Zlatan Ibrahimovic

Qualities Evaluation

Zlatan IBRAHIMOVIC   (Sweden)

3 October 1981
Striker
1m95
95 Kg





Wikipedia
Zlatan Ibrahimović, born 3 October 1981, is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a striker for Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain and the Swedish national team for which he is captain.

Overall


He has all the qualities that have the greatest strikers, he channels the record, bears the PSG to the title, and scored a goal against England selection as World Press called "Goal of the Century."


Steadiness


Regularity
Since his second season with Inter milan (2007) he always scored more than 20 goals per season. His goal ratio / games played is 0.5 since his beginning among professionals.

Shape
Since last year, he scored 0.9 goals per game in championship so he is in great shape and he has scored 29 goals in the last season.



Offensive skills


Finishing
Like all great strikers, he has extraordinary qualities of finisher.

Heading ability
He does not score many headed goal but always takes precedence over his opponents in the air.

Long range shooting
His shot is very powerful and he scored a lot of free kicks and shots outside the box during his career.

Dribbling
He likes to provoke and dribble, he is very agile and very vivacious in this area. Young player, we have seen him eliminate five players and the goalkeeper during a game with Ajax Amsterdam.

Pass
He can play to his partner and give very good opportunities.

Creativity
I like to find spectacular solutions.

Pace
His play volume is limited, he often walks on the pitch and makes no effort defensively. But, his partners give him a lot of balls.

Call for the ball
He knows how to switch calls back to the goal or in the back of the defense that deceives his opponents with come and go calls.


Defensive skills


Pressing
He rarely puts pressure but when he does it, often gets the ball.

Tactics

Tactical thinking
With his experience, he kwows how to put his opponents in trouble.

Adaptability;
He does not fit very well with all game systems because he wants the team to play for him.


Mental


Experience
Very experienced player, he played in Italy when it was the best league in the world and has evolved a year at Barça.

Aggressiveness
He is very aggressive and does not hesitate to put physical impact to destabilize his opponents.

Team play
Now, he is playing more than before to the benifit of his partners.

Influence in the team
His reputation is perceived as a very individualistic and temperamental player. However, we can consider that he pushes his teammates to improve and always give their best on the pitch

Big games
He never shined during the final stages of the Champions League.

Assurance
He has a very strong self confidence and he is also wery proud of himself.

Physical

Speed
He is fast when once he's launched.

Acceleration
Not a key point for him.

Physical impact
He is probably the most powerful player in the world. We have never seen him being dominated physically by another player.

Stamina
He is enduring in the sense that he can play all games in a season, he is very rarely on the bench.

Fragility
He was injured in 2008 and 2009 but nothing serious for a while.