Normally, if there’s someone attempting to beat Cristiano Ronaldo’s records, it’s Lionel Messi, or vice versa.
But Zlatan Ibrahimovic wasn’t willing to let the duo take all the glory, as the AC Milan striker joined Cristiano Ronaldo in an impressive milestone on Sunday.
Wales international and Chelsea loanee Ethan Ampadu couldn’t stop Ibrahimovic from scoring
After scoring against Serie A newcomers Venezia, the Swede has now scored 80 different clubs in Europe’s top leagues, matching Ronaldo’s record.
The striker, now 40-years-old, scored the opening goal of the game inside the opening two minutes of their game, before his side went on to win 3-0.
Ibrahimovic is still going strong, despite his age, and now has eight goals in 13 Serie A appearances this season.
Zlatan Ibrahimović has now scored against 80 different teams
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— Football on BT Sport (@btsportfootball) January 9, 2022
He returned to Milan for a second spell in January 2020 and has 91 goals in 148 games with the Rossoneri.
The superstar has played for the likes of Ajax, Juventus, Inter, Barcelona, Milan, PSG, and Manchester United.
Venezia, who were promoted to the Italian top flight last season, will go down as the 80th different club the forward has found the net against in the top five European leagues over the last 22 years.
Ronaldo scored against Burnley at the end of last yearGETTY 
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80 – Venezia are the 80th different team against which Zlatan #Ibrahimovic has scored in the Big-5 European leagues: since 2000, the Swedish player became only the 2nd player to reach this milestone, after Cristiano Ronaldo (on December 30 v Burnley). Multiplicity.#VeneziaMilan pic.twitter.com/yUkJbAIxDH
— OptaPaolo
(@OptaPaolo) January 9, 2022
Only Ronaldo has scored against so many different opponents in the same period when he netted against Burnley on December 30.
Despite Ibra’s contract with Milan expiring at the end of the season, he looks likely to extend his stay at the club until June 2023.
This would give him a chance to better Ronaldo’s tally – something he will be undoubtedly keen to do.
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