You are right, Zlatan is a taekwondo black belt.

His debut for LA Galaxy was typical Zlatan. When he signed for them, he took out a full page newspaper advert that just said "Los Angeles, You're welcome". Also, Lebron James sent him a Jersey as a welcome and Zlatan signed it and sent it back.

Zlatan is probably the most unique player to ever do it, there's been nobody else like him. He had a reputation for being overrated in England due to not performing in the Champions League vs English clubs before he scored 4 goals against England in a friendly. The last of those 4 goals was the incredible overhead kick from 30+ yards out which you saw in this video. His taekwondo style combined with his massive frame made him unstoppable when he was on form. He's scored in each of the last 4 decades and won trophies in Italy, France, Spain, the Netherlands and England! An absolute legend of the game.

Another interesting fact. He has scored a goal through his career in every minute of a 90 minute game. That's one goal in the first minute, one goal in the 2nd minute, one goal in the 3rd minute and so on until 90th minute.

Zlatan... the man, the myth, the legend. Definitely my favourite scorer.

I've seen him play live once. His level of ball control is mesmerizing,

Zlatan is from Rosengård a place in Malmö Sweden famous for its poor living standards. Got the Black belt in Taekwondo. Started playing for Malmö then moved to Ajax, ( the goal where he dribbled past almost the entire team was hes last game for them after getting in a fight with another player in the team, this was hes 2nd goal in the match, when he scored the first no ajax fan celebrated however when he did that 2nd goal they couldent be quite anymore.) Almost the same with the bicycle kick from 30 + meters against England. Was hes 4th goal of the match and before the match english media had been shitting on Zlatan for being a overhyped player. lets just say he likes to shut the critics up.

this guy was not only a very good player, he was also a character. we hate him or we love him ^^ his phrase which stood out when he came to PSG "I came as a star, I leave as a legend"🤣🤣

You have to look up some of his quotes, they're fucking hilarious. Reporter "I heard it was your wife's birthday a few days ago. What did you get her? Zlatan "Zlatan's wife doesn't need anything. Zlatan's wife already has Zlatan" Then the following year Reporter "Did you get anything for your wife's birthday this year?" Zlatan "Yes, I gave her a signed Zlatan picture" 😂😂😂😂 Oh and when he signed with Manchester united towards the end of his career. Reporter "So how does it feel to sign with Man United?" Zlatan"Zlatan did not sign with Man united, Man United signed with Zlatan" 😂😂😂😂

Worth noting is that this video is like 10 years old. Zlatan had many seasons after this video scoring crazy goals, manu memorable ones that would have made it into a video like this. He's 500th goal for club and country comes to mind.

Zlatan is absolutely goated, find a compilation of his funny interviews, he is one of the single greatest personalities in sports history, beyond funny, one of the highest scoring, highest trophy winning footballers of modern times. Just a total legend

No, no one does anything even close to similar to Zlatan! I never really grew up in a football household, but he was one person that got me onto enjoying it

He played professional football as a striker till he was 41 years old and only retired last season. That's after 25 season when he made his debut back in 1999 at the age of 18 for Malmo FF in Sweden. Zlatan is the true definition of a football player with a real street mentality. He has zero fear and to him every match was basically survival of the fittest because of where he came from, which was a poor, dangerous town in Sweden where you had to be tough and be fearless to survive. That's why he's a taekwondo black belt because he has a real fighter's mentality that madehim so agile and strong and it gave him another thing to do besides just playing football

Yeah his father is bosnian while his mother is from Croatia they emigrated to Sweden before he was even born. He was a wild guy in football. To get more of his personality u could react to "Zlatan Ibrahimovic - Bad Boy ● Crazy Moments video from 6 yrs ago. Thank you!

You pronounce his name very well, and yes - it is Slavic. "Zlato" means gold, and "Zlatan" means golden, at least in Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian language.

has to be my fave player of all time. his skill, technique, arrogance... amazing. played in the top leagues (until that spell in the US Soccer league) for so long, even at that age. absolute beast of a player.

Sometimes you just have to sit back and admire human evolution at it's best....

Ibrahimovic has probably the most unorthodox finishing style in football. And he's crazy efficient with it. Size, flexibility and his taekwondo background combined are lethal. Not as unorthodox but if you want to see some of the most aesthetically pleasing kicks, check out a guy named Ricardo Quaresma

This woman is looking so good and is interested by Football, she's a real one

In my book, the most special and entertaining football player ever. Thanks for reacting!

Zlatan was a master in scoring goals, he is my idol sadly the times flies by he got retired 😢

He's as mad as a box of frogs. Ridiculous talent. His goal against my country (England) which is the overhead from about 30 yards, is the best goal I've ever seen.

You shuld read his book, " I am zlatan"

He's a natural with a football , when he cried as a baby his mother didn't give him a pacifier , she gave him a football

Zlatan Ibrahimovic has been my favorite football player ever since he joined Ajax in 2001. Such a unique player that we probably will never see anyone near his qualities ever. Hands down one of the best striker ever. Zlatan was born in Sweden with parents from the Balkans.

Yeah there are lots of fans that truly don't understand how fast a football is travelling especially when a player shoots for goal and they get angry at goalkeepers being 'too slow' to react

You should check out his debut performance in LA Galaxy (US soccer team), it was pretty wild. :) Literally has one of the best goals I have ever seen.

I'm willing to bet that if Zlatan was from either Brazil, France, Spain, or Argentina, he'd be a multiple Ballon d'Or winner.

He went all over the world, I'm glad we (Ajax) got him early on and see him grow into the world-class player he became. And I remember some goals from then wich should have been included but weren't even. Years Team Apps (Gls) 1999-2001 Malmö FF 40 (16) 2001-2004 Ajax 74 (35) 2004-2006 Juventus 70 (23) 2006-2009 Inter Milan 88 (57) 2009-2011 Barcelona 29 (16) 2010-2011 → AC Milan (loan) 29 (14) 2011-2012 AC Milan 32 (28) 2012-2016 Paris Saint-Germain 122 (113) 2016-2018 Manchester United 33 (17) 2018-2019 LA Galaxy 56 (52) 2020-2023 AC Milan 64 (34) Total 637 (405)

The way you prounance Zlatans name is as good it can get, you nailed it. Yes he has ablack belt in taekwondo. And he is also known for being the most hard hitting football player with those 124 km/h.

Being a Swede myself Zlatan has been the undisputed best player in the Swedish history and is, for sure among the top five int he world historically! Love your reactions! You should come and visit Sweden for sure . Am sure you like it :-) If so, drop me a note and I show you around and host you :) Cheers!

He does. he does taekwondo and has practice in muay thai several hours bcus of his love of kicking. Dude has crazy leg strengh. He's also strangley with his "god" attitude a rly cool guy, I've met him when a friend of mine father went hunting with him, he's really cool and nice. He just belives in himself 110%. Also thought it was cool he's a hunter as that something personal to me. He told me he's hunted in africa and stuff.

You need to watch George best incredible back in the day of real football. R.I.P george

my team is man united, he came when he was already pretty old and most people by that age would've been pretty done. but for a year (before injuries kicked in) he was our best player. really wish we had him when he was younger, under sir alex ferguson (our old manager). zlatan wouldve conquered england and europe with us if he'd come back then.

You have a brilliant presentation style and a winning smile - ever considered TV broadcasting?

On his prime he was an absolutely insane player, a very controversial figure in football on and off the pitch, as well

He will forever be a legend and one of the most legendary things he did involved LeBron. If you don't know the story of the jersey, search Zlatan LeBron jersey.

6ft5 and in his younger days he was quick too which is quite unique.

When you have done Zlatan and Messi you have to do the magican Ronaldinho. The greatest footballer that have walk on earth.

Zlatan interviews are the best, a lion among men, Zlatan will never be the GOT, but if I could choose one play as a striker on my team, Zlatan would be my first pick

In my time as a fan of the sport, never watched a footballer so tall and strong while being so incredibly agile other than Cristiano Ronaldo. While scoring at such a volume across Europe and having a marquee highlight every season. Even when he came to the US to play for a season or two, man has absolute natural talent even in the latter years.

You have to see Ronaldinho highlights as well. Pure art

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Anyone that speaks about themselves in the third person should be the best at what they do and Zlatan was Zlatan better than anyone else. 😂

He is the Chuck Norris of football due to his larger than life personality in the public. Urban dictionary defines the word "Zlatan" as 'To be insanely awesome at everything and for everyone, have a big ego for it, and be physically or verbally slick (basically, to be a boss man)'

Ibra scored some iconic goals using his martial arts training

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He was a tricks guy who happened to be able to dominate in an actual game as well.

I've heard that a few NFL football running backs took ballet in their spare time. Made me think of it cuz the martial arts thing with this guy

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He's a beast his footwork is amazing love the video protocol Stay motivated Dream big 1 mill on the way

His parents are Bosnian so you're right about his name, he grew up in a rough neighborhood and had a tough upbringing. He truly is one of the most eccentric and loveable people that make the world interesting to live in. A reaction to his interviews and one liners would be awesome because he often roasts the interviewers or says some pretty wild thing... he can come off as big headed and cocky sometimes but he's just one of those people who likes to say things for entertainment purposes, the world is so much better with Zlatans. Another thing he scored a lot of headers too which there weren't many on there, obviously being 6'5 he's a beast in the air too.

He scored goals no one else could've scored

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Zlatan reminds me a bit of Eric Cantona...

The martial arts make definite sense for football. Other sports too, I would think, because I can't think of many that don't require (or aren't enhanced by) coordination, agility, or flexibility. Not to mention concentration.

Madness that it didn't show his dribbling goal for Ajax. This is the youtube title: ICONIC IBRAHIMOVIC Solo Goal | Ajax - NAC Breda (22-08-2004) | Goal

That was just 11 minutes of over 30 years kicking balls..

Nice goals. Another player to look for, who played for Real Madrid - Roberto Carlos with some of the hardest shots and crazy free kick skills. 202km/h - 125mph., a record for quite some time.

you are so fucking well educated that you even know how to pronounce a slavic name its insane … the knowledge that you have is sooo impressive

I'm very pleased that KZfaq recommended me your channel. Very unice, diverse content. Interesting and we all learn something new. Also you are very smart young content creator, I like how you approuche topics. ✔️✔️

One of his kids play in the national team now.

It's quite uncommon for such a big strikers to be as technically gifted as Ibrahimovic was, I don't think you could say he was one of the greatest ever as his ego counts for a huge amount of his reputation. He was definitely world class standard for almost all of his career though.

I want to play football now! Just amazing!

He was at his best imo in Inter(Blue and black shirt). He had a real horsekick of a right foot then, but at the same time he started to score with his left foot. He scored freekicks and penalties and he still wanted to humiliate defenders with some dribbling back then.

This man is a Demi-god in Sweden.

I can't think of another player who does the same taekwondo kicks as he did. He was pretty unique. He was considered the Chuck Norris of football (at least over here in France). People kept making Chuck Norris-like jokes about him.

There really isnt someone else like Zlatan i would say. There are players that has scored more goals than Zlatan for sure but noone got this many spectacular goals. A fun fact about Zlatan is that he scored significally more goals during his latter half of the career which isnt very common. He played professional football for 22 years outside of Sweden.

He makes Ronaldo look like a teenager.

The leg dexterity from Taekwondo is extremely beneficial for football

Watch him fight dirty it’s something else 😂

you need to watch Zlatan cocky/savage moments now haha

His spacial awareness is insane.... he's like a cat

No other players like Zlatan. He is a Bosnian guy.

Zlatan was Swedens Chuck Norris in the memes.

You have to watch Zlatan Ibrahimovic - 805 milion names

This is the only KZfaq channel where I always watch the intro twice.

The book recommendation should be the biography of Zlatan it's a very interesting story the bookname is I am Zlatan.

He once called another player the best scorer in the premier league. When asked “even better than you?” He said you don’t compare humans to Lions. Im a Lion! 😂😂

Thank you for this reaction! I love genuine reactions, and not those fake over the top ones, or the ones who talk all the way through. You've got yourself a follower. ❤️ Edit: And you are right, he's Swedish (my city) but his dad is from Bosnia, and his mom from Croatia. Please check out his 30 top goals!

I`m from England We where playing Sweden in a friendly. I put 2 bets on @ 50p each for Zlatan to score first and England to win 4-2 or loose 4-2. He scored from the half way line to make it 4_2 to Sweden. First time I cheered at seeing England loose. I got £ 189

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He's played for like every relevant club almost haha

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He came up from poor family Immigrants from Bosnia. You have planty of videos on his history and how it made him what he is. Watch also compilation of Modric it's also story for a movie to be made. From War to best player in the world Croatian.

A boy that came from nothing with a mind already decided that he already was the best. Became a man then a Lion then a God 😉. You should look up Zlatans best quotes pretty entertaining 😊. Also he has a biography called I am Zlatan. There's a couple movies on him to but the book gives the best details on what he came from. Fun fact. The girl he once tried to steal a car from in his youth ended up becoming his wife 😁. There's no one like Zlatan theres only Zlatan

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"What a strange angle". This is Zlatan. "Any distance, any angle" and if need be upside down with his back to the goal....

Next time watch Eric Cantona

10:09 He could be Swedish with Slavic ancestry. Maybe one or both parents are from a Slavic country originally.

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ronaldino - differnt skill but amazing

Flexibility always helps!

some goals were actually recalled for dangerous play... 😅

Zlatan is the only athlete of any sport I’ve ever seen act overly cocky and have every right to act as such.

Well one of his mentors was the greatest Finnish players of all time: Jari Litmanen.

Zlatan might not have been the best football player...But his goals is something else, magical almost. to me he was more entertaining to watch then Messi and Ronaldo

Maybe try Roald Dahl for short stories. He is as macabre as macabre can get.

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