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I Am Zlatan: My Story On And Off The Field (2011)

by Zlatan Ibrahimović(Favorite Author)

3.86 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

130695357X (ISBN13: 9781306953573)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

Random House

review 1: رائع ... مع كل صفحة قرأتها ازداد احترامي لإبرا - لا أراه مغروراً كما يكتب عنه بل واثقا من نفسه - علي شجاعته، معاناته، إصراره وصراحته وعدم نفاقه . كنت أفضل أن يتم سيرته الذاتية بعد اعتزاله كرة القدم، ففترة، سان جيرمان، أظن أنها كانت جديرة بالذكر خاصة مع أهدافه التايكوندوية الآخيرة. نصيحة: النسخةالعربية تمت ترجمتهاأو تجميعها بشكل سيئ للأسف، ابحثواعن النسخة الإنجليزية أو بأي لغة آخري تتقنوها.
review 2: I received this book as a Goodreads First Reads Giv... moreeaway.Interestingly, I didn’t actually get this book for myself. I’m a casual soccer fan, only because my son is. Ibrahimovic is his favorite player, and has his jersey. I only knew the rough facts and accomplishments of this superstar. I did not expect much from his autobiography.I must admit that I was pleasantly surprised by how forthright and interesting the book truly is. Zlatan Ibrahimovic grew up in circumstances that I cannot relate to. His parents left their war-torn home, and became immigrants in a rough section of Sweden. He grew up different. Essentially, all his friends were thugs, and he was too. He also became enthralled with soccer tricks, and practiced them relentlessly. Both his attitude and his skills set him apart from the other kids in the Swedish soccer programs. He never fit in, and it disturbed him. He was completely naïve, and was taken advantage of by those he was supposed to trust. Those people were also different from him. Ultimately, his talent was undeniable, however.His career was turned around when he met an agent named Mino. Mino had a similar background, and the same thuggish tendencies. He would also tell Zlatan the truth about what he needed to do to attain his goals. He became a lifelong friend and confidant, and Ibrahimovic gives him a great deal of credit. He talks about his various coaches, and why he fit in some places and not others. His career was transformed by a few coaches, the first being at Juventus. “Step by step, I became who I am today, the one who comes out of a loss so seething with rage that nobody dares come near, and sure, that can seem negative. I frighten a lot of younger players. I yell and make noise. I have outbursts of rage. I’ve retained that attitude since Juventus and, just like Capello, I stopped caring about who people were. They could be called Zambrotta or Nedved, but if they didn’t give their all at practice, they’d hear about it. Capello didn’t just knock Ajax out of me. He made me into a guy who comes to a club and expects to win the league, no matter what, and that’s helped me a lot, no doubt about it. It transformed me as a soccer player.” (182) Later, he is also highly complimentary of Jose Mourinho.What makes Ibrahimovic so successful is this attitude that he is responsible for his own destiny, and others are against him. There are very few teammates like Maxwell that he has nothing but praise for. He is flashy, and unapologetic for his love of flashy cars or the mistakes he has made. The prose itself is as you would expect it to me. It reads as if he is dictating his life story, only organized a bit better by his editor. He is fairly insightful about himself and his shortcomings. He knows what has made him great, and who has helped him. After reading his book, he’s now my favorite player too. less

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