I Am Zlatan Ibrahimović (Swedish: Jag är Zlatan Ibrahimović) is an autobiography of the Swedish footballer Zlatan Ibrahimović, written alongside 1️⃣ the Swedish author David Lagercrantz and first published in Swedish in 2011 by Albert Bonniers Förlag. The book was commercially 1️⃣ successful, selling its first edition of 100,000 copies on its first day, and 800,000 by 2024. It was translated into 1️⃣ other languages, including a 2013 English translation by Ruth Urbom which was published by Penguin Books. A film based on 1️⃣ the book was released in Sweden in 2024, titled I Am Zlatan, directed by Jens Sjögren.

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Swedish footballer 1️⃣ Zlatan Ibrahimović tells his life story, starting from his upbringing in Rosengård, a mostly immigrant area of the southern city 1️⃣ of Malmö. His Bosniak father and Croat mother marry for residency permits and separate when he is two; his father 1️⃣ suffers from alcohol abuse and trauma from his family's suffering in the ongoing Bosnian War, while his mother is at 1️⃣ times violent. Segregated from mainstream Swedish society, he finds a way to integrate while a young footballer at Malmö FF, 1️⃣ while remaining self-conscious of his differences.[1]

In Ibrahimović's account of his one season at FC Barcelona (2009–10), he attacks manager Pep 1️⃣ Guardiola, whom he considers indirect, cowardly and inflexible.[1][2][3] He praises other managers from his career: Leo Beenhakker (AFC Ajax), Fabio 1️⃣ Capello (Juventus) and José Mourinho (Inter Milan), as well as his agent Mino Raiola.[4]

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