The 40-year-old Ibrahimovic has scored again! Born in 1981, he is not only the 40+ player who has scored the most goals in the five major leagues this season, but also the first player over 40 years old to score in the top five european leagues and Serie A in 2022. As the second biggest player in terms of goals scored by active players after Mero, Ibrahimovic continues to set magical records.
In 2012, when the 39-year-old Inzaghi made the last goal of his career for Milan, he chose to retire from the rapids. Ten years later, the older Ibrahimovic is still AC Milan's current top scorer. Ibrahimovic's 3-0 win over Venice in this round first rewrote the record for scoring the oldest player in the five major leagues in 2022, and then became the first 40-year-old veteran in Serie A history to score eight goals in a single season. In addition, Venice became the 125th team in his career to score goals, also setting a new record. Venice also became Ibrahimovic's 80th team to score goals in the five major leagues, a record that also tied Ronaldo in the first place of the century.
However, the above 4 records are not the whole game, because Ibrahimovic is also the fastest player to score in the opening of the 2022 Serie A, and only 2 minutes after the opening 2 minutes in front of the goal to successfully score. This season, Ibrahimovic Serie A scored as high as 99 minutes per goal, with amazing efficiency. Interestingly, Ibrahimovic has scored all of his goals this season away from home, and after losing a penalty at home against Roma in the last round, Ibrahimovic was caught in the trap of not scoring goals at home. But in the away game, Ibrahimovic scored eight goals.
The 40-year-old is highly likely to double-figure in this season's goal scores, making him the first player in the history of the big five leagues to score a single-season double in a single season. Whether Ronaldo and Messi will be able to do it in the future is still unpredictable, but Ibrahimovic, who scored eight goals, is very close to this remarkable record. More importantly, AC Milan have won back-to-back games in the New Year and have returned to the top of the table two more games than their brothers in the same city. As the team's star and top scorer, Ibrahimovic is using the skills of the strongest 40-year-old shooter in history to help Milan regain the Serie A title!