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Minä, Zlatan Ibrahimovic (original 2011; edition 2012)

by David Lagercranz

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"This is the story of how a Swedish outsider rose from poverty to become a soccer 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 sports autobiography you have ever read"--… (more)
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Title:Minä, Zlatan Ibrahimovic
Authors:David Lagercranz
Info:WSOY 2012.
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I Am Zlatan: My Story On and Off the Field by Zlatan Ibrahimović (2011)

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Obviously there was a lot of fuzz about this book when it came out and it sold a lot of copies (unless I'm misremembering) ... but I can't recall that I heard anything about it once it was published. Did people like it? I mean, Zlatan fans probably did, but just random book readers? I have no idea.

I did like it, although I'd hardly consider myself a fan (though his recent stunt to support the World Food Programme certainly made me like him a lot more, as did this). Still, he's one of the most famous people in this country, so of course reading his biography was cool either way.

It's not written by Zlatan, but David Lagercrantz has done a great job in showing Z's voice through-out the book: at first the spoken language annoyed me, but honestly, that was the only way to write it. All the "you know what I mean", and "and do you know what happened next?" and other times where he addresses the reader makes it seems like you're just sitting around listening to Zlatan talk about his life rather than reading a book, and it was nice.

It's also a lot funnier than I expected it to be? Not only because an entire page is dedicated to a small pic of a pug eating pizza (though that is hilarious), but because a lot of the phrasing is just fun to read ("två Kalle Ankor från Aftonbladet" - I can't even translate that). And of course, the first half of the book is 90%: "Then they were upset with me because they thought I had done [Thing]. And sure, I had done [Thing], but still, rude" or "I was called into a meeting and you know how it goes, my first thought was: shit, did I steal a bike again?", which gets funnier the longer it goes on.

Zlatan kinda glosses over a lot of the bad stuff he's done, especially anything regarding physical violence, but he also does own up to it, and never pretends like he didn't fight someone (or steal bikes) or that it wasn't a bad thing, though he often makes it sounds like it's something just happened and not something he did. While I don't exactly love that, I also think that a lot of famous people have gotten away with a LOT worse with way less retribution.

You might enjoy this a little more if you're actually into football, since there's a lot of names and teams and leagues and whatnot that I just can't keep up with (I honestly had to text my brother to help him clarify a part of the book), but I'd still say it's one of the funnier biographies I've read. It gets repetetive, sure, but it's also part of the charm, as are the sidetracks: "When this was going on I was home playing video games. It was either this or that game, I can't remember, but they're both great games. Anyway ...", because it adds to that whole "you're not reading a book you're listening to someone telling you a story feel", and that's probably the book's biggest strenght. ( )
  upontheforemostship | Feb 22, 2023 |
Zlatan växte upp i Rosengård där fotboll snabbt blev en passion som var svår att inte tänka på nästan varje sekund. Det var ett sätt att spendera tiden men även ett sätt att vara någon, någon som stod ut i mängden. Tack vare talang och hård arbete tar han sig framgångsrikt upp bland lagen. Men där finns även motgång och kritik, inte bara på grund av hans bakgrund utan för hans tendens att snabbt brusa upp och hans vägran att vara någon annan än han själv.

Vi får följa honom genom åren där han går framgångsrikt från klubb till klubb men även hans popularitet hos svenska journalister som snabbt ger honom stereotypen som en bad boy. Han möter kritik efter kritik men oavsett vad som händer fortsätter han att framgångsrikt ta sig upp till listan på världens toppspelare medan han envist håller sig sann till sig själv.

Jag förstår mer och mer varför Zlatan är en nationell hjälte, och jag håller definitivt med. Hans drivkraft är en inspiration, speciellt för barn och unga i liknande arbetarklassförhållanden. Men samtidigt... det har fått mig att inse att jag aldrig kommer vilja kolla på herrfotboll igen. Hans ilska och rättfärdighet av toxisk manlighet. Att den är viktig och till och med nödvändig på plan. Boken bekräftar mer eller mindre det faktum att männen spelar ut löjligt mycket på plan och det blir mer om det än bara fotbollen. Jag förstår det inte.

Zlatan har åstadkommit mycket och medan jag kan hålla med om att han är en inspiration så är det svårt att verkligen gilla honom som person. ( )
  autisticluke | Nov 14, 2019 |
This is the story of how a Swedish outsider rose from poverty to become a soccer genius.
  JRCornell | Feb 5, 2019 |
Reading this book you could be forgiven thinking that he is a very self centred big head. There are lots of self references to how brilliant he was in very games and how fantastic his goals were. However, I think it becomes obvious that it is more a case of a deep self belief in his abilitu and he actually says tjese things as a matter of fact, ratjer than a boast. A very enjoyable book which gives a very interesting view of the life of a footballer and his agent ( )
  PIER50 | Jan 20, 2017 |
A book about Zlatan Ibrahimovic and his journey to becoming a professional football player. From a street boy to playing in the Champions League. From Malmö FF to Ajax, AC Milan and even FC Barcelona. Because the book is written in Zlatan's own words, it is possible for the reader to really empathize with his hardships, but also with his accomplishments. The life of a football player, or any other well-known profession, isn't always sunshine and rainbows.
In short, a well-written book which I can only praise.
  Galeru | Jun 22, 2016 |
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Zlatan Ibrahimovićprimary authorall editionscalculated
Lagercrantz, DavidAuthormain authorall editionsconfirmed
Butt, WolfgangÜbersetzersecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
de Boer, GeriTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Knudsen, SverreTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Nousiainen, MiikaKÄÄnt.secondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Okiyama, NaomiTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Urbom, RuthTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Wänblad, MatsNarratorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed

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Den här boken tillägnas min familj och mina vänner,
alla som har följt mig och funnits vid min sida,
goda dagar likväl som dåliga.
Jag vill även ägna alla barn där ute en tanke,
alla barn som känner sig lite udda och annorlunda,
som inte riktigt passar in och som blir sedda av fel anledningar.
Det är ok att inte vara som alla andra.
Fortsätt tro på er själva, det löste sig för mig trots allt.
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Pep Guardiola, tränaren i Barcelona, med sina gråa kostymer och grubblande miner, kom fram till mig och såg bekymrad ut.
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"This is the story of how a Swedish outsider rose from poverty to become a soccer 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 sports autobiography you have ever read"--

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