Zlatan Ibrahimovic -- FIFA Scandal Ain't My Problem ... I Just Play

One year after trashing the U.S. Men's soccer team, Swedish soccer superstar Zlatan Ibrahimovic has returned to America ... wearing a NY Yankees hat.

Zlatan -- one of the most famous soccer players on the planet -- hit up Craig's in West Hollywood Sunday for a romantic date night with his girlfriend Helena Seger.

On the way out, we asked the outspoken 33-year-old how he felt about the global FIFA scandal -- to which he responded, "It's not my area my friend ... I play soccer."

Then he laughed.

It's the first time we've seen Zlatan back in L.A. since last summer ... when he told us the U.S. soccer teams "a big joke."