Former Barcelona, Paris Saint-Germain and AC Milan striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic was left wincing in pain when having an iconic tattoo removed.

Swede boasts a lot of body artHas had one design lasered offEndured painful process thereFollow GOAL on WhatsApp! 🟢📱WHAT HAPPENED?

The legendary Swedish frontman – who also represented the likes of Juventus, Manchester United and the LA Galaxy during his distinguished career – boasts plenty of body art, including a giant lion inking on his back.

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He has, however, decided to have one of his tattoos lasered off. That is not a particularly comfortable process, with Ibrahimovic finding that out the hard way. The design in question sits on the left-hand side of Zlatan’s torso.

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Having billed himself as a sporting deity when competing at the highest level for clubs around the world, Ibrahimovic decided to get a tattoo which read: “Only God can judge me.” He has now had that removed in a painful procedure.

Previously explaining the tattoo, Zlatan had said: "They could write whatever they wanted in the papers. Scream anything at all from the stands. They still couldn't get at me. Only God could judge me! I liked that. You have to go your own way, so I got those words tattooed on me."