Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Paris Saint Germain
The football god of Sweden, taking long strides over Henrik Larsson, Ibrahimovic has pitched his incomparable style against teams ever since his major debut in the late 1990s. Like so many football players, Zlatan started out from a deprived background and had to work extremely hard to succeed in the sport he loved.
He grew up in Rosengard, a notoriously impoverished Malmo neighbourhood, and it is possibly here where he inhabited that ‘bad boy’ and futile image he so often gets tarred with.
Attitude aside, Ibrahimovic can talk the talk as well as walk the walk. His cool exterior can leave you in awe and he’s certainly got that ‘star’ quality factor. On the pitch he provides authority and is another player that can change the game with a flick of the switch.
He has the capacity to score goals that are out of this world; cheeky flicks that no one would dream of trying, smashers from outside the area, monster volleys and tantalising skills that belittles the entire opposition.