Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored his 500th club goal against Crotone in Serie A. The striker opened the scoring at 30 minutes into the first half and in the second half, at 65, he scored the second on his personal account against the last in the standings.
Ibrahimovic, 39, played throughout his 24-year career for nine teams in seven different leagues.
His beginnings were at Malmo in 1999, where he scored 18 goals and then moved to Ajax in 2001. In the Netherlands giant he spent three seasons in which he scored 48 goals, won two League titles and a Cup.
In 2004 he made the great leap to Juventus, a team in which he scored 26 goals in two seasons. After the scandal that broke out over the match fixing at Vecchia Signora, he arrived in Milan where he scored 66 goals in three seasons.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic reached 500 club goals. AP Photo
In 2009 he signed for Barcelona, was only one season and scored 22 goals for the Culé team.
He returned to Milan in 2010, scored 56 goals in the two seasons he spent before moving to PSG in 2012. He spent four years with the Parisian team in which he scored 156 goals and became an absolute idol of the team.
In 2016 he went to Manchester United, he spent only 18 months and scored 29 goals for the ‘Red Devils’.
The next step in Ibrahimovic’s career was in the MLS, more precisely in the LA Galaxy in 2018 where he managed to score 53 goals in two seasons.
In 2020 he returned to Milan and the first goal against Crotone was his 26th at this stage and his 82nd for Rossonero.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic is one of three active players to reach 500 club goals, the other two being Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi. In addition, he has 62 in the Swedish National Team.