Larsson to retire

Tue, 20 Oct 22:08:22 2009

Celtic legend Henrik Larsson will retire at the end of the season, his club Helsingborg have announced.

The news comes nine days after the 38-year-old quit the Swedish national team for the second time in his career following their failure to reach the World Cup finals.

"We at HIF had obviously hoped Sweden's greatest player down the years would play on for another season," Helsingborg's director of sport Jesper Jansson told www.hif.se. "But we respect Henrik's decision and are incredibly grateful for everything he has done and proud to have been a part of his fantastic career."

Larsson has been a prolific striker throughout his career, scoring over 300 goals during spells with Feyenoord, Barcelona, the Hoops and Helsingborg.

He was also capped 106 times by Sweden, netting 37 times.

Larsson's final game for Helsingborg will be the Allsvenska clash at Elfsborg on November 1.

 

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  1. A treat and a privelege just to have seen him play. Not­ just for his goals but his work ethic and assists. ­ Henrik excelled at every level in the game. He loved­ playing and we loved watching him play against ( &­ with ! ) other teams.
    Bring on the dream team of­ Henrik & Lubo asap. + a board willing to shell out­ on the types of players the customers deserve.

    King of­ Kings, enjoy your retirement from playing get those­ badges now!!!!

    From gxdouglas, on Thu 22 Oct 11:06AM

  2. Health and happiness to you o holy one........now­ theres an idea....Lubo And Henrick in charge at­ Celtic.......some day hopefully.

    From Marty, on Wed 21 Oct 11:29PM

  3. Hail To The King ! Greatest ever Celt..by a LONG LONG­ WAY. Enjoy your retirement Henke...and hope to see you­ bossing us at Parkhead soon with Lubo.

    From jamielee_c, on Wed 21 Oct 4:06PM

  4. hail th king..

    From zzgus f, on Wed 21 Oct 5:37AM

  5. One of football's most greatest servants. His­ professionalism will be sorely missed. It's a shame­ there isn't many people in the game today like him.

    From Barry, on Tue 20 Oct 8:53PM

  6. BEST PLAYER TO HIT CELTIC EVER ,DO NOT FORGET ALL THE­ OTHER TEAMS HE PLAYED FOR ,A REAL GENTLEMAN AND I AM­ PROUD TO HAVE WATCHED HIM PLAY IN SCOTLAND AND EUROPE,­ HAVE A GREAT RETIREMENT HENRIK CHEERS..........

    From GREENCHIC1., on Tue 20 Oct 5:53PM

  7. Good man at all his clubs, but he wil be most­ remembered at Celtic.
    Need some more like him.

    From rron, on Tue 20 Oct 11:48AM

  8. No mention of his amazing 3 month loan spell at the­ Theatre of Dreams? Forever a legend with United­ supporters, just wish we had managed to keep hold of­ him a little bit longer

    From XS, on Tue 20 Oct 11:17AM
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