  Zlatan Ibrahimovic gets Golden Foot 2012 award October 18, 2012 - 10:34 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Swedish forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic received the Golden Foot 2012 award Wednesday, Oct 17, given to soccer players with exceptional career achievements over 29 years old, sports.terra.com reports. Ibrahimovic took home the award with more votes than such notable competition as Spain's Iker Casillas, Xavi Hernandez and Carles Puyol, Ivorian Didier Drogba and Italian Andrea Pirlo. Ibrahimovic, 31, plays for high-powered French club Paris Saint-Germain and was an integral part of the Swedish national team that completed a miraculous comeback against Germany in a World Cup qualifying game on Tuesday, scoring four second half goals. Ibrahimovic has played on some of Europe's biggest teams, including Barcelona, Milan, Inter, Juventus and Ajax. He has won league championships in every country where he's played. The star forward's trophy cabinet is also filled with individual accolades including the Best Swedish Player of the Year in 2007, 2008 and 2010, and the Player of the Year in Italy in 2009 and 2011. He has also been named to UEFA's Ideal Eleven twice, in 2007 and 2009. Partner news  Top stories “I do not need to continue my boxing career, and I can finish it right now. Athletes should be treated fairly,” Abraham stated. Armenian swimmers are training for Barcelona-hosted 2013 World Swimming Championships due in July 19-August 4. Moreno: many people felt that Susi was one of the best female fighters and I’m on a mission to earn that reputation for myself. According to Ruben Hayrapetyan, Armenian squad was punished for overestimating their abilities ahead of the game.   Partner news |  Latest news UN chief hails China's peacekeeping efforts  Ban said China has provided more peacekeepers than all the other four permanent members of the UN Security Council.Iran's Guardian Council approves presidential election result Hassan Rouhani won the election by taking nearly 51% of votes. Since he won more than half, that eliminated the need for a runoff.Friends of Syria to meet in Doha on June 22: French official Assad's forces aim to retake Aleppo, where they have been mired in a bloody stalemate with rebels for nearly a year.Parliament approves amendments to law on minimum wage rate Besides, new scale of salaries will be introduced, according to which the minimum wage rate will be doubled by 2017. |
