Omoniyi Temidayo Raphael (born 19 December 1994), known professionally as Zlatan Ibile , is a Nigerian rapper and singer. He is the chief executive officer and founder of Zanku records. In 2014, he won the Airtel -sponsored One Mic talent show held in 2014, Abeokuta , Ogun State .
160-545: Towards the end of 2018, Raphael released a single titled "Zanku", with a new dance routine of the same name. On 3 November 2019, he released his debut studio album Zanku , an acronym for Zlatan Abeg No Kill Us. He named himself for Zlatan Ibrahimović , as he wanted to be a footballer. Omoniyi Temidayo Raphael was born and raised in Ikorodu , Lagos State but has family roots in Ijurin , Ekiti State . In 2011, he graduated with
320-475: A Notts County supporter, shipped out the black and white striped shirts to Turin. Juventus have worn the shirts ever since, considering the colours to be aggressive and powerful. Juventus's official emblem has undergone different and small modifications since the 1920s. The previous modification of the Juventus badge took place in 2004, when the emblem of the team changed to a black-and-white oval shield of
480-468: A brace in the team's 3–2 away victory over Roma, ending a successful month of October. November saw him score in consecutive games against BATE, in the Champions League, and Catania , in the league. Later in the month against Barcelona in another Champions League tie, Ibrahimović scored against his old club to equalise the game at 1–1. Barça eventually pulled away however with Xavi scoring
640-516: A group stage match against Rubin Kazan . Five days later, he scored twice in a 6–1 thrashing of Real Zaragoza , giving him a league-leading seven goals in seven league matches while sending Barcelona to the top of the table. On 7 November, however, he suffered a thigh injury that kept him out for three weeks. He returned to action in week 12 of the season against Real Madrid as a second-half substitute for Thierry Henry , and scored his eighth goal of
800-448: A world football transfer record fee , the early 1990s under Luigi Maifredi and subsequently Trapattoni once again also saw little success for Juventus, as they only managed to win the 1993 UEFA Cup final . [REDACTED] Marcello Lippi took over as Juventus manager at the start of the 1994–95 Serie A . His first season at the helm of the club was a successful one, as Juventus recorded their first Serie A championship title since
960-409: A 1–0 defeat against Torinese . In 1904, businessman Marco Ajmone-Marsan revived the finances of Juventus, making it possible to transfer the training field from piazza d'armi to the more appropriate Velodrome Umberto I. During this period, the team wore a pink and black kit. Juventus first won the 1905 Italian Football Championship while playing at their Velodrome Umberto I ground. By this time,
1120-463: A 2–0 victory against Napoli . With Inter Milan's win of the 2020–21 Serie A , Juventus's run of nine consecutive titles came to an end; the club managed to secure a fourth-place finish on the final day of the league, granting Juventus qualification to the following season's Champions League. In the 2021 Coppa Italia final , Juventus won their 14th title. On 28 May, Juventus sacked Pirlo from his managerial position, and announced Allegri's return to
1280-419: A 2–1 victory over French champions Lyon in his Champions League debut on 17 September 2002. He scored five Champions League goals overall as Ajax fell to Milan in the quarter-finals. Ibrahimović's profile rose when he scored an individual goal against NAC Breda on 22 August 2004 – a slaloming run past five opposition players which the commentator compared with Diego Maradona and Zinedine Zidane – that
1440-482: A 2–2 home draw with Lorient in their opening 2012–13 Ligue 1 match. He scored two goals in the first half to help PSG to a 2–1 win over Lille which was PSG's first Ligue 1 win after three successive draws in the first three league matches of the 2012–13 season. We haven't had a goalscorer like him in France for a long time. He is on a different planet to anyone else. — Jean-Pierre Papin on Ibrahimović In
1600-421: A Malmö club founded by Yugoslav immigrants, Malmö BI and briefly BK Flagg football clubs. As a child, his mother sometimes hit him on the head with a wooden spoon, which would often break. After she was arrested for handling stolen goods, social services intervened. Concerned with his divorced mother's ability to cope with five children, one of whom, Ibrahimović's half-sister, had a drug problem, at age nine he
1760-543: A PR Consultant ' Biesloaded '. He made this announcement with a picture of him and seven other people via his Instagram page. In May 2019, the EFCC arrested Raphael, Naira Marley and a few others in connection with an alleged case of internet fraud and money laundering. A few days later, he was released on administrative bail. In October 2020, during the EndSARS protest, Raphael released "Soro Soke" to express his concern over
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#17327904521531920-514: A black tie. The father of one of the players made the earliest shirts, but continual washing faded the colour so much that in 1903 the club sought to replace them. Juventus asked one of their team members, Englishman John Savage , if he had any contacts in England who could supply new shirts in a colour that would better withstand the elements. He had a friend who lived in Nottingham, who being
2080-434: A clean sweep of all five historical confederation trophies; an achievement that they revalidated with the title won in the 1999 UEFA Intertoto Cup after another successful era led by Marcello Lippi , becoming in addition, until 2022 , the only professional Italian club to have won every ongoing honour available to the first team and organised by a national or international football association . In December 2000, Juventus
2240-405: A five-year contract, for €46 million and the exchange of Eto'o (valued at €20 million) and loan of Alexander Hleb (with an option to purchase for a €10 million fee), with a €250 million release clause, making Ibrahimović worth €66 million. The Hleb deal, however, collapsed. Eventually, Ibrahimović cost Barcelona €69.884 million, which included other fees. As per
2400-620: A national diploma in business administration from Moshood Abiola Polytechnic . Raphael decided to pursue a career in music after graduating secondary school. When he was 19 years old, he won the Airtel -sponsored 2014 edition of "One Mic Campus Tour" music competition, which was held in Abeokuta , Ogun State . He gained recognition in the Nigerian music industry after releasing "My Body"—featuring Olamide —in 2017. In 2018, Lawrence Irabor, one of
2560-476: A new contract until June 2013; it was reported that this contract had made him the world's highest paid footballer. On 18 May 2008, Ibrahimović scored both goals in a 2–0 defeat of Parma on the final day of the 2007–08 Serie A season to give Inter a second consecutive Scudetto . Overall, he scored 17 goals in 26 league matches, and was named both Serie A Footballer of the Year and Serie A Foreign Footballer of
2720-477: A penalty which he won when fouled by Sébastien Squillaci , resulting in the Bastia defender's dismissal. On 4 October 2015, Ibrahimović scored both goals from penalty kicks in a 2–1 home win over Marseille to overtake Pauleta and become Paris Saint-Germain's all-time leading goalscorer with 110 goals in all official competitions. On 25 November, Ibrahimović captained PSG on his return to hometown club Malmö FF in
2880-585: A record of five consecutive Italian football championships and form the core of the Italy national football team during the Vittorio Pozzo era, including the 1934 FIFA World Cup winning squad, with star players like Raimundo Orsi , Luigi Bertolini , Giovanni Ferrari , and Luis Monti , among others. Juventus moved to the Stadio Comunale , but for the rest of the 1930s and the majority of
3040-461: A record tenth Coppa Italia , after beating Lazio 2–2 in the 2015 Coppa Italia final , for the domestic double. The club also beat Real Madrid 3–2 on aggregate in the semi-finals of the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League to face Barcelona in the 2015 UEFA Champions League final in Berlin for the first time since the 2002–03 UEFA Champions League . Juventus lost the final against Barcelona 3–1. In
3200-534: A reputation as one of the most promising forwards in Europe. He departed three years later to sign for Juventus before joining domestic rivals Inter Milan in 2006. At Inter Milan, he won three consecutive Serie A titles and his popularity experienced a significant increase. In the summer of 2009, he moved to Barcelona in one of the world's most expensive transfers . After just one season, he returned to Italy, signing for Inter's rival AC Milan . With them, he won
3360-508: A revocation of judgment pursuant to Article 39 of the Code of Sports Justice. Despite his remaining charges being cancelled without a new trial due to statute of limitations, the court confirmed that Moggi was actively involved in the sporting fraud, which was intended to favour Juventus and increase his own personal benefits according to La Gazzetta dello Sport . As did the Naples court in 2012,
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#17327904521533520-487: A strong, warrior type who knew he had to be very tough to survive. So he takes on fights all the time because he's always had to. But another part of him is vulnerable. He's a guy wounded by his upbringing, who uses all that to create strength for himself. In his position, 99 guys out of 100 would have gone under, but he used his anger to make himself better. He told me, ‘David, I need to be angry to play well’. When he played with middle-class kids he felt inferior because he wore
3680-428: A tight contest. Juventus won the title on the 37th matchday after beating Cagliari 2–0 and Milan losing to Inter 4–2. After a 3–1 win in the final matchday against Atalanta , Juventus became the first team to go the season unbeaten in the current 38-game format. In 2013–14 Serie A , Juventus won a third consecutive scudetto with a record 102 points and 33 wins. The title was the 30th official league championship in
3840-483: A two-and-a-half-season absence, Lippi returned to the club in 2001, following his replacement Carlo Ancelotti 's dismissal, signing big name players like Gianluigi Buffon , David Trezeguet , Pavel Nedvěd , and Lilian Thuram , helping the team to win the 2001–02 Serie A , which was their first since 1998, and confirmed themselves in the 2002–03 Serie A . Juventus were also part of the all Italian 2003 UEFA Champions League final but lost out to Milan on penalties after
4000-429: A type used by Italian ecclesiastics. It is divided in five vertical stripes: two white stripes and three black stripes, inside which are the following elements, while in its upper section the name of the society superimposed on a white convex section , over golden curvature (gold for honour). The white silhouette of a charging bull is in the lower section of the oval shield, superimposed on a black old French shield and
4160-571: A word." He scored his final goal for Barcelona in the 2010 Supercopa de España on 14 August in a 3–1 defeat against Sevilla, and on 25 August, he played his last match for the club against Milan for the Joan Gamper Trophy , after which he claimed to the media that his relationship with Guardiola had started deteriorating and that Guardiola had not spoken to him since February. In his autobiography I Am Zlatan , he states, "'It started well but then Messi started to talk. He wanted to play in
4320-584: A zebra, alongside the two golden stars with the club's name forming an arc above. Juventus unofficially won their 30th league title in 2011–12, but a dispute with the FIGC, which stripped Juventus of their 2004–05 title and did not assign them the 2005–06 title due to their involvement in the Calciopoli scandal, left their official total at 28; the club elected to wear no stars at all the following season . Juventus won their 30th title in 2013–14 and thus earned
4480-418: Is a pictogram composed by a stylised Black and White " J " which Agnelli said reflects "the Juventus way of living." Juventus was the first team in sports history to adopt a star as a symbol associated with any competition's triumph, who added one above their badge in 1958 to represent their tenth Italian Football Championship and Serie A title, and has since become popularized with other clubs as well. In
4640-557: Is called J. J is a cartoon-designed zebra, black and white stripes with golden edge piping on its body, golden shining eyes, and three golden stars on the front of its neck. J made its debut at Juventus Stadium on 12 September 2015. During its history, the club has acquired a number of nicknames, la Vecchia Signora (the Old Lady) being the best example. The "old" part of the nickname is a pun on Juventus which means "youth" in Latin. It
4800-437: Is regarded as one of the greatest strikers of all time and is one of the most decorated footballers in the world, having won 34 trophies in his career. He scored over 570 career goals , including more than 500 club goals, and scored in four consecutive decades between the 1990s and the 2020s. Ibrahimović began his career at Malmö FF in 1999, and signed for Ajax two years later, where he won two Eredivisie titles and gained
4960-560: Is the country's all-time leading goalscorer with 62 goals . He represented Sweden at the 2002 and 2006 FIFA World Cups , as well as the 2004 , 2008 , 2012 , and 2016 UEFA European Championships . He has been awarded Guldbollen ( the Golden Ball ), given to the Swedish player of the year, a record 12 times, including 10 consecutive from 2007 to 2016. Ibrahimović's 35-yard bicycle kick goal for Sweden against England won
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5120-463: Is widespread throughout the whole country and the Italian diaspora , making Juventus a symbol of anticampanilismo ("anti-parochialism") and italianità ("Italianness"). Juventus players have won eight Ballon d'Or awards, four of these in consecutive years (1982–1985, an overall joint record), among these Michel Platini as well as three of the five recipients with Italian nationality as
5280-442: The Calciopoli scandal. In July, Juventus was placed at the bottom of the league table and relegated to Serie B for the first time in its history. The club was also stripped of the 2004–05 Serie A title, while the 2005–06 Serie A winner, after a period sub judice , was declared to be third-placed Inter Milan. This remains a much debated and controversial issue, particularly due to Inter Milan's later revealed involvement,
5440-491: The scudetto in the 1971–72 Serie A , and followed through in the 1972–73 Serie A , with players like as Roberto Bettega , Franco Causio , and José Altafini breaking through. During the rest of the decade, they won the league thrice more, with defender Gaetano Scirea contributing significantly. The latter two success in Serie A was under Giovanni Trapattoni , who also led the club to their first ever major European title,
5600-579: The 1959–60 Juventus F.C. season , they beat Fiorentina to complete their first league and cup double , winning the 1959–60 Serie A and the 1960 Coppa Italia final . Boniperti retired in 1961 as the all-time top scorer at the club, with 182 goals in all competitions, a club record that stood for 45 years. During the rest of the decade, the club only won the 1966–67 Serie A . The 1970s saw Juventus further solidify their strong position in Italian football, and under former player Čestmír Vycpálek they won
5760-407: The 1976–77 UEFA Cup , and helped the club's domination continue on into the early part of the 1980s. [REDACTED] The club led under Trapattoni in the 1980s brought them the league title three more times by 1984. This meant Juventus had won 20 Italian league titles and were allowed to add a second golden star to their shirt, becoming the only Italian club to achieve this. Around this time,
5920-475: The 1985 Intercontinental Cup , the club also became the first and thus far the only in association football history to have won all five possible confederation competitions, an achievement that it revalidated with a sixth title won in the 1999 UEFA Intertoto Cup . With the exception of winning the closely contested 1985–86 Serie A , the rest of the 1980s were not very successful for the club. As well as having to contend with Diego Maradona 's Napoli , both of
6080-401: The 2007–08 Serie A , Juventus appointed Claudio Ranieri as manager. They finished in third place in their first season back in the top flight and qualified for the 2008–09 UEFA Champions League 's third qualifying round in the preliminary stages. Juventus reached the group stages, where they beat Real Madrid in both home and away legs, before losing in the knockout round to Chelsea . Ranieri
6240-400: The 2011–12 season , Ibrahimović scored Milan's first goal of a 2–2 home draw against Lazio . He scored his first Champions League goal of the season on 28 September in a 2–0 home win against Viktoria Plzeň , which was followed by another one on 19 October against BATE Borisov in another 2–0 home win. He continued with his solid performances as he scored in a 4–1 home win against Parma and
6400-479: The 2015–16 UEFA Champions League round of 16 first leg against Chelsea at home, Ibrahimović scored the opener in the 39th minute with a free kick to help his team win 2–1. This was Ibrahimović's 116th appearance in the Champions League, meaning that he overtook Carles Puyol to enter the competition's all-time top ten appearance makers . Four days later, Ibrahimović netted twice during the 4–1 home win over Reims, taking his tally up to 23 league goals; he also set up
6560-462: The 2016 Coppa Italia final , the club won the title for the 11th time and second straight win, becoming the first team in Italy's history to win Serie A and Coppa Italia doubles in back-to-back seasons. In the 2017 Coppa Italia final , Juventus won their 12th Coppa Italia title in a 2–0 win over Lazio, becoming the first team to win three consecutive titles. Four days later on 21 May, Juventus became
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6720-484: The 2018 Supercoppa Italiana , which was held in January 2019, Juventus and Milan, who were tied for Supercoppa Italiana wins with seven each, played against each other; Juventus won their eight title after beating Milan 1–0. In April 2019, Juventus secured their eighth consecutive Serie A title, further extending the all-time record of successive triumphs in the competition. Following Allegri's departure, Maurizio Sarri
6880-718: The 2022–23 Serie A in seventh place and qualified to the UEFA Europa Conference League with 62 points. However, on 28 July, UEFA ejected Juventus from its competitions for one year as the club violated a settlement agreement with UEFA signed in August 2022. The 2023–24 season was the first in which Juventus did not participate in UEFA competitions since 2011–12. Juventus have played in black and white striped shirts, with white shorts, sometimes black shorts since 1903. Originally, they played in pink shirts with
7040-465: The Calciopoli scandal which saw Juventus forcibly relegated, the two were the only Italian clubs to have never played below Serie A. Notably, the two sides are the first and the second most supported clubs in Italy and the rivalry has intensified since the later part of the 1990s; reaching its highest levels ever post- Calciopoli , with the return of Juventus to Serie A. The rivalry with AC Milan
7200-546: The Davido -assisted track "Osanle". In early 2019, he released "Glory" before being featured on Burna Boy 's "Killin Dem", a track from the latter's fourth studio album African Giant . Shortly afterwards, he was featured on Ceeza Milli's "Flenjo" and Naira Marley 's "Am I a Yahoo Boy". On 26 July 2019, Raphael announced he signed an endorsement deal with Coca-Cola . On January 1, 2020, Raphael took to his Instagram page to announce
7360-586: The Derby della Madonnina in Italy and Le Classique , the derby between Marseille and PSG. He scored both of PSG's goals (the first goal was from a backheel and the second was from a free kick) in the Ligue 1 Classique derby at the Stade Vélodrome on that day, with the match finishing 2–2. On 11 December 2012, he scored a hat-trick in a 4–0 away win against Valenciennes . In January 2013, Ibrahimović
7520-750: The Italian football league system . Founded in 1897 by a group of Torinese students, the club played in different grounds around the city, being the latter the Juventus Stadium . Nicknamed la Vecchia Signora ("the Old Lady"), it has won 36 official league titles , 15 Coppa Italia trophies and nine Italian Super Cups , being the record holder for all these competitions; they also hold two Intercontinental Cups , two European Cup / UEFA Champions Leagues , one European Cup Winners' Cup , three UEFA Cups (Italian record), two UEFA Super Cups and one UEFA Intertoto Cup (Italian record). Consequently,
7680-600: The Ligue 1 title after a 1–0 away win against Lyon , their third title and first since 1994. He ended the year as Ligue 1's top goalscorer with 30 goals, becoming the first player to reach that mark in the French top flight since Jean-Pierre Papin in the 1989–90 season . On 20 May, he was named as Ligue 1's Player of the Year by the Union nationale des footballeurs professionnels (UNFP) . Ibrahimović netted his first goal of
7840-623: The Serie A , and in the Champions League they reached the quarter-finals before being knocked out by eventual champions Liverpool . Near the end of the season, Juventus reportedly rejected a €70 million bid for him from Real Madrid , which was later revealed to be a publicity stunt initiated by Ibrahimović's agent , Mino Raiola , in order to increase his market value. At the end of his first season in Italy Ibrahimović
8000-641: The Supercopa de España , beating Athletic Bilbao 5–1 on aggregate. In his next competitive match, Barcelona won the 2009 UEFA Super Cup with a 1–0 win over Shakhtar Donetsk . In his third appearance, he scored his first goal in Barcelona's La Liga season opener against Sporting Gijón in a 3–0 win. Ibrahimović scored in his next four games, thus setting a team record as the only player ever to score in his first five league matches. On 20 October, he scored his first Champions League goal for Barcelona in
8160-490: The World Football Challenge on 23 July 2009 for negotiations with Barcelona, with his last match for Inter being against Chelsea . After Inter agreed terms with Eto'o and Barcelona with Ibrahimović, Barcelona announced Ibrahimović would arrive on 26 July 2009 and undergo a medical test on 27 July 2009. Ibrahimović passed his medical and was presented to a crowd of over 60,000 at Camp Nou . He signed
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#17327904521538320-467: The group stage of the 2015–16 Champions League . He scored the team's third goal in a 5–0 win, a result that confirmed PSG's qualification to the knockout stage of the competition. In scoring twice in PSG's 3–0 win over Nice on 4 December 2015, Ibrahimović beat Mustapha Dahleb 's previous record of 85 goals to become the club's all-time top goalscorer in the French first division. On 16 February 2016, in
8480-432: The previous season . For the 2016–17 season , Juventus re-designed their kit with a different take on the trademark black and white stripes. For the 2017–18 season , Juventus introduced the J shaped logo onto the kits. In September 2015, Juventus officially announced a new project called JKids for its junior supporters on its website. Along with this project, Juventus also introduced a new mascot to all its fans which
8640-428: The second leg 4–1 victory over Arsenal, in which he scored two goals away from home, the return leg of El Clásico against Madrid (which Barcelona won 2–0), and the next league match against Deportivo de La Coruña . He made his return as a substitute in the 82nd minute in a 0–0 away draw against Espanyol on 17 April. You bought a Ferrari, but you drive it like a Fiat. — Ibrahimović disparages how Guardiola
8800-454: The 11th player to score four times or more in a Champions League match. On 27 November, Ibrahimović made his 100th UEFA Champions League appearance, scoring the opening goal in a 2–1 win over Olympiacos at the Parc des Princes . On 16 March 2014, Ibrahimović scored both goals in a 2–0 win over Saint-Étienne to surpass Carlos Bianchi 's club record of 39 goals in a season. On 11 May, he
8960-436: The 1930s. Other nicknames include [la] Madama ( Piedmontese for Madam), i bianconeri ( lit. ' the black-and-whites ' ), le zebre ( lit. ' the zebras ' ) in reference to Juventus's colours. I gobbi ( lit. ' the hunchbacks ' ) is the nickname that is used to define Juventus supporters, but is also used sometimes for team's players. The most widely accepted origin of gobbi dates to
9120-598: The 1940s they were unable to recapture championship dominance. After the Second World War, Gianni Agnelli was appointed president. In the late 1940s and early 1950s, the club added two more league championships to its name, winning the 1949–50 Serie A under the management of Englishman Jesse Carver , and then repeating in the 1951–52 Serie A . For the 1957–58 Serie A , two new strikers, Welshman John Charles and Italian Argentine Omar Sívori , were signed to play alongside longtime member Giampiero Boniperti . In
9280-487: The 2004 championship (the sole being investigated) deemed regular and not fixed, Juventus being absolved as club in the ordinary justice proceedings, their renounce to the Italian civil courts appeal, which could have cleared the club's name and avoid relegation, after FIFA threatened to suspend the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) and barring all Italian clubs from international play, and
9440-404: The 2005–06 season, Juventus fans often got frustrated with him due to his anonymous presence in certain important games such as the Champions League defeat to Arsenal. Juventus were stripped of their last two Scudetti as part of the verdict from the Calciopoli scandal , and were relegated to Serie B . The new staff tried to persuade Ibrahimović and other top players to stay with Juventus, but
9600-720: The 2005–06 season, the Torinese side contested their home matches at Stadio delle Alpi, built for the 1990 FIFA World Cup, although in very rare circumstances the club played some home games in other stadia such as Renzo Barbera at Palermo, Dino Manuzzi in Cesena and the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza in Milan. In August 2006, Juventus returned to play in the Stadio Comunale, then known as Stadio Olimpico , after
9760-670: The 2013 FIFA Puskás Award and is considered one of the best goals of all time. He has scored other memorable goals, most notably in the European Championships . Ibrahimović was named in the FIFA FIFPro World XI in 2013 and the UEFA Team of the Year in 2007 , 2009 , 2013 , and 2014 . He finished at a peak of fourth for the FIFA Ballon d'Or in 2013 . In 2015, UEFA included him as one of
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#17327904521539920-619: The 2019–2021 budgets during the COVID-19 pandemic starting in November 2021. This was harsher than the point deduction recommended by the FIGC prosecutor, who said that in the standings Juventus "must now finish behind Roma, outside the European Cup area". The penalty caused an uproar and protests among Juventus supporters, who cancelled, or threatened to do so, their Sky Sport and DAZN subscriptions. Following Juventus's appeal,
10080-431: The 4–0 away win against Palermo, Ibrahimović took the lead of the goalscorers table as he scored a first-half hat-trick to take his tally up to 17 goals. He finished the season as Serie A top scorer with 28 goals in 32 matches. On 17 July 2012, Paris Saint-Germain confirmed that they had reached an agreement to acquire the sporting and economic rights of Ibrahimović from Milan, having already agreed personal terms with
10240-522: The European Cup, as more highly regarded players were brought into the fold in the form of Zinedine Zidane , Filippo Inzaghi , and Edgar Davids . At home, Juventus won the 1996–97 Serie A , successfully defended their title in the 1997–98 Serie A , won the 1996 UEFA Super Cup , and followed through with the 1996 Intercontinental Cup . Juventus reached two consecutive Champions League finals during this period but lost out to Borussia Dortmund and Real Madrid , respectively in 1997 and 1998. After
10400-475: The Inter book, the fee was €69.5 million, but part of the Inter fee (max 5% according to FIFA regulation) were deducted and distributed by Barcelona to youth and young professional clubs of Ibrahimović: Malmö FF and AFC Ajax as solidarity contribution . Ibrahimović started the 2009–10 season with his competitive debut for Barcelona on 23 August 2009 by assisting a Lionel Messi goal, leading them to
10560-517: The Matchday 12 win against Palermo to help Inter take the lead in the Serie A table by one point. In the next fixture, Ibrahimović provided the assist on the only goal in the Derby d'Italia match against Juventus at home, helping Inter to extend their league lead. Ibrahimović ended the 2008–09 Serie A season as the league's top goalscorer with 25 goals, helping Inter to another league title. He
10720-532: The Milanese clubs, A.C. Milan and Inter Milan , won Italian championships; Juventus achieved a double by winning the 1989–90 Coppa Italia and the 1990 UEFA Cup final under the guidance of former club legend Dino Zoff . In 1990, Juventus also moved into their new home, the Stadio delle Alpi , which was built for the 1990 FIFA World Cup . Despite the arrival of Italian star Roberto Baggio later that year for
10880-451: The Parc des Princes. He netted another hat-trick on 8 April as PSG reached the 2015 Coupe de France Final with a 4–1 win over Saint-Étienne, starting with a penalty for his 100th goal for the club. He ended the match with 102 career goals for PSG, second only to Pauleta . Three days later, he scored twice as PSG defeated Bastia 4–0 in the 2015 Coupe de la Ligue Final . The first goal was
11040-610: The Parco del Valentino and Parco Cittadella, their matches were held in the Piazza d'Armi Stadium until 1908, except in 1905 (the first year of the scudetto ) and in 1906, years in which they played at the Corso Re Umberto . From 1909 to 1922, Juventus played their internal competitions at Corso Sebastopoli Camp before moving the following year to Corso Marsiglia Camp, where they remained until 1933, winning four league titles. At
11200-443: The Serie A title in his debut season . In 2012, Ibrahimović joined Paris Saint-Germain , leading them to their first Ligue 1 title in 19 years and soon establishing himself as a leading figure in their dominance of French football . During his four-season stay in France, he won four consecutive Ligue 1 titles, numerous domestic cups, was the top scorer in Ligue 1 for three seasons and became PSG's all-time leading goalscorer at
11360-470: The Year . Ibrahimović started his third Inter season by winning the Supercoppa Italiana against Roma. After the regular and extra time had finished in a draw, the match went to a penalty shootout where he successfully converted his penalty attempt. He scored his team's only goal in the 2008–09 Serie A opening match against Sampdoria , which finished in a 1–1 draw. On 4 October, during
11520-507: The Year . His first goal of 2010 came on 14 February against Atlético Madrid . In his next appearance, Ibrahimović scored against Stuttgart in the first leg of their UEFA Champions League knockout stage fixture. He was sent off on 6 March in a league match against Almería , which Barcelona appealed to no avail, and he was suspended for one game. A calf strain during warmups before the next La Liga match following his return from suspension against Athletic Bilbao ruled Ibrahimović out of
11680-404: The all-time record of successive Coppa Italia titles. Juventus then secured their seventh consecutive Serie A title, extending the all-time record of successive triumphs in the competition. Juventus, eager to secure the Champions League title, signed Cristiano Ronaldo for £99.2 million from Real Madrid on 10 July 2018. In Italy, the signing was dubbed the "deal of the century." For Juventus,
11840-447: The alleged massacre of innocent youths at the 2020 Lekki shooting . Zlatan Ibrahimovi%C4%87 Zlatan Ibrahimović ( Swedish: [ˈslǎːtan ɪbraˈhǐːmʊvɪtɕ] , Bosnian: [zlǎtan ibraxǐːmoʋitɕ] ; born 3 October 1981) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a striker . Ibrahimović is known for his acrobatic strikes and volleys , technique, ball control, and physical dominance. He
12000-420: The ball had not crossed the line, and fans threw objects onto the pitch, disrupting play for ten minutes. On 11 March, Ibrahimović received a straight red card in a Champions League round of 16 match against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge , for a foul on Oscar . PSG drew 2–2 after extra time to qualify for the quarter-finals on away goals . Nine days later, he scored a hat-trick in a 3–0 win over Lorient at
12160-515: The best players that have not won the UEFA Champions League , while in 2019, FourFourTwo magazine named him the third-greatest player never to win the competition. In December 2014, Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter ranked him the second-greatest Swedish sportsperson ever, after tennis player Björn Borg . Off the field, Ibrahimović is known for his brash persona and outspoken comments, in addition to referring to himself in
12320-417: The campaign. He finished with 11 goals and 4 assists in Barcelona's first 15 league matches. Barcelona capped off 2009 by winning the 2009 FIFA Club World Cup against Estudiantes on 19 December 2009. Ibrahimović scored Barcelona's only goal in the 2009–10 Copa del Rey first leg match of the round of 16 in a 2–1 loss to Sevilla on 5 January 2010. On 20 January, he was selected in the 2009 UEFA Team of
12480-478: The charging bull is a symbol of the comune of Turin. There is also a black silhouette of a mural crown above the black spherical triangle's base. This is a reminiscence to Augusta Tourinorum, the old city of the Roman era which the present capital of Piedmont region is its cultural heiress. In January 2017, president Andrea Agnelli announced the change to the Juventus badge for a logotype . More specifically, it
12640-419: The club as manager after two years away from management on a four-year contract. During the three seasons that featured Ronaldo, the Champions League all-time top scorer, Juventus disappointingly failed to win the Champions League. Ronaldo left the club for Manchester United in late 2021. Although Allegri had considered the victory of the scudetto as a seasonal goal, Juventus reached another fourth place in
12800-432: The club colours had changed to black and white stripes, inspired by English side Notts County . There was a split at the club in 1906, after some of the staff considered moving Juve out of Turin. Alfred Dick , the club's president, was unhappy with this, and left with some prominent players to found FBC Torino , which in turn spawned the Derby della Mole . Juventus spent much of this period steadily rebuilding after
12960-403: The club when Milan defeated Auxerre in their first Champions League match of the season on 15 September. On 14 November, Ibrahimović scored in a 1–0 victory against his former club Inter in the Derby della Madonnina . On 20 November, he scored his seventh goal against Fiorentina in the 45th minute with an over-the-head bicycle kick , passing Alexandre Pato as the team's top goalscorer for
13120-539: The club's future defense core Giorgio Chiellini , remained to help the club return to Serie A, while youngsters from the Campionato Nazionale Primavera (youth team), such as Sebastian Giovinco and Claudio Marchisio , were integrated into the first team. Juventus won the Cadetti title (Serie B championship) despite starting with a points deduction and gained promotion straight back up to
13280-482: The club's history. They also achieved the semi-finals of 2013–14 UEFA Europa League , where they were eliminated at home against ten-man Benfica 's catenaccio , missing the 2014 UEFA Europa League final at the Juventus Stadium. In the 2014–15 Serie A , Massimiliano Allegri was appointed as manager, with whom Juventus won their 31st official title, making it a fourth-straight, as well as achieving
13440-537: The club's players were attracting considerable attention, and Paolo Rossi was named European Footballer of the Year following his contribution to Italy's victory in the 1982 FIFA World Cup , where he was named Player of the Tournament. Frenchman Michel Platini was awarded the European Footballer of the Year title for three years in a row in 1983, 1984 and 1985, which is a record. Juventus are
13600-421: The co-owner of Alleluyah Boiz Entertainment sign Raphael to their record label A.B.E. record when he heard the song Raphael sang with Olamide. Raphael gained further exposure following his collaboration with Chinko Ekun and Lil Kesh on the 2018 hit single "Able God". Shortly afterwards, he dropped "Zanku", a song that was accompanied by a dance routine of the same name. Towards the end of 2018, Raphael released
13760-653: The competition's group stage. Through their better goal difference over fourth-placed Maccabi Haifa , the team finished third and dropped down into the Europa League, in which they were defeated 2–1 by Sevilla after extra time at the Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium in the semi-final. On 28 November 2022, the entire board of directors resigned from their respective positions, Andrea Agnelli as president, Pavel Nedvěd as vice president, and Maurizio Arrivabene as CEO. Agnelli's presidency
13920-562: The country. Juventus is widely and especially popular throughout mainland Southern Italy, Sicily and Malta , leading the team to have one of the largest followings in its away matches, more than in Turin itself. Juventus have significant rivalries with two main clubs. Their traditional rivals are fellow Turin club Torino ; matches between the two sides are known as the Derby della Mole (Turin Derby). The rivalry dates back to 1906 as Torino
14080-587: The court commented that the developments and behavior of other clubs and executives were not investigated in depth. Once they exhausted their appeals in Italy's courts, both Moggi and Giraudo appealed to the European Court of Human Rights in March 2020; Giraudo's was accepted in September 2021. Juventus continued to present new appeals, which were declared inadmissible. After making their comeback for
14240-402: The decision had initially been reversed on 20 April 2023, but the club were given a new penalty, this time of ten points, on 22 May. Within the aforementioned FIGC's inquiry, on 29 May, Juventus proposed a plea bargain for their false accounting on staff salaries; the request was accepted one day later and Juventus only received a fine of €718,240 without any further penalty. Juventus finished
14400-487: The defender to fire the ball into the net. The goal was later named as Ligue 1's Goal of the Season , as chosen by the public. Four days later, Ibrahimović scored four goals in PSG's 5–0 away win against RSC Anderlecht in the Champions League; he scored the eighth-fastest hat-trick in the competition's history (completed in 19 minutes which included a bending 30-yard half-volley clocked at 93 miles per hour ), and became
14560-404: The end of 1933, they began to play at the new Stadio Benito Mussolini inaugurated for the 1934 World Championships . After the Second World War, the stadium was renamed as Stadio Comunale Vittorio Pozzo . Juventus played home matches at the ground for 57 years, a total of 890 league matches. The team continued to host training sessions at the stadium until July 2003. From 1990 until
14720-432: The end of the season. He signed a four-year deal immediately after successfully passing the medical examinations. Upon signing, Ibrahimović said, "This move gives me more adrenaline. I have moved here to win the Champions League with Milan. I want to win the double." Ibrahimović made his Milan debut in a 2–0 loss to Cesena on 11 September, in which he missed a penalty late in the match, and scored his first goals for
14880-433: The exception of the 2006–07 season , being managed by the industrial Agnelli family almost continuously since 1923. The relationship between the club and that dynasty is the oldest and longest in national sports , making Juventus one of the first professional sporting clubs ante litteram in the country, having established itself as a major force in the national stage since the 1930s and at confederation level since
15040-418: The field, was released on Netflix ; the other three episodes were released on 6 July 2018. On 25 November 2021, an eight-episode docu-series called All or Nothing: Juventus , which followed the club throughout the season , by spending time with the players behind the scenes both on and off the field, was released on Amazon Prime . After the first two years (1897 and 1898), during which Juventus played in
15200-465: The fifties, when the bianconeri wore a large jersey. When players ran on the field, the jersey, which had a laced opening at the chest, generated a bulge over the back (a sort of parachute effect), making the players look hunchbacked. The official anthem of Juventus is Juve (storia di un grande amore) , or Juve (story of a great love) in English, written by Alessandra Torre and Claudio Guidetti, in
15360-454: The first to win all three seasonal competitions organised by the Union of European Football Associations: the 1976–77 UEFA Cup (first Southern European side to do so), the 1983–84 Cup Winners' Cup and the 1984–85 European Champions' Cup . With successive triumphs in the 1984 European Super Cup and 1985 Intercontinental Cup , it became the first and thus far only in the world to complete
15520-514: The first and one of the only two clubs to have players from their club winning the award in four consecutive years. It was Platini who scored the winning goal in the 1985 European Cup final against Liverpool ; this was marred by the Heysel Stadium disaster , which changed European football. That year, Juventus became the first club in the history of European football to have won all three major UEFA competitions ; after their triumph in
15680-499: The first player representing Serie A, Omar Sívori , and the former member of the youth sector Paolo Rossi ; they have also won four FIFA World Player of the Year awards, with winners as Roberto Baggio and Zinedine Zidane , a national record and third and joint second highest overall, respectively, in the cited prizes. Finally, the club has also provided the most players to the Italy national team —mostly in official competitions in almost uninterrupted way since 1924—who often formed
15840-409: The first team to win six consecutive Serie A titles. In the 2017 UEFA Champions League final , their second Champions League final in three years, Juventus were defeated 1–4 by defending champions Real Madrid; the 2017 Turin stampede happened ten minutes before the end of the match. In the 2018 Coppa Italia final , Juventus won their 13th title and fourth in a row in a 4–0 win over Milan, extending
16000-515: The full 90 minutes as Inter won after extra time . He scored in his Serie A debut against Fiorentina on 9 September as Inter commenced the league with a 3–2 win at Stadio Artemio Franchi . Three days later, in his first Champions League appearance for Inter, Ibrahimović was not able to avoid the 1–0 away defeat to Sporting CP as Inter began their European campaign in the wrong way. Later, on 28 October, in his first " Derby della Madonnina " match against cross-town rivals Milan, Ibrahimović scored
16160-407: The game ended in a 0–0 draw. At the conclusion of the following season, Lippi was appointed as the Italy national team's head coach, bringing an end to one of the most fruitful managerial spells in Juventus's history. Fabio Capello was appointed as Juventus's coach in 2004 and led the club to two more consecutive Serie A first places. In May 2006, Juventus emerged as one of the five clubs linked to
16320-463: The goals of Edinson Cavani and Gregory van der Wiel . Juventus FC Juventus Football Club (from Latin : iuventūs , 'youth'; Italian pronunciation: [juˈvɛntus] ), commonly known as Juventus or colloquially as Juve ( pronounced [ˈjuːve] ), is an Italian professional football club based in Turin , Piedmont , who compete in Serie A , the top tier of
16480-620: The group that led the Azzurri squad to international success, most importantly in the 1934 , 1982 and 2006 FIFA World Cups . Juventus was founded as Sport-Club Juventus in late 1897 by pupils from the Massimo d'Azeglio Lyceum school in Turin, among them Eugenio Canfari and Enrico Canfari . It was renamed as Foot-Ball Club Juventus two years later. The club joined the 1900 Italian Football Championship . Juventus played their first Italian Football Championship match on 11 March 1900 in
16640-403: The launch of his record label 'Zanku Records' with no artists unveiled. Down to February 25, he celebrated his birthday while he announced the numbers and names of acts he signed. He listed three artists named: Papisnoop, Oberz and Jamopyper, he also announced the official signing of a Videographer/Cinematographer named Visionary Pictures, his Manager 'Manager Jiggy', his Music Producer Rexxie and
16800-493: The league and were relegated to the second division, but returned to the top flight the next season. Arsène Wenger unsuccessfully tried to persuade Ibrahimović to join Arsenal , while Leo Beenhakker (the technical director of Ajax ) also expressed interest in the player after watching him in a friendly against Norwegian side Moss FK . On 22 March 2001, a deal between Ajax and Malmö regarding Ibrahimović's transfer to Amsterdam
16960-399: The league. After losing 4–2 after extra time to Inter Milan in the 2022 Coppa Italia final , the 2021–22 Juventus F.C. season marked the first season since 2010–11 in which the club had not won a trophy. In the 2022–23 season , Juventus had one victory and five defeats in their Champions League group, achieving their worst-ever score (3 points) and their greatest-ever number of losses in
17120-471: The lost scudetti in exchange for Juventus dropping the lawsuit. In September 2015, the Supreme Court released a 150-page document that explained its final ruling of the case, based on the controversial 2006 sports ruling, which did not take in consideration the other clubs involved because they could not be put on trial due to the statute of limitations, and it would be necessary to request and open
17280-449: The match against Bologna at home which Inter won 2–1, Ibrahimović scored a sensational goal, stunning Francesco Antonioli with an irresistible backheeled shot from Adriano 's left-wing cross. The goal was later voted Goal of the Year in Serie A. On 19 October 2008, Ibrahimović continued with his solid performances by scoring twice in an impressive 4–0 win at Roma, taking his tally up to five league goals. He then scored another double in
17440-534: The match, he was compared to Milan legend Marco van Basten by both the media and Van Basten himself. Ibrahimović received a three-match ban after being shown a red card in a 1–1 home draw against Bari in March 2011 for punching Bari defender Marco Rossi in the stomach. An additional three-match ban was given to Ibrahimović in February 2012 in a 2–1 home defeat against Fiorentina for swearing at an assistant referee . Ibrahimović stated in his defence that he
17600-461: The mid-1970s, and becoming, in a nearly stable basis, one of the top-ten wealthiest in world football in terms of value , revenue and profit since the mid-1990s, being listed on the Borsa Italiana since 2001. Under the management of Giovanni Trapattoni , the club won 13 trophies in the ten years before 1986, including six league titles and five international tournaments, and became
17760-428: The mid-1980s, as well as the 1995 Coppa Italia final . The crop of players during this period featured Ciro Ferrara , Roberto Baggio , Gianluca Vialli , and a young Alessandro Del Piero . Lippi led Juventus to the 1995 Supercoppa Italiana and the 1995–96 UEFA Champions League , beating Ajax on penalties after a 1–1 draw in which Fabrizio Ravanelli scored for Juventus. The club did not rest long after winning
17920-404: The middle, not on the wing, so the system changed from 4–3–3 to 4–5–1. I was sacrificed and no longer had the freedom on the pitch I need to succeed." On 28 August 2010, AC Milan announced via their official website that they had signed Ibrahimović for the 2010–11 season . He was loaned out to Milan for the season, with the club having the option to purchase him outright for €24 million at
18080-434: The most for an Italian team in both cases and joint second overall in the last cited. Founded with the name of Sport-Club Juventus, initially as an athletics club , it is the second oldest of its kind still active in the country after Genoa 's football section (1893) and has competed every season of the premier club division (reformulated in different formats until the Serie A inception in 1929) since its debut in 1900 with
18240-501: The most supported football clubs in the world, with over 300 million supporters (41 million in Europe alone), particularly in the Mediterranean countries to which a large number of Italian diaspora have emigrated. The Torinese side has fan clubs branches across the globe. Demand for Juventus tickets in occasional home games held away from Turin is high, suggesting that Juventus have stronger support in other parts of
18400-449: The motivations, such as sentimento popolare (people's feelings), and the newly created ad-hoc rule used to relegate the club. Many key players left following their relegation to Serie B, including Thuram, star striker Zlatan Ibrahimović , midfielders Emerson and Patrick Vieira , and defensive stalwarts Fabio Cannavaro and Gianluca Zambrotta ; other big name players, such as Del Piero, Buffon, Trezeguet, and Nedvěd, as well as
18560-610: The opening 2012–13 Champions League Group A match against Dynamo Kyiv on 18 September 2012, Ibrahimović scored his sixth goal in only his fifth appearance for Carlo Ancelotti 's side through a penalty. He thus became the first man to score for six clubs in the UEFA Champions League. On 8 October, Ibrahimović became only the third player (after Ronaldinho and Laurent Blanc ) to have played in El Clásico in Spain,
18720-414: The past, the convex section of the emblem had a blue colour (another symbol of Turin) and it was concave in shape. The old French shield and the mural crown, also in the lower section of the emblem, had a considerably greater size. The two "Golden Stars for Sport Excellence" were located above the convex and concave section of Juventus's emblem. During the 1980s, the club emblem was the blurred silhouette of
18880-434: The player and his agent were adamant to move on, with Raiola threatening legal action in order to extricate Ibrahimović from his contract. On 10 August 2006, Ibrahimović completed a €24.8 million move to Inter Milan , signing a four-year deal. Ibrahimović said that he had supported Inter when he was young. Ibrahimović made his debut for Inter on 26 August 2006 against Roma in the 2006 Supercoppa Italiana , playing
19040-439: The record of scoring in the most consecutive Serie A matches (11). On 8 August 2020, Sarri was sacked from his managerial position, one day after Juventus were eliminated from the 2019–20 UEFA Champions League by Lyon . On the same day, former player Andrea Pirlo was announced as the new coach, signing a two-year contract. In the 2020 Supercoppa Italiana , which was held in January 2021, Juventus won their ninth title after
19200-404: The restructuring of the stadium for the 2006 Winter Olympics onward. In November 2008, Juventus announced that they would invest around €120 million to build a new ground, the Juventus Stadium, on the site of delle Alpi. Unlike the old ground, there is not a running track and instead the pitch is only 7.5 metres away from the stands. The capacity is 41,507. Work began during spring 2009 and
19360-400: The results of Calciopoli trials connected to the 2006 scandal. When former general manager Luciano Moggi 's conviction in criminal court in connection with the scandal was partially written off by the Supreme Court in March 2015, the club sued the FIGC for €443 million for damages caused by their 2006 relegation. Then-FIGC president Carlo Tavecchio offered to discuss reinstatement of
19520-496: The right to wear their third star, but Agnelli stated that the club suspended the use of the stars until another team wins their 20th championship, having the right to wear two stars "to emphasise the difference". For the 2015–16 season , Juventus reintroduced the stars and added the third star to their jersey as well with new kit manufacturers Adidas , in addition to the Coppa Italia badge for winning their tenth Coppa Italia
19680-554: The season on 31 August 2013, scoring deep into stoppage time as PSG recorded a 2–0 victory over Guingamp . On 24 September, it was announced that Ibrahimović had extended his contract with PSG, which would see him stay at the club until 2016. A week later on 2 October, the Swede scored twice as PSG ran out 3–0 winners over Benfica in a Champions League group match . On 19 October, he scored two goals in PSG's 4–0 win over Bastia , one an audacious volleyed back heel as he reached behind
19840-478: The season. In the first league match of the season, Ibrahimović scored twice but also missed an open net and had a penalty saved as PSG drew 2–2 with Reims . Ibrahimović scored his first league hat-trick of the season in a match against Saint-Étienne on 31 August. In the quarter-finals of the Coupe de la Ligue on 13 January 2015, Ibrahimović scored the only goal to win away at Saint-Étienne. The home team argued that
20000-508: The season. On 4 December 2010, in a game against Brescia , he assisted Kevin-Prince Boateng to give Milan an early lead and then scored the third goal by a powerful shot near the edge of the penalty box to give Milan a 3–0 win. On 12 December 2010, history repeated itself in the game against Bologna after he assisted Boateng to give Milan an early lead once again and scoring later that match to make it 3–0, leading him to 13 goals with 8 assists in 21 matches in all competitions. Within days of
20160-450: The second goal came from a backheel . On 5 February 2012 in a match against Napoli , he was shown a red card for slapping Salvatore Aronica in an off-the-ball incident, and was given yet another three-match ban from Serie A games. On 15 February, in the first leg of the Champions League's round of 16 , Ibrahimović set up both of Robinho 's goals and also scored by a spot kick, thus helping Milan win 4–0 over Arsenal. On 3 March, during
20320-472: The side leads the historical Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio (FIGC) classification, whilst on the international stage the club occupies the sixth position in Europe and the twelfth in the world for most confederation titles won with eleven trophies, as well as the fourth in the all-time Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) competitions ranking, having obtained the highest coefficient score during seven seasons since its introduction in 1979,
20480-404: The signing of Ronaldo went beyond football—it represented a step toward elevating the club's status as a global business. Deloitte ranked the world's richest clubs earlier in the year and Juventus ranked 10th; by leveraging Ronaldo's massive social media following and commercial appeal, the club expected to close the financial gap with the likes of Real Madrid, Barcelona, and Manchester United. In
20640-586: The sixth place in the league table at the end of January 2010, leading to the dismissal of Ferrara and the naming of Alberto Zaccheroni as caretaker manager. Zaccheroni could not help the side improve, as Juventus finished the season in seventh place in Serie A. For the 2010–11 Serie A , Jean-Claude Blanc was replaced by Andrea Agnelli as the club's president. Agnelli's first action was to replace Zaccheroni and director of sport Alessio Secco with Sampdoria manager Luigi Delneri and director of sport Giuseppe Marotta . Delneri failed to improve their fortunes and
20800-559: The split, surviving the First World War. In 1913, Juventus was relegated to the second division after ended in last place , but after pressure made by their executives to the Italian Federation, it was decided to increase the number of teams in the following season, that permitted Juventus to remain in the top league. In 1922, a new stadium was inaugurated and, a year later, FIAT vice president Edoardo Agnelli
20960-554: The stadium was opened on 8 September 2011, ahead of the start of the 2011–12 season. Since 1 July 2017, the Juventus Stadium is known commercially as the Allianz Stadium of Turin until 30 June 2030. Juventus is the most-supported football club in Italy, with over 12 million fans or tifosi , which represent approximately 34% of the total Italian football fans according to a research published in September 2016 by Italian research agency Demos & Pi, as well as one of
21120-399: The striker, for a transfer fee of €20 million. Valued at €180 million, these combined fees eclipsed those commanded by Nicolas Anelka . His three-year contract would see him receive a net annual salary of €14 million including bonuses (which would be €2 million more than what he was earning per year just before he left Milan), and make him the second best paid footballer in
21280-578: The third Inter goal of the match and also his third league goal of the season in a 4–3 thriller win. In his first season at the club, Ibrahimović top scored for Inter in Serie A with 15 goals, as the team won the Scudetto with a record 97 points. Ibrahimović played his 100th Serie A match on 16 September 2007 at the San Siro against Catania , where he appeared as a second-half substitute for Hernán Crespo in an eventual 2–0 win. In 2007, he signed
21440-457: The third person . I put up photos of Ronaldo in my room. Ronaldo was the man. He was what I wanted to be, a guy who made a difference. [...] Ronaldo was my hero and I studied him online and tried to take in his movements, and I thought I was getting to be an awesome player. — From his autobiography, I Am Zlatan Ibrahimović . Ibrahimović was born in Malmö , Sweden, on 3 October 1981. He
21600-463: The time. In 2016, he joined Manchester United on a free transfer , winning several trophies in his only full season with the club. Ibrahimović joined American club LA Galaxy in 2018 and rejoined Milan in 2020, winning his fifth Serie A title in 2022. Ibrahimović is one of eleven players to have made 100 or more appearances for the Swedish national team , over a 20-year international career. He
21760-425: The top division, with Del Piero claiming the top scorer award with 21 goals, as league winners after the 2006–07 Serie B season. As early as 2010, when many other clubs were implicated and Inter Milan, Livorno , and Milan liable of direct Article 6 violations in the 2011 Palazzi Report, Juventus considered challenging the stripping of their scudetto from 2006 and the non-assignment of the 2005 title, dependent on
21920-479: The version of the singer and musician Paolo Belli composed in 2007. In 2016, a documentary film called Black and White Stripes: The Juventus Story was produced by the La Villa brothers about Juventus. On 16 February 2018, the first three episodes of a docu-series called First Team: Juventus , which followed the club throughout the season , by spending time with the players behind the scenes both on and off
22080-488: The winning goal to make it 3–2 at the San Siro. He ended November with a brace against Chievo , the first of those tallies brought his Serie A career total to 100 goals. In December, Ibrahimović scored a goal in each of five Serie A games. As 2012 started, he scored against Atalanta converting a penalty kick . He was the top goalscorer of Serie A, with 14 goals in 16 appearances following a brace against Novara , of which
22240-472: The world behind Samuel Eto'o. The following day, Ibrahimović signed the contract and made the following statement during the press conference: "It is a big step in my career and another dream come true. I am very happy because it is a project that I want to be involved in. I want to be part of the history of the club. I am here to win and nothing else." Ibrahimović scored twice in the second half for PSG to help them rally from 2–0 down at half-time to salvage
22400-530: The wrong clothes and had no money, so he said to himself ‘One day I'll show them!’ That became his motivation. While in his early teens, Ibrahimović was a regular for his hometown club Malmö FF . At the age of 15, he was close to quitting his football career, in favour of working at the docks in Malmö, but his manager convinced him to continue playing. As a boy, his hero was Brazilian forward Ronaldo . An avid viewer of Italian football , another player he admired
22560-424: Was talking to himself in frustration. He won his first Scudetto with Milan after a draw against Roma. All agreements between Milan and Barcelona were confirmed on 18 June 2011. Ibrahimović started the new season on 6 August in the 2011 Supercoppa Italiana against city rivals Inter, where he scored the first goal of a 2–1 comeback victory to clinch the first trophy of the season. In the opening league match of
22720-409: Was also named both Footballer of the Year and Foreign Footballer of the Year for the second consecutive season. I was probably with the best team in history. Their football was beautiful. When I prepared for a game, I knew I had won even before we started. I looked at the players around me and saw Messi and Iniesta and Xavi and Puyol and Piqué and Dani Alves and Busquets . Unbelievable! It
22880-455: Was announced, and in July, Ibrahimović officially joined Ajax for 80 million Swedish kronor (€8.7 million). Ibrahimović received little playing time under manager Co Adriaanse , but when Adriaanse was sacked on 29 November 2001, new coach Ronald Koeman inserted Ibrahimović into the starting lineup as Ajax won the 2001–02 Eredivisie title. The next season, Ibrahimović scored twice in
23040-400: Was appointed manager of the club ahead of the 2019–20 Juventus F.C. season . Juventus were confirmed 2019–20 Serie A champions, reaching an unprecedented milestone of nine consecutive league titles. Ronaldo was imperative to Juventus' continuation of domestic success; notable achievements include him reaching 100 goals in Serie A quicker than anyone in the league's history. He also equalled
23200-422: Was born to a Muslim Bosniak father, Šefik Ibrahimović, who emigrated to Sweden in 1977, and a Catholic Croat mother, Jurka Gravić, who also emigrated to Sweden where the couple first met. Ibrahimović identifies with his mother's faith and considers himself a devout Catholic Christian . He began playing football at the age of six, after receiving a pair of football boots. He alternated between FBK Balkan ,
23360-545: Was derived from the age of the Juventus star players towards the middle of the 1930s. The "lady" part of the nickname is how fans of the club affectionately referred to it before the 1930s. The club is also nicknamed la Fidanzata d'Italia ( lit. ' the Girlfriend of Italy ' ), because over the years it has received a high level of support from Southern Italian immigrant workers (particularly from Naples and Palermo ), who arrived in Turin to work for FIAT since
23520-528: Was dismissed, and former player and fan favourite Antonio Conte , fresh after winning promotion with Siena , was named as Delneri's replacement. In September 2011, Juventus relocated to the new Juventus Stadium , known as the Allianz Stadium since 2017. With Conte as manager, Juventus were unbeaten for the entire 2011–12 Serie A season. Towards the second half of the season, the team was mostly competing with northern rivals Milan for first place in
23680-410: Was elected club's president. These two events helped the club to its second league championship in the 1925–26 Prima Divisione , after beating Alba Roma in a two-legged final with an aggregate score of 12–1. The club established itself as a major force in Italian football in the 1930s, becoming the country's first professional club and the first with a decentralised fan base. This led Juventus to win
23840-597: Was eventually voted the Goal of the Year by Eurosport viewers. On 18 August 2004, during an international match against the Netherlands , Ibrahimović injured Ajax teammate Rafael van der Vaart , who later accused Ibrahimović of hurting him intentionally. Ibrahimović moved from Ajax to Juventus for €16 million. He was promptly inserted into the starting eleven due in part to top scorer David Trezeguet 's injury problems, and scored 16 goals. The club finished top of
24000-474: Was football from another planet and I loved it. It was technically perfect. Interview, 6 October 2014 After Inter teammate Maxwell completed his transfer to Barcelona , Barça president Joan Laporta confirmed that there was an agreement in principle between Barcelona and Inter for Ibrahimović to join the club in exchange for striker Samuel Eto'o , plus a reported fee of £40 million. Ibrahimović left Inter during their United States summer tour in
24160-460: Was founded by break-away Juventus players and staff. Their most high-profile rivalry is with Inter Milan , another big Serie A club located in Milan , the capital of the neighbouring region of Lombardy . Matches between these two clubs are referred to as the Derby d'Italia (Derby of Italy) and the two regularly challenge each other at the top of the league table, hence the intense rivalry. Until
24320-453: Was handed the number 10 jersey after the departure of Brazilian winger Nenê . In April 2013, Ibrahimović scored in a 2–2 draw against his former club Barcelona in the quarter-finals of the Champions League . PSG, however, were knocked out on away goals after drawing 1–1 at Camp Nou in the second leg. He ended the season as the assists leader in the 2012–13 Champions League , providing seven assists. On 12 May 2013, Paris Saint-Germain won
24480-503: Was named Serie A Foreign Footballer of the Year , and in November 2005, he was awarded the Guldbollen , a prize awarded to the best Swedish footballer of the year. The following season was poor compared to his first season; his role in Juventus' attack changed, as he became less of a goalscorer and moved more to the sidelines, taking much part in the build-up play, especially as a target player, and his assist numbers increased. In
24640-455: Was named Ligue 1's Player of the Year for the second consecutive season. Ibrahimović ended the Ligue 1 season as top scorer with 26 goals as PSG won a second consecutive league title. Overall, he scored 41 goals in all competitions, including ten in eight Champions League matches. Ibrahimović scored his first two goals for Paris Saint Germain on 2 August 2014 against Guingamp in the 2014 Trophée des Champions , winning his first silverware of
24800-665: Was placed seventh in the FIFA's historic ranking of the best clubs in the world, and nine years later was ranked second best club in Europe during the 20th century based on a statistical study series by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS), the highest for an Italian club in both. The club's fan base is the largest at national level and one of the largest worldwide. Unlike most European sporting supporters' groups, which are often concentrated around their own club's city of origin, it
24960-452: Was prolific striker Gabriel Batistuta – a player with similar characteristics to himself. Arsène Wenger asked me to have a trial with Arsenal when I was 17. I turned it down. Zlatan doesn't do auditions. — Ibrahimović on turning down Arsenal Ibrahimović signed his first contract with Malmö in 1996, and moved up to the senior side for the 1999 season of Allsvenskan , Sweden's top-flight league. That season, Malmö finished 13th in
25120-439: Was sacked following a string of unsuccessful results and Ciro Ferrara was appointed as manager on a temporary basis for the last two games of the 2008–09 Serie A , before being subsequently appointed as the manager for the 2009–10 Serie A . Ferrara's stint as Juventus manager proved to be unsuccessful, with Juventus knocked out of 2009–10 UEFA Champions League , and also of the 2009–10 Coppa Italia , as well as just lying on
25280-405: Was sent to live with his father. With food scarce at his father's home where the fridge was packed with beer, Ibrahimović often went hungry so he would run to his mother's for dinner. He also shoplifted and stole bikes. On the tough upbringing that shaped his character, author David Lagercrantz , who co-wrote I Am Zlatan , states: Complex is the best word to describe Zlatan. On the one hand he's
25440-476: Was the most victorious of the club's history, with 19 titles won. Exor , the club's controlling shareholder, appointed Gianluca Ferrero as its new chairman ahead of the shareholders' meeting on 18 January 2023. Two days later, after being acquitted by the FIGC's Court of Appeal in April–May 2022, Juventus were deducted 15 points as punishment for capital gain violations, as part of an investigation related to
25600-457: Was used at Barcelona. Following Barcelona's semi-final defeat to Inter Milan in the Champions League, Ibrahimović spoke of how he confronted his coach Pep Guardiola in the changing room. "I yelled: 'You haven't got any balls!' and worse than that I added: 'You can go to hell!' I completely lost it, and you might have expected Guardiola to say a few words in response, but he's a spineless coward. He just [...] left, never to mention it again, not
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