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Henrik Larsson
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Personal information
Full name: Henrik Edward Larsson
Date of birth: 20 September 1971 (1971-09-20) (age 53)
Place of birth:    Helsingborg, Flag of Sweden Sweden
Height: 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Playing position: Striker
Youth clubs
1977–1988 Flag of Sweden Högaborgs BK
Senior clubs
Years Club App (Gls)
1988–1992
1992–1993
1993–1997
1997–2004
2004–2006
2006–2009
2007
2012
2013
Total
Flag of Sweden Högaborgs BK
Flag of Sweden Helsingborgs IF
Flag of Netherlands Feyenoord
Flag of Scotland Celtic
Flag of Spain Barcelona
Flag of Sweden Helsingborgs IF
Flag of EnglandManchester United (loan)
Flag of Sweden Råå IF
Flag of Sweden Högaborgs BK
64 (23)
56 (50)
101 (26)
221 (174)
40 (13)
84 (38)
7 (1)
1 (0)
2 (0)
576 (325)   
National team
1993–2009 Flag of Sweden Sweden 106 (37)
Teams managed
2009–2012
2013
2014
Flag of Sweden Landskrona BoIS
Flag of Sweden Helsingborgs IF(assistant)
Flag of Sweden Falkenbergs FF

Edward Henrik Larsson (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.

Honours[]

Clubs[]

Feyenoord
Celtic
Barcelona
Helsingborg
Manchester United

International[]

Individual[]

  • Guldbollen: 1998, 2004
  • SFWA Footballer of the Year: 1999, 2001
  • SPFA Players' Player of the Year: 1999, 2001
  • SPL Top Scorer: 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004
  • Scottish Premier League Player of the Month: September 2000
  • European Golden Boot: 2001
  • UEFA Euro 2004 Team of the Tournament
  • Scottish Football Hall of Fame
  • Tidernas Guldboll (All-time best Swedish football player): 2005
  • All-time UEFA Cup/Europa league goalscorer: 40 goals
Orders and special awards
  • UEFA Jubilee Awards – Greatest Swedish Footballer of the last 50 Years: 2003
  • Honorary Doctor of the University from the University of Strathclyde: 2005
  • Member of the Order of the British Empire: 2006
  • H. M. The King's Medal: 2007

External links[]

UEFA Europa League top scorers

1972: Bründl  · 1973: Heynckes/Jeuring  · 1974: Schoenmaker  · 1975: Heynckes  · 1976: Geels  · 1977: Bowles  · 1978: Deykers/Ponte  · 1979: Simonsen  · 1980: Hoeneß/Nickel  · 1981: Wark  · 1982: Nilsson  · 1983: Giresse/Vandenbergh  · 1984: Nyilasi  · 1985: Bahtić/Bannister  · 1986: Allofs  · 1987: Cascavel/Houtman/Kieft/Rantanen  · 1988: Brylle/Saravakos  · 1989: Gütschow  · 1990: Götz/Riedle  · 1991: Völler  · 1992: Saunders  · 1993: Baticle  · 1994: Bergkamp/Schmitt  · 1995: Kirsten  · 1996: Klinsmann  · 1997: Ganz  · 1998: Guivarc'h  · 1999: Chiesa/Kulawik  · 2000: Kovačević  · 2001: Berbatov/Bolo  · 2002: van Hooijdonk  · 2003: Derlei/Larsson  · 2004: Anderson  · 2005: Shearer  · 2006: Delgado  · 2007: Pandiani  · 2008: Pogrebnyak/Toni  · 2009: Vágner Love  · 2010: Cardozo/Pizarro  · 2011: Falcao  · 2012: Falcao  · 2013: Kozák  · 2014: Soriano  · 2015: Alan/Lukaku  · 2016: Aduriz  · 2017: Džeko/Giuliano  · 2018: Aduriz/Immobile  · 2019: Giroud  · 2020: Bruno Fernandes  · 2021: Pizzi/Mayoral/Moreno/Yazıcı  · 2022: Tavernier  ·

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Sweden
Sweden – 1994 FIFA World Cup

1. Ravelli 2. R. Nilsson 3. P. Andersson 4. Björklund 5. Ljung 6. Schwarz 7. Larsson 8. Ingesson 9. Thern (c) 10. Dahlin 11. Brolin 12. Eriksson 13. M. Nilsson 14. Kåmark 15. Lučić 16. Limpar 17. Rehn 18. Mild 19. K. Andersson 20. Erlingmark 21. Blomqvist 22. Hedman Manager:  Flag of Sweden Tommy Svensson

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