NEW CLUB - SAME RESULT

ESTABLISHED HIMSELF AS ONE OF THE BEST IN ITALY

WHAT HAPPENED 2006/07?

The black/white changed for blue/black and with new manager Mancini, Zlatan started tis time in Inter with yet another Scudetto, only losing one league-game and Z scoring 15 league-goals in 27 games.


Italian football was a bit chaotic at this time with Calciopoli forcing former team Juve down in Serie B and several teams starting the Serie A season with minus points. When finding out Juve was being forced down a division, Zlatan and agent Raiola was determined to get him to another club. True Juve-supporters felt the decision to leave was wrong and they (quite rightly) honor the topclass players (Nedved, Del Piero, Buffon) who did stay but making sure he didn't play Serie B that season was probably the most important decision they (Z and Raiola) ever made, because it gave a still upn'coming Z momentum in his career, still only being 24 years.

 

DIFFERENT ROLE IN INTER

Even though Capello helped Zlatan enormously in Juve, and is the coach he says made him the goalscorer he is today, Z's role in Juventus was not perfect. With either/both Del Piero and Trezeguet constantly knocking on the door for that starting spot Z never got to bloom to the complete attacker he later became. And who knows, maybe he couldn't, maybe everything is the way it was supposed to, teaching him invaluable lessons in a tough Juve. Nevertheless, in Inter he was the main man up front. Sure, there were Crespos and Cruzes and Adrianos. But Zlatan's Ibra-status in Italy was high and there was no question Mancini saw Ibra as the main striker.

 

BONUS TROPHY STARTED THE SEASON

Before Serie A started, Inter and Z won a "bonus" tropy (TROPHY 7), the Super Cup against Roma. Inter was officially named Serie A champions of 2005/06 so they got to play the Super Cup and Ibra probably felt he deserved it, finishing first in the league the season before.

 

WHEN Z SCORED, WIN EVERY GAME

With great confidence from Mancini, finding his place in the new Inter, Z had a great Serie A-season. Not only did he score 15 goals and had 6 assists in 27 games (a couple of injuries and suspensions here and there) but he dominated alot of games. He had lost a few kilos (in Juve 2006 he almost weighed 100kg) and looked sharper with tremendous quality in both passing and finishing during the entire season. And his importance for the team could not be overseen, in the 14 games Z scored Inter won all of them and Inter ended up crushing their opponents, winning Serie A (TROPHY 8) with 97 points, making the competitors minus points irrelevant. An interesting detail which displays Z's importance even more is the fact that he scored 12 of his 15 goals in the second half and that 11 were scored away.

 

DISAPPOINTMENT AT MESTALLA

The Champions League-curse however continued, things didn't go as smooth as in the league (even though they got past the group stage, something Z's team have never missed) and eventually Valencia knocked them out, both in the tournament and literally with Valencia's reserve goalkeeper punching Burdisso after the game, creating fights and chaos on Mestalla.

FACTS.

• DEBUT:

26 August 2006, vs Roma (Super Cup-final)


• FIRST GOAL:

9 September 2006, vs Fiorentina (league)


• GAMES SCORING 2 OR MORE GOALS:

1

• ALL ZLATAN'S GAMES 2006/07:

36 games: 25 wins, 8 draws, 3 losses.


• WHEN ZLATAN WAS IN THE STARTING 11:

34 games: 24 wins, 7 draws, 3 losses.


• WHEN ZLATAN WAS BROUGHT ON:

2 games: 1 wins, 1 draw, 0 losses.


• WHEN ZLATAN SCORED:

14 games, 14 wins, 0 draws, 0 losses.


• WHEN ZLATAN DIDN'T SCORE:

22 games, 11 wins, 8 draws, 3 losses.

Serie A: WINNER

Italian Cup: Final

Italian Super Cup: WINNER

Champions League: Round of 16

Serie A 2006/07

 
G
W
D
L
GF
GA
P
1. Inter
38
30
7
1
80
34
97
2. Roma
38
22
9
7
74
34
75
3. Lazio
38
18
11
9
59
33
62
4. Milan
38
19
12
7
57
36
61

"You don't ask for respect. You take it. It's easy to become small when you're new in a club. Everything is new, and everyone has their roles and positions and their talk. The easiest way is to lean back and get a feeling of the atmosphere. But that way you'll lose the initiative. You lose time. I came to Inter to make a difference and make sure that the club won the league for the first time in seventeen years. For that you can't be shy, or become careful, just because the media criticize you had people have preconceived opinions about you. Zlatan is a bad boy. Zlatan have problems with his temper, and all that. It's easy to be affected, and try to prove that you're the opposite, the good guy. But then you let yourself be handled."
(about joining Inter)

- from "I AM ZLATAN IBRAHIMOVIĆ"

VIDEO 2006/07 - TOP 6

1. ASSIST

8,1

INTER 2006/07

vs Livorno

2007.03.03

2. GOAL

7,7

INTER 2006/07

vs Parma

2006.11.12

3. GOAL

7,6

INTER 2006/07

vs Torino

2007.01.13

4. ASSIST

7,3

INTER 2006/07

vs Cagliari

2007.02.17

5. GOAL

7,3

INTER 2006/07

vs Palermo

2006.11.26

6. GOAL

7,1

INTER 2006/07

vs Empoli

2006.12.10

VIDEO 2006/07 - PLAYLISTS

PLAYLIST | SERIE A 2006/07

PLAYLIST | COPPA ITALIA 2006/07

PLAYLIST | SUPERCOPPA ITALIANA 2006/07

PLAYLIST | UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2006/07

UEFA are continously removing Champions League-videos from the internet. The Dailymotion UEFA Champions League-playlist is meant to complete the Youtube UEFA Champions League-playlist. So all Zlatan's goals/assists should be in either one of them. If you notice a video being removed from youtube or unavailable, it would be much appreciated if you report it to contact@zlatanibrahimovic.com. Thank you in advance.

TEAMMATES 2006/07

TEAM TROPHIES 2006/07

2 TROPHIES

SERIE A

ITALIAN LEAGUE

2006/07

SUPERCOPPA ITALIANA

ITALIAN SUPER CUP

2006/07

INDIVIDUAL AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS 2006/07

FIFA

WORLD PLAYER OF THE YEAR

9th

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NOMINATED:

2006

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The FIFA World Player of the Year is an association football award presented to the player voted as best in the world by coaches and captains of international teams.

ZTATISTICS 2006/07

 
 
 
 
Start
Sub In
Sub Out
Goals
Assists
Yellow
Yel/Red
Red
Min

Serie A Italian League

25

2

7

15

6

6

2

 

2146'

Coppa Italia Italian Cup

1

 

1

 

1

 

75'

Supercoppa Italiana Italian Supercup

1

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

120'

UEFA Champions League

7

  

1

 

1

2

1

  

553'

 

 

34

2

9

  

 

8

3

 

2894'
     

36

  

15

9

 8    

 
 
GOALS - WHEN?

1-15
16-30
31-45
46-60
61-75
75-90+

Serie A Italian League

1

1

1

3

8

1

Coppa Italia Italian Cup

 

 

 

Supercoppa Italiana Italian Supercup

 

 

 

 

 

 

UEFA Champions League

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

 

1

1

1

3

8

1
 
GOALS - HOW?
Right
Left
Header
Penalty
Freekick

Serie A Italian League

11

2

2

 

 

Coppa Italia Italian Cup

 

 

 

 

 

Supercoppa Italiana Italian Supercup

          

UEFA Champions League

 

 

 

 

 
 

11

2

2

 

 

GAMES 2006/07

 

SERIE A

          
 
 
 
          
Start
Sub In
Sub Out
Goals
Assists
Yellow
Yel/Red
Red
Min

2006.09.09

Serie A Italian League
Fiorentina

2-3

Inter

 

 

1

1

90'+

 

  

90'

2006.09.16

Serie A Italian League
Inter

1-1

Sampdoria

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

90

2006.09.20

Serie A Italian League
Roma

0-1

Inter

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

90'

2006.10.01

Serie A Italian League
Cagliari

1-1

Inter

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

90'

2006.10.15

Serie A Italian League
Inter

2-1

Catania

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

90'

2006.10.22

Serie A Italian League
Udinese

0-0

Inter

 

82'

 

 

 

 

  

81'

2006.10.25

Serie A Italian League
Inter

4-1

Livorno

 

30'

 

1

 

 

 

  

61'

2006.10.28

Serie A Italian League
Milan

3-4

Inter

 

83'

1

 

 

 

  

82'

2006.11.05

Serie A Italian League
Inter

2-0

Ascoli

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

90

2006.11.12

Serie A Italian League
Parma

1-2

Inter

 

 

1

 

89'

90'+

  

90'

2006.11.26

Serie A Italian League
Palermo

1-2

Inter

 

49'

1

 

 

 

  

48'

2006.12.02

Serie A Italian League
Inter

2-0

Siena

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

90'

2006.12.10

Serie A Italian League
Empoli

0-3

Inter

 

 

1

 

9'

 

  

90'

2006.12.17

Serie A Italian League
Inter

2-0

Messina

 

 

1

1

 

 

  

90'

2006.12.20

Serie A Italian League
Lazio

0-2

Inter

 

 

 

 

24'

45'+

  

45'

2007.01.13

Serie A Italian League
Torino

1-3

Inter

 

 

1

 

 

 

  

90'

2007.01.21

Serie A Italian League
Inter

3-1

Fiorentina

 

 

1

 

 

 

  

90'

2007.01.28

Serie A Italian League
Sampdoria

0-2

Inter

 

 

1

1

 

 

  

90'

2007.02.17

Serie A Italian League
Inter

1-0

Cagliari

 

61'

 

1

 

 

  

60'

2007.02.25

Serie A Italian League
Catania

2-5

Inter

 

68'

1

 

 

 

  

67'

2007.02.28

Serie A Italian League
Inter

1-1

Udinese

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

90'

2007.03.03

Serie A Italian League
Livorno

1-2

Inter

 

 

1

1

 

 

  

90'

2007.03.11

Serie A Italian League
Inter

2-1

Milan

 

 

1

1

30'

 

  

90'

2007.03.18

Serie A Italian League
Ascoli

1-2

Inter

 

76'

2

 

21'

 

  

75'

2007.04.15

Serie A Italian League
Inter

2-2

Palermo

 

63'

 

 

 

 

 

  

28'

2007.04.18

Serie A Italian League
Inter

1-3

Roma

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

90'

2007.04.22

Serie A Italian League
Siena

1-2

Inter

 

70'

 

 

 

 

  

69'

 

25

2

7

15

6

6

2

 

2146'
 

ITALIAN CUP

          
 
 
 
          
Start
Sub In
Sub Out
Goals
Assists
Yellow
Yel/Red
Red
Min

2007.01.09

Coppa Italia Italian Cup Quarterfinal 1:2

Fiorentina

0-2

Inter

 

76'

 

1

 

 

 

75'

 

1

 

1

 

1

 

 

 

75'
 

ITALIAN SUPERCUP

          
 
 
 
          
Start
Sub In
Sub Out
Goals
Assists
Yellow
Yel/Red
Red
Min

2006.08.26

Supercoppa Italiana Italian Supercup
Inter

4-3

Roma

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

120'

 

1

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

120'
 

UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

          
 
 
 
          
Start
Sub In
Sub Out
Goals
Assists
Yellow
Yel/Red
Red
Min

2006.09.12

UEFA Champions League Group Stage
Sporting Lissabon

1-0

Inter

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

90'

2006.09.27

UEFA Champions League Group Stage
Inter

0-2

Bayern München

 

 

 

 

41'

58'

 

58'

2006.10.31

UEFA Champions League Group Stage
Spartak Moskva

0-1

Inter

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

90'

2006.11.22

UEFA Champions League Group Stage
Inter

2-1

Sporting Lissabon

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

90'

2006.12.05

UEFA Champions League Group Stage
Bayern München

1-1

Inter

 

45'

 

 

 

 

 

45'

2007.02.21

UEFA Champions League Round of 16 1:2
Inter

2-2

Valencia

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

90'

2007.03.06

UEFA Champions League Round of 16 2:2
Valencia

0-0

Inter

 

 

 

 

30'

 

 

90'

 

7

 

1

 

1

2

1

 

553'