Swedish striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic poses with the Golden Ball award at the annual soccer gala in Stockholm November 9, 2015. REUTERS/Henrik Montgomery/TT News Agency
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - A statue of Zlatan Ibrahimovic will be erected outside the Friends Arena in Stockholm, the Swedish FA (SvFF) announced on Monday as the giant striker won the Golden Ball award for the country's best male player for the 10th year in a row.
The 36-year-old Manchester United forward, who retired from international football after Euro 2016, played 114 games and scored 62 goals for Sweden, including a spectacular four-goal salvo against England in the first game at the arena in 2012.
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