilis in Latin, since it was the fifth month in the Roman calendar which started in March. Because of its orig of the same year, he joined Ajax for €7.8 million.

Under manager Co Adriaanse , Ibrahimovic did not get much exposure. His fortune started to change with the arrival of Ronald KoemanRonald Koeman (born March 21 1963 in Groningen) is a former Dutch football player, paying as defender. In 1980 he started for FC Groningen, and after playing for Ajax Amsterdam, PSV Eindhoven and FC Barcelona he finished his career in Feyenoord Rotterdam.. Since Koeman's arrival, Ibrahimovic has consistently been chosen in Ajax's starting lineup.

Ibrahimovic was included in the Swedish national teamThe Sweden national football team Landslaget in Swedish) is controlled by the Swedish Football Association. Sweden has seen some success at the World Cup, finishing second when they hosted the tournament in 1958, and third twice: in 1950 and 1994. Their b that competed in the 2002 World CupThe 2002 Football World Cup was held in South Korea and Japan from May 31 to June 30. It was the 17th edition of the tournament. For the first time in history it was organised by two countries, and also for the first time it was not held in Europe or the in KoreaKorea is a formerly unified country, situated on the Korean Peninsula in north East Asia adjacent to China in the west and Russia in the north. When World War II ended in 1945, the country was divided into two: the Republic of Korea ( South Korea) and the and JapanJapan (, Nippon/Nihon literally "the origin of the sun") is a country in East Asia situated on a chain of islands east of the Asian continent on the western edge of the Pacific Ocean. The largest of these islands are, from north to south, Hokkaido , Honsh and has been a regular face in the national team since then.

On August 31, 2004, the final day of the summer transfer window , Ibrahimovic moved from Ajax to Juventus for a €16 million transfer fee.