Zlatan Ibrahimovic's top five debuts

PSG v Lorient (11/8/2012)

Paris Saint-Germain FC v FC Lorient - Ligue 1

Orchestrating dramatic comebacks on debut is nothing new for Zlatan. Indeed, he performed similar heroics on his Ligue 1 bow for Paris Saint-Germain, the club he joined in 2012 after leaving AC Milan.

At that time, it was an audacious move from the Swede as PSG were still trying to establish themselves as the leading force in France, having failed to make the most of their first summer of big investment as Montpellier had stunningly pipped them to the league title.

In came Thiago Silva and Zlatan, and things were meant to instantly turn around. It soon became apparent that Le Championnat would be no walk in the park for Carlo Ancelotti’s side, who trailed 2-0 at home to Lorient on the opening day of the season as a Maxwell own goal and a Jeremy Aliadiere had the Bretons in command.

With 64 minutes on the clock, however, Ibra made his move, levelling the game before securing a share of the spoils in stoppage time with a penalty.

Although PSG would go on and win the league, they made a frustrating start to the campaign that was typified in this outing, as they drew three successive games.

He also scored on his Champions League debut for PSG against Dynamo Kiev and his Coupe de France debut for the Parisians, netting a decisive double against their great rivals Marseille in the last 16, having previously been rested in that competition.

Ibra ended his time in Paris as the club’s top scorer, but has since been overtaken by Edinson Cavani.