Can Zlatan speak Italian?

The soccer player speaks Swedish and Bosnian natively, and he's also fluent in English, Italian, French and Spanish after his time playing in various countries.

Can Ibrahimovic speak French?

Zlatan Ibrahimovic won the Ligue 1 Player of the Year award for the second year in a row and upon accepting the award, he was asked to say a few words in French. Now, Zlatan is fluent in five languages (not counting Zlatanese), but French is not yet one of them.

Can Zlatan Ibrahimovic speak Serbian?

Zlatan Ibrahimović (1981–), Swedish footballer. Speaks Swedish, Bosnian, English, French, Italian, and Spanish. Mikel Arteta (1982–), Spanish football manager. Speaks Basque, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese, French, Italian, and English.

Is Zlatan an Albanian?

Zlatan's dad, Sefik, was a Bosniak Muslim, while mum, Jurka, was a Croat Catholic of partial Albanian descent. Ibrahimovic's parents both emigrated to Sweden separately, where they met. The football legend himself was born in Malmo, Sweden - also his first club as youth team player and professional.

Is Ibrahimovic a Russian name?

Ibrahimović is a Bosnian surname derived from the masculine given name Ibrahim (meaning "son of Ibrahim"), the Arabic name of the prophet and patriarch Abraham. Notable people with the name include: Miralem Ibrahimović (born 1963), Bosnian former professional footballer.

Is Zlatan the best striker ever?

Zlatan Ibrahimovic

Zlatan Ibrahimovic has been a top-five striker in Europe ever since he exploded on to the scene at Malmo. His technical skill and outrageous technique belie his big, burly somatotype, and his goal return at both Milan and Paris Saint-Germain has been simply breathtaking.

Which footballer speaks most languages?

1: Romelu Lukaku

Born in Antwerp in Belgium from Congolese parents he learned two languages from the get-go: French and the Swahili variant of Congolese. Growing up in Belgium, he was also bound to pick up Dutch.

Which athlete speaks the most languages?

Top 10 Polyglot Athletes (Hint: The Winner Speaks 11!)

• Novak Djokovic — 11 Languages. ...
• Romelu Lukaku — 8 Languages.
• Pa-Modou Kah — 8 Languages.
• Zlatan Ibrahimovic – 7 languages.
• Gelson Fernandes – 7 languages.
• Arsène Wenger — 6 Languages.
• Daniela Hantuchová — 6 Languages.
• Roger Federer –– 4 languages.

How many languages does Zidane speak?

Take football, a sport not traditionally associated with linguistic prowess, but which is replete with players who are fluent and articulate in several languages. For instance, former French captain and national hero Zinedine Zidane speaks French, Italian, Spanish, Arabic and Berber.

Who is the oldest footballer?

The same can be said of former Japan international Kazuyoshi Miura, another consummate professional, who at 55 is still playing in the lower tiers of Japanese football. However, over in Uruguay, Robert Carmona can boast being the oldest player in football history.

Does Lukaku speak French?

Antwerp-born striker Romelu Lukaku is famous for his fluency in six - Dutch, French, English, Spanish, Portuguese and Swahili - and team captain Vincent Kompany speaks five.

Is Lukaku a polyglot?

Needless to say, football fans are flabbergasted by the multi-lingual prowess of the Chelsea striker. The list reveals he can speak the following eight languages: French, German, English, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Flemish and Italian, possibly making him the most multi-lingual footballer in the world.