Henrik Larsson

Henrik Larsson

Larsson in 2014
Personal information
Full name	Edward Henrik Larsson
Date of birth	(1971-09-20) 20 September 1971 (age 53)
Place of birth	Helsingborg, Sweden
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
1977–1988	Högaborgs BK
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1989–1991	Högaborgs BK	64	(23)
1992–1993	Helsingborgs IF	56	(51)
1993–1997	Feyenoord	101	(26)
1997–2004	Celtic	221	(174)
2004–2006	Barcelona	40	(13)
2006–2009	Helsingborgs IF	84	(38)
2007	→ Manchester United (loan)	7	(1)
2012	Råå IF	1	(0)
2013	Högaborgs BK	1	(0)
Total		575	(325)
International career
1992–1993	Sweden U21	12[2]	(4[2])
1997	Sweden B	1	(0)
1993–2009	Sweden	106	(37)
Managerial career
2010–2012	Landskrona BoIS
2014	Falkenbergs FF
2015–2016	Helsingborgs IF
2019	Helsingborgs IF
Medal record Men's football Representing  Sweden FIFA World Cup 1994 United States
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Edward Henrik Larsson (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈhɛnːrɪk ˈlɑːʂɔn]; born 20 September 1971) is a Swedish professional football coach and former player. Playing as a striker, Larsson began his career with Högaborgs BK. In 1992, he moved to Helsingborg IF where in his first season his partnership up front with Mats Magnusson helped the club win promotion to Allsvenskan after 24 seasons in the lower tiers. He moved to Feyenoord in November 1993, staying for four years before leaving in 1997 to join Scottish Premiership club Celtic. During his time in the Dutch Eredivisie, he won two KNVB Cups with Feyenoord. He also broke into the Sweden national team, and helped them finish in third place at the 1994 FIFA World Cup.

Often regarded as one of the greatest foreign imports in Scottish football history,^[3] Wim Jansen signed Larsson for Scottish club Celtic in July 1997 for a fee of £650,000. In his first season at the club, he played a crucial role in Celtic winning their first league title in ten years. He suffered a broken leg in a UEFA Cup tie against Lyon in 1999. Larsson came back, scoring 53 goals in a 2000–01 season that saw him win the European Golden Shoe. Larsson won four league titles in his seven years at Celtic. He also helped the team reach the 2003 UEFA Cup final against Porto, scoring both goals in a 3–2 defeat in extra time. His 242 goals in 313 matches saw Celtic fans nickname him The King of Kings. Larsson joined Barcelona in 2004, where he won two league titles and the 2005–06 UEFA Champions League, providing the assists for both goals in the final. Following the expiration of his contract at Barcelona, Larsson returned to Helsingborg, although he also had a brief spell on loan at Manchester United in early 2007. He announced his retirement from football on 20 October 2009.^[4]

Larsson played for Sweden in three FIFA World Cups and three UEFA European Championships, winning a bronze medal at the 1994 FIFA World Cup, and is a former captain of the national team. He ended his international career with 37 goals in 106 matches. He also won the Golden Ball (Guldbollen), the annual Award for best Swedish footballer twice, first in 1998 and again in 2004, while in 2003 he was named the Greatest Swedish Footballer of the Last 50 Years as part of the UEFA Jubilee Awards. He is also the second all-time leading goalscorer in the UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League.^[5]

In 2010, Larsson began his career as a manager at the Superettan club Landskrona BoIS, where he stayed for three seasons. He later managed Falkenberg in Allsvenskan, and he took over at Helsingborg in 2015, where his son, Jordan, was one of his players. Helsingborg were relegated to Superettan in 2016 and Larsson left the club. Three years later he made a brief return in the same role at the club.^[6] He served Barcelona as assistant to Ronald Koeman from August 2020 until October 2021.