The Azzurri Under-20 striker has the spotlight set on him thanks to his quality and talent, charming everyone around him, has declared himself a Zlatan idol.
The Under-20 World Cup in Poland gathered scouts from teams all over the world to view the players that participate in the tournament, Andrea Pinamonti is one of the athletes to follow since he made his leadership known by wearing the Italian armband.
The Italian nine is not only the captain of the Azzurri he's also the scorer of the team that is one step away from reaching the final. Italy's next test will be against Ukraine, with Pinamonti aware of it which is why he wants to guide his team to the first star for Italy under this category, and for this, he has one person in mind, his idol, Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
Inspired by Zlatan
In an interview with Corriente dello Sport, Andrea talked about his childhood idol, which is not Italian, but the Swedish Lion and LA Galaxy superstar, Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
"Ibra has always been the players that inspire me when I was a kid; I dreamed about becoming like him."
Pinamonti also mentioned Argentine Mauro Icardi as a great example, as he met him at Inter Milan, receiving different tips that made him the best active attacker for him, "at Inter I trained with Icardi and, in my opinion, he is the most complete forward, thanks to his advice I grew up as a player," he explained.