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Zlatan Ibrahimovic has been Sweden’s best soccer player for many years.
Now the son Maximilian Ibrahimovic comes and follows in his father’s footsteps.
The 18-year-old now admits what it’s like to be the son of Zlatan himself.
Many consider that Zlatan Ibrahimovic is Sweden’s best soccer player of all time. That’s why it’s really big shoes to fill if you were born with Ibrahimovic as a surname, just ask Maximilian Ibrahimovic.
Zlatan’s son
The 18-year-old has followed his father’s football career through Europe’s big clubs and currently plays in AC Milan. This week, Maximilian made his debut in the Swedish national team when he had to represent the P18 national team at an international match in Spain.
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“Ibra junior” faces a very exciting future, but it has not always been easy to play football when you are the son of Zlatan.
– I hated football until I was eleven and thought it was the worst thing there was. I just hated it. Everything was wrong, I was always compared to my dad so it was just wrong. Then I found the love for the sport. When I turned twelve, I really started to like playing, says Ibrahimovic to Expressen.
“Not like dad”
Now Maximilian Ibrahimovic opens up about what it’s like to have Zlatan as a father and to always be forced to compare himself to him.
– I don’t think about it because we are very different. He is he and I am me and we don’t even play in the same position so there is not much to compare, he says to the evening newspaper.
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The father was a striker and goalscorer, while the son thrives best as a left winger. It’s also clear what kind of player Maximilian is when he gets to tell who his role models are.
– I love Neymar, Rafael Leao (now playing in Milan) and Ronaldinho. I like Leo. I get very starstruck when I see him, I don’t know him personally but we have trained together. The first time it was like being in a candy store when you saw him, but now it’s more like usual. Now I see it more as competition, he tells Aftonbladet.
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