Zlatan Ibrahimovic has come out of international soccer retirement at the age of 39 and is set to play for Sweden for the first time since the 2016 European Championship.

The AC Milan striker was included on Tuesday in Sweden’s squad for World Cup qualifiers against Georgia on March 25 and Kosovo three days later, as well as a friendly against Estonia on March 31.

He is also in line to play at the continent-wide Euros scheduled for June and July this year.

Sweden is in the same group as Spain, Poland and Slovakia.

Ibrahimovic enjoys Sweden qualifying for the 2016 Euros in Copenhagen in November. Photo: Getty

Ibrahimovic scored a national-record 62 goals in 112 games for Sweden from 2001 to 2016.

Without the country’s most high-profile player, Sweden reached the quarter-finals of the 2018 World Cup in Russia – its best performance in the competition since 1994.

Ibrahimovic has been prolific in spells at Manchester United, Los Angeles Galaxy, and Milan since retiring from international duty after Euro 2016.

The return of the God @svenskfotboll pic.twitter.com/hQThIdWRY0

— Zlatan Ibrahimović (@Ibra_official) March 16, 2021

He has 16 goals in 21 appearances for Milan this season, although he has missed the team’s last four matches because of a right thigh injury.

If he plays next week, he will become the oldest player in the history of Sweden’s national team.