Year Zero: The making of Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Ajax, 2002/03)

Zlatan Ibrahimovic Ajax

As a player with 31 footballing honours, it's a strange quirk that Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s real breakthrough season was one that finished without a major trophy.

Throughout his career, the charismatic Swede has won the Eredivisie, Serie A, La Liga, Ligue 1 and most recently the Europa League. Yet he won just the season-opening Dutch Super Cup during the 2002/03 season; the year he truly made his name on the European scene.

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