I Am Zlatan Ibrahimovic - Softcover

Ibrahimovic, Zlatan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0241966833 ISBN 13: 9780241966839

Publisher: Penguin, 2013

Synopsis

I AM ZLATAN - the explosive, critically-acclaimed memoir of Manchester United star Zlatan Ibrahimovic, one of the world's most gifted and controversial footballers

'Why be a Fiat when you can be a Ferrari?'

Welcome to planet Zlatan. This is the story of how a Swedish immigrant rose from poverty to become a football genius.

In his own inimitable style, Zlatan recalls every struggle, every goal, and every training ground bust-up on his journey to dominate the world's top clubs, including Barcelona, PSG and now Manchester United.

Full of wicked one-liners and amazing stories, Zlatan lifts the lid on some of the biggest names in football, including Guardiola, Messi and his new manager, Jose Mourinho.

Moving, funny and totally frank, I am Zlatan is unlike any autobiography you have ever read.

'Wonderful - nothing less than a revelation. Ibrahimovic is the definitive modern sporting icon' - Matthew Syed

'The best sportsman's memoir since Andre Agassi... not just a bad boy's romp but the rise of a boy from the ghetto to the top of his profession and captain of his country. He is candid, funny and yes, wonderfully nuts' - The Times

'There's never a dull moment on Planet Zlatan. This is a snarling, fizzing, unrepentant firecracker of a book; if footballers' memoirs bore you, make an exception for this one' - Independent

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Review

The perfect antidote to the annihilating tedium of post-match interview cliché . . . downright compelling it is too (Telegraph)

He is skillful. He is outspoken. He is Zlatan (New York Times)

Wonderful. The best footballer's autobiography of recent years . . . and the bestselling European immigrant's tale since Zadie Smith'sWhite Teeth and Philip Roth's Portnoy's Complaint

(Simon Kuper Financial Times)

Extraordinary (Daily Mail)

A modern European fairy tale (New Statesman)

Terrific . . . Far more insightful than your typical memoir, Ibra'sbook tells his story of growing up as the son of immigrants in Sweden and pulls no punches when it comes to his opinions ofsome of the biggest names in the game (Sports Illustrated)

Eagerly awaited, not least because Ibra seems to be spoiling for a fight on every other page. 'Dynamite' said one Swedish reporter (Daily Mail)

It is so good. It is so bloody good . . . a futureclassic that will change Sweden . . . a masterpiece (Aftonbladet)

Good God, this is dynamite! (Sportbladet)

The story of Zlatan - from his days as an immigrantkid juggling a soccer ball so he won't get bullied to hisemergence as the genius player who scored the greatestgoal ever - is as compelling and fancy-footed as his game (Aleksandar Hemon, US Nat ional Book Awar d finalist and auth or of 'The Lazarus Project')

From the Back Cover

'Why be a Fiat, when you can be a Ferrari?'

Zlatan Ibrahimovic
Nickname: 'Ibracadabra'
Height: 6 ft 5 in.
Nationality: Sweden
Club Goals: 266
Club Games: 531
Trophies: 19
Transfer Fees: £150 million (world record)
Hobbies: Fast cars (Porsche Turbo), Snowmobile, Taekwondo (black belt)

Welcome to planet Zlatan. This is the story of how a Swedish immigrant rose from poverty to become a football genius.

In his own inimitable style, Zlatan recalls every struggle, every goal, and every training ground bust-up on his journey to dominate the world's top clubs, including Ajax, Juventus, Internazionale, Barcelona, Milan and Paris Saint-Germain.

Full of wicked one-liners and amazing stories, Zlatan lifts the lid on some of the biggest names in football, including Guardiola, Mourinho and Messi.

Moving, funny and totally frank, I am Zlatan is a remarkable story of genuine hardship and unimaginable success. It is unlike any autobiography you have ever read.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0241966833
• ISBN 13: 9780241966839
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 352