Waching daily Sep 22 2018

Zlatan Ibrahimovic has mocked the critics who claimed he was unable to score goals during the early stages of his career

The Swedish striker achieved the milestone of 500 career goals last weekend with a spectacular roundhouse kick finish for Los Angeles Galaxy against Toronto in Major League Soccer

Ibrahimovic has scored goals everywhere he has played during his illustrious career but the 36-year-old clearly still remembers that some pundits wrote him off as a rising star

He said: 'I had a chance to play with all the big clubs I played with and all the big players and still produce the goals I did

'The most fun is, when I started my career they said 'this player is good but he's not able to score goals,' but this goes for all of them also

'Apparently I know how to score goals. I reached 500 - that is a crazy number for playing soccer

' Ibrahimovic's 500 goals consist of 18 for Malmo, 48 for Ajax, 26 for Juventus, 66 for Inter Milan, 22 for Barcelona, 56 for AC Milan, 156 for Paris Saint-Germain, 29 for Manchester United, 17 for the LA Galaxy and 62 for Sweden

His acrobatic finish in the Galaxy's match with Toronto was a fitting way to achieve the landmark, even if they went on to lose the match 5-3

'That last goal cannot happen again. Only I can score a goal like that,' Ibrahimovic said