Happy Birthday Zlatan Ibrahimovic: Top 5 Goals for Paris Saint-Germain

October 3 will now and forever be known as Zlatan Ibrahimovic Day. The Swedish forward has made a huge impact at every club that has been privileged to call him one of their own. Yet nowhere did he make more of an impact than at Paris Saint-Germain.

Joining in the summer of 2012, PSG bought the striker from AC Milan, and he took the Parisians from a club trying to become great to four-time Ligue 1 champions and UEFA Champions League quarter-finalists on numerous occasions.

He may not have been able to lift PSG, or himself, to the final four or win Europe’s elite prize, but he changed the fabric of the club, and ever since he joined, expectations have been lifted to another level.

A video tribute to #MUFC birthday boy @Ibra_official… https://t.co/ZceBznRVW8

— Manchester United (@ManUtd) October 3, 2016

Ibrahimovic left Paris this summer, joining Manchester United once his contract was up. His final game came against Olympique de Marseille in the Stade de France, playing in the Coupe de France final.

Zlatan scored twice and set up Edinson Cavani for the fourth as PSG beat their fierce rivals 4-2. Bowing out a legend after scoring his 155th and 156th goals for the club, you couldn’t write the script better if you hired Steven Spielberg.

With 156 to choose from, it’s difficult to pick just five; however, on his 35th birthday, here are Ibrahimovic’s top five goals for Paris Saint-Germain.

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No. 5: August 11, 2012, vs. FC Lorient

The other four goals will stand out, but with another 152 to pick from, it had to be of significant importance to get on this list. There was only one place to start. Right at the very beginning.

In his last season for Milan, Zlatan had scored 28 times in 32 games, so on arrival in Paris, the expectations couldn’t have been higher. Imagine the shock in the Parc des Princes when the home side found themselves 2-0 down to FC Lorient.

Maxwell turned the first into his own net, then Jeremie Aliadiere, three minutes into added time, made it 2-0 for the Breton club just before the break. This is what the club had paid for, someone to step up when they needed a Plan B, someone to rescue them.

Brazilian midfielder Nene played a beautiful ball over the top of the Lorient defence. Ibrahimovic used his superb strength to hold off Gregory Bourillon before stabbing the ball past Fabien Audard.

Not the best goal stylistically, but that was the moment that kicked off his wonderful four years. …

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