Celtic Legend Henrik Larsson

A true Celtic Legend (the king of kings)

Henrik Edward Larsson born 20 September 1971)
joined Celtic in 1997. He won four league titles in seven years with Celtic, scoring 242 goals in 315 competitive matches
Following a contract dispute with Feyenoord, he was signed by Celtic manager Wim Jansen in July 1997 for a fee of £650,000 In Larsson's Celtic debut against Hibernian at Easter Road, he came on as a late substitute. He inadvertently passed the ball to Hibernian player Chic Charnley who then went on to score, resulting in a 2--1 defeat for Celtic. He scored an own goal in his first European game, although Celtic did go on to win 6--3 against Tirol Innsbruck. After his poor start to the season he went on to score 18 goals in all competitions, and was Celtic's top scorer for the season. Initially Larsson played the role of support striker alongside Darren Jackson, Simon Donnelly and later Harald Brattbakk. In November 1997 Larsson won his first medal for the club with a 3--0 win over Dundee United at Ibrox Stadium giving Celtic the Scottish League Cup. He scored the opener in the final day of the league season against St. Johnstone to clinch the championship for Celtic. It was the club's first league championship win since the double winning season 1987--88 and stopped Old Firm rivals Rangers from breaking Celtic's record of nine titles in a row