The tireless Zlatan Ibrahimovic with another achievement

Sweden and AC Milan forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic became the oldest player in the history of European Championship qualifiers. At the age of 41 years and 172 days, the athlete appeared on the field in the 73rd minute in the match of his native Sweden against Belgium, lost 0:3.

Until now, the oldest football player in the history of the European qualifiers was the goalkeeper of Italy - Dino Zoff, who in 1983 took part in a match against Sweden at the age of 41 years and 3 months. To date, Ibrahimovic has played 122 games for the national team and scored 62 goals.

Austria, Estonia and Azerbaijan are also in the qualification group of Sweden and Belgium. The upcoming European football finals will be next year 2024 and will be held in Germany. 24 teams will participate in it, and the final of the tournament will be held at the "Olympiastadion" in Berlin. Whether Sweden will qualify and Ibrahimovic will become the oldest player in the European Championship remains to be seen.

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