I am Zlatan Ibrahimovic

Zlatan Ibrahimovic

• Nickname: Ibracadabra
• Height: 6ft 5inches
• Nationality: Sweden
• Club goals: 268
• Club games: 535
• Trophies: 19
• Transfer fees: 150 million euros (world record)
• Hobbies: fast cars, fishing, hunting

Characters

• Zlatan Ibrahimovic - protagonist
• Helen - Girlfriend, Foil character
• Pep Guardiola - Antagonist, Barcelona Coach
• Marco van basten - player at Milan, world player of the year 1992, Static Character
• Thierry Henry - a friend at Barcelona, won world cup in 1998, Stock Character
• Kaka - world player of year in 2007, Milan and Madrid, Subordinate character

Characters

• Luciano Moggi - sporting director, Foil Character
• jose mourinho - a Manager, Static Character
• Ronaldinho - Brazilian player, world player of the year 2004-2005, Subordinate character

Setting

• Milan, Italy
• Paris, France
• Amsterdam, Netherlands
• Barcelona, Spain
• Grew up in Rosengard, Sweden and played for Malmo FC as a teenager
• parents divorced
• grew up in a harsh area

Plot Introduction

• Grew up in Sweden
• when Zlatan and his friends were younger they would steal bikes and cars just to get a thrill
• has divorced parents and mostly had to provide for himself
• mother stayed with him and his siblings while the father moved out
• was always getting into trouble with his parents and at school

Inciting Incident

• Started playing with the Malmo FC team
• began to mold his own style and skills
• started to take the sport more seriously and put all of his free time towards becoming professional
• instantly became a huge star on Malmo and in a couple years he was offered a contract from Ajax to play professionally

Rising Action

• after getting a taste for what playing professionally is like he jump around to a few different teams
• played for the Italian team Juventus as well he played with the Swedish national team
• playing with the Barcelona team Zlatan realized that even though everyone was astonishingly good they were controlled by Guardiola the coach
• He tested him and got into arguments with Guardiola because he was treating him with no respect

Climax

• decides to leave Barcelona
• did not want to deal with Guardiola and would way rather have a coach like Mourinho
• Zlatan Liked most of the players there but it still wouldn't be worth it
• he wanted to find a club that was distant from all the drama

Resolution

• he was offered a spot at the top team in France
• Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) has been one of the top teams in the world for years now
• so he accepted the offer
• he still plays in PSG and has no intention of leaving the team anytime soon

Theme

• this story about Zlatan Ibrahimovic proves that if you work hard enough you can do anything
• never let anyone get in your way when you want to achieve something
• its a remarkable story of genuine hardship and unimaginable success
• it is said to be unlike any autobiography you have ever read

Narration

• the story is told in a personal narration
• he tells a story about his life and the hardships and struggles he had to go through to reach his goal
• no one else tells the story other than the protagonist himself