Zlatan Ibrahimovic: AC Milan striker back in Sweden squad for World Cup qualifiers after five years
ByReuters
Updated 16/03/2021 at 12:35 GMT
Zlatan Ibrahimovic has returned to the Sweden national team having retired from international football five years ago. Ibra has scored 14 goals in 14 Serie A appearances for AC Milan so far this season. Sweden take on Georgia and Kosovo in World Cup qualifiers at the end of March and also face Estonia in a friendly.
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Sweden's record goalscorer Zlatan Ibrahimovic has been named in coach Janne Andersson's squad for their upcoming World Cup qualifiers against Georgia and Kosovo, five years after the striker retired from the national team.
Ibrahimovic, 39, scored 62 goals in 116 internationals before quitting the team following their exit at the group stage of Euro 2016.
He opened the door to a return in a newspaper interview in November 2020, and coach Andersson flew to meet him in Milan to pave the way for his comeback, which was announced on Tuesday.
Andersson told reporters: "First and foremost, he is a very good football player, the best we have had in Sweden.
"It is of course very funny that he wants to come back.
In addition to what he can contribute on the pitch, he has incredible experience and can contribute it to other players in the team.
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