Barcelona star Zlatan Ibrahimovic is set to return as captain of the Swedish national team after a nine month absence, the Swedish Football Federationconfirmed at lunchtime on Friday.
28-year-old Ibrahimovic joined national team coach Erik Hamrén at a press conference in the Swedbank Stadium in Malmö on Friday to announce his return to the international set up.
"It is an honour to play for the national team," Ibrahimovic said.
The star striker, who has scored 22 goals in 60 appearance for Sweden, is set to return to lead the side in the qualifying campaign for the 2012 EuropeanChampionships in the autumn and could feature when Sweden entertain Scotlandin a friendly on August 11th.
Ibrahimovic on Friday took the opportunity to explain his decision to rule himself out of international duty after Sweden's failure to qualify for the World Cup inSouth Africa with a loss against Denmark last October.
