Zlatan Ibrahimovic, 38, returned to Milan last winter and showed that he can still shine in the European sky.

The Swedish star scored ten goals and five assists in 18 league matches and was praised for his ability to raise teammates.

Tonight, Milan enters this year's edition of Serie A when they host Bologna - and the numbers speak in Ibrahimovic's favor.

According to the statistics agency Gracenote, which only lacks information from 2000 when Malmö played in the Superettan, he has never lost a premiere.

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In the last eight times, Ibrahimovic has netted in seven premieres.

In two of them, both with PSG, he was noted for two goals.

The last time he participated in a premiere was in MLS on March 2 last year.

Then it became a goal in the LA Galaxy's 2-1 victory over the Chicago Fire.

In his first premiere at elite level, he scored two goals when MFF beat AIK at home 2-1.

He was then 19 years and 188 days old.

Tonight's match starts at 20.45.

Bologna is led by Zlatan's good friend Sinisa Mihajlovic, who last year suffered from leukemia.