Ibrahimovic bought this car for his father! A week later, he was shocked when he saw it in traffic.

07.09.2026 13:10

Zlatan Ibrahimovic told the interesting anecdote about the car he gifted to his father. Ibrahimovic stated that his father twice said, "I don't need a car," and did not want to accept the gift, but he was greatly surprised a week later when he saw him driving the car he had bought for him around the city.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic, one of the unforgettable names in the football world, told a striking memory with his father. Ibrahimovic said that he bought a big and flashy car for his father, but he encountered an unexpected reaction.

"YOU NEED TO LOOK BALKAN STYLE"

Describing the moment he gifted the car to his father, Ibrahimovic said, "I bought my father a car and told him, 'This is your car, it's yours, I want you to drive it.' His answer to me was, 'I don't need a car.' I said, 'You need to look Balkan style, I bought you a big and cool car. You are Zlatan's father, you'll drive around in this, you should be proud...'"

"HE STARTED TO ANNOY ME"

Saying that his father did not change his mind, Ibrahimovic stated that he got angry when he received the same answer a second time, "He told me a second time, 'I don't need a car.' He started to annoy me. I said, 'Listen, this is your car. Drive it.' I threw the keys on the table and said, 'Do whatever you want,' and left the room."

Ibrahimovic's explanation about the car he bought for his father

HE COULDN'T BELIEVE HIS EYES A WEEK LATER

Explaining that the most striking part of the story happened a week later, Ibrahimovic said he saw his father behind the wheel of the car he had bought for him:

"The funny thing is, a week later I was driving around town and I saw the car I had bought for him. I approached, and it was my father driving it. So, he wouldn't show off these kinds of things in front of me, but he would drive it when I wasn't around."

"HE IS THE BOSS UNDER THE ROOF OF HIS OWN HOUSE"

Ibrahimovic attributed his father's initial reluctance to accept the gift to his pride:

"Actually, this is partly a matter of pride. He is the boss under the roof of his own house! That's why he would say, 'I don't need anything coming from you, this is my home, and I am the boss...'"