This autobiography, translated by David Lagercrantz, tells the story of a young swedish boy named Zlatan Ibrahimović who goes from rags to riches while playing the beautiful game of soccer. Throughout this book it shows the hard and vigorous challenges a young Zlatan faced growing up which lead him to become one of the most famous footballers or Swedish footballers in history. Zlatan started as a poor young boy who tended to be sort of a “hothead” with various anger issues in the slums of Malmo,
I Am Zlatan Ibrahimović is an auto-biography of the Swedish future football legend, Zlatan Ibrahimović. In this book, Zlatan tells his story of a young poor kid growing up in a tough council estate in Rosengard, Sweden, to become a mega star that played for the top teams of world football of all time. Moving on, Zlatan expressed the events of his life as a timeline. This timeline is divided to different parts of his life, in which he recalls each with its own events, goals, amazing stories, and every
Richest Celebrities-David Beckham David Beckham is a retired English soccer player. He is one of the wealthiest athletes and richest celebrities. The teams which he played are Real Madrid, Manchester United, Los Angeles Galaxy, Paris-Saint German and England national team. He was born on 2nd May 1975. His upbringing was in the Manchester football team. He moved from Manchester United to Real Madrid in 2003, since he moved he was the highest paid football player in the world. An OBE was received
Nike is one of the most respected brands out there. "Nike is so widespread across so many apparel and footwear categories, that right now I think their biggest competition is themselves," said by Ralph Parks who is the president of the 450-store Footaction chain. He also added that, "The brand is becoming bigger than life itself." Nike has been around for over 50 years, and according the Nike website, they got their name from the Greek goddess of victory, and it is pronounced "ny'-kee." Nike, like
made to the MLS. He brought the MLS attention with his signing, when they were trying to maintain relevance. His move across the pond stole headlines and got people interested in the MLS. If he was just another professional soccer player like Zlatan Ibrahimovic no one would have payed attention (Sappenfield). His background from other leagues in different countries also brought an international audience to the MLS. (Dewhurst) In Beckham’s introductory match against Chelsea, in which he only played
have put lots of effort and hard work into the footballer they are today. Secondly, there are lots of people dying in poorer countries but there are footballers who waste stupendous amounts of money of things they do not need such as footballer Zlatan Ibrahimovic, he
younger are determined as better and much more qualified. Though they have been constant exceptions to the ageism placed on players by the media, even shockingly some have become better despite exceeding the required age for them to expire like Zlatan Ibrahimović, gigs, Xavi, Pirlo and Buffon. These players have shamed their critics all who said their age will hinder their contributions. While ageism is commonly defined as discrimination from younger to older the reverse is also an existing form. Younger
year, FIFA puts one player on the cover that is a fan favorite. They also feature player-based advertisements that endorse the game. In an article by the New York Times, they detail how players such as Arsenal’s Alex Iwobi, Manchester United’s Zlatan Ibrahimovic, and NYC FC’s Andrea Pirlo play the game and sometimes use the game to learn new tricks in the game.These player endorsements have caused the net worth of FIFA to grow. As of 2017, the game has approached $850 million in revenue, and the game
The United States is seen as a dominant global power in many aspects such as politics, culture, and economics, and we see this same level of dominance in its global sports. The United States is “the only country that has four team sports dominating its internal sports culture – baseball, basketball, American football, and ice hockey”, whereas most countries would only have one (Blumberg 232). Despite the U.S. having this much prestige in these athletic pursuits, soccer, the world’s most dominant