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HENRIK LARSSON

Tribute Match

The King of Kings

Celtic F.C. 1 Sevilla 0

Tuesday 25 May 2004
Kick-off: 20.00 | Attendance: 60,170 | Referee: Michael McCurry

CELTIC PARK, GLASGOW

MATCH PROGRAMME

MATCH TICKET

PARADISE WINDFALL TICKET

A Paradise Windfall ticket

CELTIC F. C.

Coach: Martin O'NEIL

Scorers: unknown.

Team: Gould (McGovern), Varga, Balde (McManus), McNamara, Agathe, Sutton, Lennon, Petrov (McBride), Thompson, LARSSON, Hartson (Sylla).

Subs not used: unknown.

SEVILLA

Coach: unknown

Scorers: n/a.

Team: Gallardo, Magallenes, Hornos, Oscar, Notario, Redondo, Torrado, Marti, Aitor Ocio, Antonio Lopez, Maranon.

Subs: Navarro, Silva, Antonito, Casquero, Carlitos, Pablo Alfaro, Esteban.

DOCTOR HENRIK EDWARD LARSSON M.B.E.

Born Helsingborg, Sweden on 20 September 1971

"ESM Golden Shoe" winner - Europe's top scorer in 2001/2002, scoring 53 goals in all competitions.

UEFA Champions League Winner (2006)

Dutch Cup -1994, 1995

Scottish League Winner - 1998, 2001, 2002, 2004
Scottish League Cup Winner - 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002
Scottish FA Cup Winner - 2001, 2004
Scottish League Footballer of the Year - 1998, 2001
Scottish Premier League Top Scorer - 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004
Top SPL Goalscorer in one Season - 35 goals, 2000/01
All-time SPL Top Goalscorer - 158 goals, 1998-2004
SPL Player with most Hat Tricks - 12

Spanish Liga Primera Winner - 2005, 2006
Spanish Super Cup Winner - 2005

Swedish Footballer of the Year - 1998, 2004

In the season 2007/08, Henrik scored 9 goals for Helsingborgs IF in their European campaign and became the All-Time UEFA Cup top scorer with 38 goals.

CAREER STATISTICS

CLUBS	PLAYED	SCORED
Hogaborg	64	23
Helsingborgs IF	56	50
Feyenoord 1993 - 1997	101	26
CELTIC 1997 - 2004	315	242
FC Barcelona 2004 - 2006	54	15
Helsingborgs IF 2006 - 2007	15	8
Manchester United 2007 -	9	2
Helsingborgs IF 2007 - 2008	41	21
INTERNATIONALS	PLAYED	SCORED
Sweden	93	36

On Saturday 22 May 2004, Celtic played Dunfermline Athletic in the Scottish Cup final at Hampden Park .... it was Henriks last competitive match in the Hoops. He scored the first two goals in a 3-1 win to lift the cup for Celtic and complete the league and cup double.

His final game was against Sevilla CF of Spain in a special tribute match the board will claim was to let the fans say goodbye. The reality was that we (including Henrik) had already said all our goodbyes at the Cup final and (especially) at the end of the SPL match against Dundee United a week earlier (Henrik's last league match). The 'tribute' match was really to pay his £1 million end-of-contract bonus. The match was never advertised as a "testimonial" match and there was never any inference that Henrik would get the proceeds .... except in the press where they don't bother too much about the accuracy of their stories.

The King of Kings played his very last match as a professional footballer in a league match between Helsingborgs IF and Djurgardens IF, at the Olympia stadium in Helsingborg October 28, 2009. He retired from playing and is currently the Manager of Swedish League side Landskrona BoIS.