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by Diego Valderrama Sunday, 28 January 2007 [image: Inter Milan odds to
win UEFA Champions League]Swedish prolific goal scorer Zlatan Ibrahimovic
leads FC Internazionale into the UEFA Champions League tournament. *
Bodog.com* <http://www.bodog.com/welcome/66336-AEC6/sportsbook> has *Inter
Milan at 9 to 1 (Bet $1.00 to win
$9.00)*<http://www.bodog.com/welcome/66336-AEC6/sportsbook>to win the
UEFA Champions League. Football Club Internazionale Milano is an
Italian football club based in Milan, Lombardy, which plays in Serie A. The
club was founded March 9, 1908. It is more commonly known as Inter, and
often named Inter Milan in foreign English speaking countries.

Inter has been one of the most successful clubs in the history of Italian
football, having won 14 Scudetti, 5 Coppa Italia, and 3 Italian Super Cups.
Inter has also won 2 European Cups (Champions League), 3 UEFA Cups, and has
been World Champions two times. In Italy, Inter also has the distinction of
being the only team to never be relegated from Serie A.

The club wears blue and black stripes, which gives the origin of their
Nerazzurri nickname. Inter has one of the biggest fan bases in Italy, along
with its two biggest rivals, AC Milan and Juventus. Inter is a member of the
G-14 organization of leading European clubs.

Inter has never been relegated to Serie B (second division) in their
history, a fact the fans hold in high regard. As of 2007, Inter's 99-year
run in the top flight is one of the longest of any club in the world.

The current honorary president and owner of Inter is Massimo Moratti. His
father, Angelo Moratti, was the president of Inter during the golden era of
the 1960s. Massimo, trying to emulate his father's great success, has spent
a great deal of money to bring some of the world's best players to the club
in an effort to win the scudetto on the field for the first time since 1989.
One of those players was Ibrahimovic.

*Bodog.com has Inter Milan at 9 to 1 to win the UEFA Champions
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Zlatan Ibrahimovic started professional football with the Swedish club Malmö
FF in the 1999 season (Allsvenskan, the Swedish top division, begins in
spring, not in autumn like in Central and Southern Europe). During his stay
at the club, Arsène Wenger tried to persuade him to join Arsenal but Malmö
did not allow the transfer.

Other than Wenger, Leo Beenhakker also showed interest in Zlatan after
observing him practicing in La Manga, Spain. Watching Zlatan score an
amazing goal in a training game against Norwegian side Moss, Beenhakker
became convinced of Zlatan's talent. He went back to Amsterdam and on March
22, 2001, a deal between Ajax and Malmö regarding Zlatan's transfer to
Amsterdam was announced and in July of the same year, he joined Ajax for
record breaking €7.8 million. The deal is by far the most lucrative any
Swedish player has struck.

Under manager Co Adriaanse, Zlatan received little exposure. Adriaanse was
let go in November, however, and Zlatan's fortune started to change with the
arrival of Ronald Koeman. Following Koeman's arrival, Zlatan was
consistently chosen in Ajax's starting lineup. Ajax then went on to win the
Eredivisie.

The next year Zlatan had a major breakthrough at the biggest stage of
European football, UEFA Champions League. In his first game ever in the
Champions League against French Champions Olympique Lyonnais, Zlatan scored
two goals, including a true masterpiece when he dribbled past Brazilian
Edmilson before shooting past the goalkeeper from a difficult angle. Zlatan
helped Ajax make it all the way to the quarter-finals where they were
narrowly beaten by eventual winners AC Milan.

The Champions League success took its toll in the domestic league, however,
and Ajax finished second behind PSV. In the 2002-2003 season, Ajax was back
at the top of Eredivisie, though. Zlatan continued to do well both in the
league and, in particular, in the Champions League, scoring another
spectacular goal against Celta Vigo, while in a Group H match against Milan
on September 16, 2003, Milan midfielder Gennaro Gattuso was sent off late in
second half injury time after backhanding Zlatan in the face. In spite of
these incidents Ajax did not advance past the group stage.

Zlatan moved from Ajax to Juventus for a €19 million transfer fee.
Surprisingly, he made it rather quickly in to the starting eleven. This was
due in part to the fact that the team's top scorer, David Trézéguet was
injured, in part to Zlatan being one of coach Fabio Capello's favorite
players (Capello had tried to get him already at Roma), but mostly thanks to
Zlatan's fine performances. He scored 16 goals and this in a league that is
considered to be very hard for strikers, especially foreign striker.

UEFA club competition honors

European Champions Clubs' Cup
1963/64, 1964/65

EUSA Cup
1964, 1965/66

UEFA Cup
1990/91, 1993/94, 1997/98


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