How much does Zlatan Ibrahimovic earn and what is the Sweden legend’s net worth?
Cameron Smith
- Updated: 2 May 2022 10:40 BST
- 6 min read
Zlatan Ibrahimovic is one of football’s biggest stars, and he knows it. The forward is one of the most outspoken characters in the sport, with his autobiography even called ‘I Am Zlatan.’ The Swedish legend often describes himself as a lion and his personality certainly divides opinion.
However, his talent can’t be denied. Ibrahimovic started his career in his native Sweden, playing for Malmo. He now has a statue outside their stadium, which was unveiled in 2019, but it has been vandalised by fans several times.
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After leaving Malmo, Ibrahimovic bounced around Europe’s biggest clubs. He has played for Ajax, Juventus, Inter, Barcelona, Milan, PSG, Manchester United and LA Galaxy, before returning for a second spell at Milan in 2020.
His combined transfer fees total up to over €170 million in his career, with his move to Barcelona a club record fee for the Blaugrana. Not only that, but they lost Samuel Eto’o in the deal and Ibrahimovic also fell out with manager Pep Guardiola. He did, however, win La Liga in his only season at the Camp Nou. That was one of 33 trophies Ibrahimovic won during his career, although the two Serie A titles he won at Juventus were revoked due to Calciopoli.
Ibrahimovic was also nominated for the Ballon d’Or 11 times, but never made the podium. His best ever finish in the award was fourth place in 2013, when he was at PSG.
With over 450 career goals, Ibrahimovic has had a truly illustrious career on the pitch, and it’s led to a very financially beneficial off-the-pitch lifestyle. FootballTransfers provides all the details below.
What is Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s net worth?
Ibrahimovic currently has a net worth of roughly $190 million. That equates to €180m or £151m in May 2022.
It’s a value that rivals anyone in world football, far exceeding the likes of Gareth Bale and Paul Pogba.
How much does Zlatan Ibrahimovic earn?
Ibrahimovic has played at some of the biggest and best teams in Europe across a hugely successful career and although Milan are no longer a huge force on the continent, he still earns an impressive wage.
He currently earns a net wage total of €7m per year at the club, the most of any player on their books. Ibrahimovic earns €135,000 per week. His salary per day is €19,200. He earns €800 per minute and €13.4 per second.
Back in 2017, during his time at Manchester United, Forbes estimated that Ibrahimovic’s salary per year was €25.5m, with a further €4.75m from endorsements. During that year, Forbes placed himself inside the top 100 celebrity earners and 30th for the highest-earning athletes.
As he's aged, his wage has decreased.
Who sponsors Zlatan Ibrahimovic?
Ibrahimovic was sponsored by Nike between 2004 and 2014, before switching to Adidas. However, he now wears Nike football boots again but isn’t sponsored by the sports brand.
He is an ambassador for car brand Volvo and has also advertised Nivea, Vitamin Well and Microsoft Xbox One. Ibrahimovic launched his own Vitamin Well drink ‘Vitamin Well Upgrade’ in 2015.
Ibrahimovic was also an ambassador for Visa’s 2018 World Cup advertising and has advertised Samsung as well.
What businesses does Zlatan Ibrahimovic have?
He launched his own sportswear brand A-Z, which stood for Amateur Zlatan, with Norwegian fashion brand Varner in 2016, but it shut down after two years. Another of his businesses shut down after two years, but this time it was a game called Zlatan Legends in collaboration with Swedish developer ISBIT Games in 2017. ISBIT shut down in 2019 ending the project.
Ibrahimovic also founded Zlatan Ibrahimovic Parfums with cosmetics company Amazing Brands Stockholm.
In 2019, he purchased a 50% stake in the Swedish branch of AEG, and as a result acquired 23.5% of the shares in Swedish side Hammarby. This brought criticism from fans of his former club Malmo.
He is partnered with food supplement company Dante SM and owns a 58% stake in holding company Cirooo. Ibrahimovic also opened a padel court in his native Sweden called Padel Zenter in 2018.
What are Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s cars and assets?
Ibrahimovic absolutely loves cars and the Swedish legend has amassed a hugely impressive collection over the years. Ibrahimovic has been pictured in multiple different supercar brands, with Ferrari, Lamborghini and Porsche three different cars he has at his disposal.
As an ambassador for Volvo, he was seen driving to Man Utd training in a XC90 model which costs a modest £52,000.
However, the rest of his collection are unsurprisingly expensive motors. Ibrahimovic treated himself for his 40th birthday, buying a Ferrari Sf90 Stradale, which is priced at £400,000. It is the company's first electric car.
He also bought a Ferrari Monza SP2 for a huge £1.4m as a present to himself for his 38th birthday. Ibrahimovic is one of only 499 owners of the model that goes from 0-60mph in 2.9 seconds. He’s also one of 400 Ferrari Enzo owners.
The forward has been pictured driving to Milan driving in a Lamborghini Urus, priced at £160,000. Ibrahimovic has also purchased a Porsche Spyder and a Maserati GranTurismo MC Stradale.
As someone who has played all over the world, Ibrahimovic reportedly owns several houses. It’s believed the forward has luxurious pads in Los Angeles, Paris, Manchester, Malmo and Milan.
What tattoos does Zlatan Ibrahimovic have?
Ibrahimovic reportedly has 14 tattoos on his upper body. Some examples of his tattoos include: the names of his two sons in Arabic and a Maori tribal symbol on his right arm, a grey koi fish on his left shoulder blade, and his mother’s name in Arabic on his left bicep.
His right wrist features the birthdays of his male relatives, with his left wrist features the birthdays of his female relatives.
The Swedish star also had temporary tattoos of 15 people suffering from hunger to draw attention to world famine in 2016.
How many followers does Zlatan Ibrahimovic have on social media?
As one of the most eccentric characters in the world of football, Ibrahimovich has unsurprisingly attracted a large social media audience.
With posts of training and matchday pictures, his day-to-day life and several gym videos, Ibrahimovic has a huge 53.2m followers on Instagram, at the time of writing, making him one of the most followed athletes on the platform.
It’s not quite the same story on Twitter as Ibrahimovic only has eight million followers on the app, although that is still a large number. He’s far more popular on Facebook, commanding a huge 39 million followers at the time of writing.
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