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- Arguably the greatest player ever to play in the SPL, Swedish striker Henrik Larsson arrived at Celtic from Feyenoord in 1997 and played a crucial role in helping Celtic end Rangers' dominance during a glorious seven-season spell with the club. He famously scored the first goal of the Martin O'Neill era against Dundee United at Tannadice, while he also scored a number of memorable goals against rivals Rangers, including an unforgettable lob in the famous 6-2 victory in 2000. Here are five of his best strikes.
Is Larsson the greatest player to have graced Scottish football? Comment below the video and tell us about your Scottish football hero. - Sport
This guy has
1) world cup medal (bronze)
2) Champions leauge title (2 assists in the final)
3) European golden boot
A truly underrated player of the modern era
Who underrated him?
Jobbie Jabba Everybody outside Scotland and Sweden
Soo true:-)
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He was much better then what the history tells. I remember him scoring two goals for Celtic in the UEFA Cup final 2003 but still lost 2-3. Celtic was soo good that macth and Larsson deserved to win for his Celtic. But they lost in extra-Time in 115 min.
He was such a team player.
Celtic and indeed Scottish football will never again see the likes of a player of the caliber of Larsson, not only was he the best striker ever 242, in 308 games, speaks for itself, the guy was also a set up merchant, his assists stats is unreal......add into the fact his loyalty to Celtic when he could have left and doubled his wages,.... well its just unheard of in modern football.......... WHAT A PLAYER! WHAT A GUY!
+nosebuzz007 LARSSON WAS A GREAT PLAYER AND HE SCORED MANY GOALS WHICH HE MADE SO SIMPLE AND EASY.
+nosebuzz007 Gerrard could have joined any club he wanted at his peak, Scholes could have joined any club he wanted at his peak, Le Tissier could have joined any club at his peak, Del Piero could have joined any club at his peak...... I could name loads of players here........to say its unheard of is just silly.
The one big difference is they were on fantastic money compared to Larsson,, 3 times his wages!! He was only in the Scottish leauge fs.
Larsson was on 30k per week at Celtic yet he still demanded an extra 10k per week or he was going to quit. You dont consider 30k per week to be fantastic money? Le Tissier was on 3500 per week when he finished his career..
www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/competitions/scottish-premier/3006322/Larsson-may-quit-Celtic.html
Barry Fisher Le Tissier played in a different era.
I am a rangers fan but this man was magic
He was, but I would have Laudrup ahead of him
Raptorjesuslives laudrup wasn't even the best player in his own family
john scott
You are in serious need of the twelve steps Mister.Laudrup couldnt even better his Brother Michael.Henrik went to Barca and Man United.After leaving his Beloved Celtic.I liked Davie Cooper but not even he could tie Henriks boots
@@John-tz2tx HAHAHAHAHAHA
@@brockmckenzie3799 you are acting like larsonn is better than michael laudrupp michael laudrupp is one of the best players ever there is no shame in not being better than him
What's really incredible is Celtic only paid £650,000 to sign larsson, can't be far off the best value for money ever.
Steal of the century.
Cruyff was bought for only 900k
@@robertbilic1349 That was alot of money back in the day. Larsson came from Feyenoord, he was okay there but nothing special.
Robert Bilić if you include inflation cruyff was bought for more then Larsson , 20 years before he was bought by celtic
Ryan Kent was £7.5 million,and apparently is world class.😂😂😂😂😂😂
As a Hearts fan, the 90's brought some amazing players. Laudrup, di canio but I have to say the best I have had the pleasure of watching in front of me was Larsson. He made football so simple and so amazing, Honoured his clubs and contacts with respect and was an all round pro
You are my Larsson, my Henrik Larsson....
You make me happy when skys are grey
what a player,the more I watch him the better I realise he was
and I don't mean I had no idea how good he was -I was lucky enough t see the man in full flight at celtic(my team) but the more I see him ,impossible as it seems -the better he gets
The mid-late 90's was fantastic for Scottish football. It was a great watch back then.
I'm a Rangers fan and even I will say he is a great player
As a rangers fan this question doesn't even need to be asked. He was an excellent player, an unbelievable goal scorer and from what i remember he was pretty decent at assisting goals as well.
Theres a lot of players that you could argue that are better than Larsson like dalglish, cooper, jinky and best but those guys were before my time so i couldn't comment.
For me though Larsson is the best but Laudrup or Gazza are a close second haha.
I agree
Gazza ??? Come on now.
@@countcampbell Piss off, Gazza is the best player to be seen in scottish football by a country mile. Could run rings round any Celtic defence in the history of scottish football. He was one of the greatest players EVER never mind in Scottish football.
@@jakelamotta2387 ahh man, he was a bit past it at that stage. He was wildly inconsistent.
@@jakelamotta2387 not even in the top 50 players of all time. Great player Gascogne, but never one of the greatest ever, I could name 11 Brazilians alone better than him. Geez peace.
how he stayed loyal in Scotland for 7 good years while with his ability he could've so easily move to even bigger clubs (as he'd prove later on) is the most amazing thing about him, imo
Yes, Larsson is thre greatest player that graced Scottish football !
Dalglish?
Dalglish was excellent but larsson was better with celtic but dalglish was his best at Liverpool
It’s ally mccoist
@@brodiemiller5214 HAHAHAHAHAH
This players make me play Celtics for PlayStation,, true idol
me too, and I’m brazilian
That first goal isn't the same witout the original comentary. ..,"THAT IS SENSATIONAL...."
absolutely,there's no argument in it,Henrik Larsson is the best player to have played in the scottish game,the guy was genuine world class and it was a privilege to have seen him play for the mighty Hoops
One of the most underrated players in the world - fantastic talent, and a very quiet modest man. Never succumbed to drama, and never even recognised his own talent. A true gent of football
By miles and miles and miles.
MinceCFC load of “mince” lol jk he was fantastic
And miles
Rangers fan here but he was absolutely magic
Whether you were a Celtic fan or not, Henrik Larsson was a great and entertaining player to watch. When you look at that horrific leg break, that would have ended a lot of other players careers, for the guy to come back even better was astonishing.
Most definitely the greatest ever to play for Celtic and probably the SPL.
The amount of assists that Larsson provided as well was exceptional, I don't think we willever see a player like him again in the SPL
May do, but such a player would only be there a year or two
YEAH.! BUT NOT ALL THE TIME.! SOMETIMES - TH HEART STAYS WHERE IT BELONGS.???
this shouldn't even be a question
TheRickyG Jimmy jonstone is the best
@@eoin6429 fair enough though I'd say Larsson
For us Celtic fans...He’s a god..
Paul Ritchie Stevie Chalmers, Bobby Lennox and Billy McNeill?
Gordon?
Even as a Rangers fan, I would say he is yes.
Unreal man, larsson was a true legend on par with Paul Scholes, could you imagine them 2 in a team no wonder fergy tried n tried again to sign him!!
Long live the king of kings. This man brought me and every Celtic fan such great memories. The things you take for granted when your younger! Celtic will never see a player like that again
My Idol growing up. What a player.
First football games I ever watched at park head were these masterful performances. Didn’t realise it at the time but I was witnessing SPL history with those season tickets…truly sublime
A magnificent player at a magnificent club ☘️💥🇮🇪
Well said...head and shoulders above any other SPL Player..
One of the best strikers in the world
A legend, I named one one of my Dogs after him. Hail Hail from Ireland.
He went to Barca and won it all there that says it all ☘️💚
The best to ever grace the Scottish game a truly world class player and it was joy to see him play.my hero💚🍀🍀🍀
He's the greates to play in the modern era without a doubt.
Sure it's all about opinions but for me since 1960 the contenders are :- Jim Baxter, Jimmy Johnstone, Davie Cooper, Paul Gascoigne, Brian Laudrup, and Henrik Larsson.
I couldn't pick a winner out of that group but you have to accept that Larsson is up there with the best in recent times in Scottish football.
He carried teams to success. From the Scottish league cup to his own international success to the UEFA and champions league final. Arguably, he's one of the greatest players of all time.
Class ! class ! class ! loved watching him play for us true professional on and off the pitch .
He just makes it look so easy, very clinical and composed player.
If we got moravcik when he was a good few year younger it coulda been him but it got to be this guy right here absolute legend
i beleive he is , seen so many greats over the years first game and team i remember had frank haffey in goal he was my hero, even my da ripped the piss out of that one,the name stuck ,through 60s and beyond it was henrik who kept my concentration , get something out of nothing ,and a belief in himself ,and the joy of making a living from wha you enjoy doing,always loved,i vote yes
Yes Henrik Larsson was the best player ever to play in Scotland. He just had IT ...pure natural born ability, made every goal he scored look absolutely effortless. A real gentleman too.
The greatest (Foreign) player ever to play in Scotland!! That is a concrete fact!!!🍀🏴🇮🇪🇸🇪☘️💚⭐️🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆✊🏻
GOD LIKE GENIUS 😂😂😂 why an Ireland flag ya roaster
Laudrup was excellent on the big international stage. Euro 92 team of the tournament, Laudrup was involved in both the goals in the semi final against Holland to send them to the final and he played well in the final. In 1992 he was injured for 6 months of the season for Bayern but still managed to be named by FIFA as the 5th best player in the world. He was excellent in euro 96 which included 3 goals in 3 games. Won the golden ball award for confederations cup 95. continued......
Yes, yes he is the best. And a gentleman and a great sport too. A fantastic player.
Dundee fan but Henrik was so special, a pleasure to see at Dens
Great striker-greetings from Honduras.
Henrik did everything pretty good, he had no weakneses in his game and his playing IQ was very high, thats why he could have left for any club, He played in Barcelona and Manchester United after his prime and did very well. Miss this guy to all the bums we have in the Swedish squad since Henrik and Zlatan retired.
Henrik was always a world class player!
Grande grande grande grande Larsson, era bonito ver ele jogar, grandíssimo atacante
For me he is one of the best. Wonderful to watch.
A natural talent & consummate professional who honed his skills into one of the greatest players of the past 50 years. £650,00o nicker - Pogba - £90 Million - Insane :)
he was amazing player.. when I was 14 , 15 years old.. ehhh old good times :)
It was heart breaking watching him score two world class goals in the UEFA cup final a shot win it💔,would give my left nut to have him in this team going for tiar this season🍀💚
Happy Birthday!!!!!!! Henrik!
What a player he was definitely an end of an era
Your facts must be different than actual facts as he scored 3 for Man Unt and was that good in the 2 months he had a standing ovation from all the players and staff in the dressing room plus single handidly one barca the european cup, as well as ronaldinho claming he was the best player he had ever played with now think of the players he has played with, THAT'S FACT!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You forgot to mention that Sir Alex made sure he got a PL medal because he thought his impact was invaluable.
Best player Ronaldinho ever played with? You must mean his bollox cos he played with the original Ronaldo and kaka. Henrik was very good, but be honest, as good as those two?
@@bordercollie1140 Ronaldinho said Larsson
@@williamdownie6282, right show me the proof and I'll believe it.
Single handedly won the champions league, well then he is the best ever. One man beating 11 World class players that's outstanding. When Henrik Larsson is translated from Swedish to English, it means Roy of the rovers. I know Maradona done well in 86, but he had 10 other players with him, nothing close to Larsson doing it single handedly.
Yes he is!
Henke Larsson is the Swedish King! Yesterday, Today and Forever..
Well he then played for Barca. Won the CL for them. Some would say he wasted his good years on scottish football. He could won so much more if he just had said yes to a bigger club earlier. But he loved Celtic and that is a proof of a big player as well. Being a club faithful.
efcpl celtic are a big club
no word needed...YES! And you cannot argue that! And as much as I hate the catalonians I was so happy to see him when the champions league and get that most important piece of silverware to hang in his home. God bless you Henrick! You brought us so much joy for so many years!
one Word say all about Henke larsson and that is AWSOME
I'm from Sweden and I've followed football since the late 60's and I have three Swedish footballers as some of my favorite players ever. Zlatan Ibrahimovic is probably the best we've had in Sweden with his long and distinguished career, Henrik Larsson with all his footballing intelligence and ability is another and the third is my childhood hero; Roger Magnusson. He was an iconic player for Olympique Marseille and he was one the the three greatest dribblers of the ball in the late 60's and early 70's along with George Best and Jimmy Johnstone. Personally, he's the best dribbler of the ball I've ever seen and he actually played some matches for the same club in Sweden as Henrik Larsson, Helsingborg.
du har glömt Eddie Gray...Leeds:-)
@@jamsankoski100 Eddie Gray var fantastiskt, märkligt att han bara fick 12 landskamper och Roger M 14 landskamper ... liksom Nacka på 11 landskamper. Legendarer allihop! Eddie Gray var helt fantastisk, liksom Dragan Djajic men av alla de jag sett så var Roger Magnusson den skickligaste dribbler jag sett, osannolikt bra och nästan bortglömd i Sverige. I Frankrike anser man att han, om han hade spelat i ett mer prestigefyllt landslag, varit lika känd som Stanley Matthews eller Garrincha.
For all his talent, he was also a very modest person. Very decent likeable guy. I'd say so.
Certainly one of the greatest but there were so many in the distant past. Hibs and Hearts had great great players from the '40s through to the early '60s. Gordon Smith, Bobby Johnstone, Willlie Ormond, Alex Young the Golden Vision, Dave Mackay. All top talents. Jinky and Slim Jim. So may great great players.
If you can't answer this question then ask yourself this
1. Who else moved to a team the calibre of Man U and won the premiership with them
2. Then moved to Barcelona and came off the bench in the final to completely turn the game around assist and lift the big cup.
I´m swede, but somehow, I can´t see why it matters?
Henrik Larsson is great, and he´s from Sweden.
But he would be great from any country.
I am excited and proud, but i think he deserves more cred than that.
He (himself, and only him) is the success.
HE is great. And Sweden is lucky to have him as a swede, :)
He’s been adopted as a Scot now mate..could do with some class right now.
He was the only reason I used to watch the old firm derby on BBC, didn’t support any of them but he was special
Henrik Larsson, Brian McClair and Kenny Dalglish are the best and strongest strikers of all time for Celtic Glasgow.
George Best, Kenny Dalglish, Dennis Law, Jinky Johnstone, Jim Baxter, Davie Cooper
Short answer:Yes
Long answer: Yeeessssssssss
For me, Larsson is certainly the best overseas player to play his football in Scotland. Brian Laudrup and Lubo Moravcik weren't far off. But if you think any of those fine players were any better than Jimmy Johnstone , Kenny Dalglish and Jim Baxter , then you most certainly were born much later than me.
Tommy Gemmell and Danny McGrain too.
Jesus! What a day. Falls road was buzzing. Hail hail 67.the KING
most colorful player in Celtic, SPL and even the Swedish national squad !
Larsson was the greatest in the air I ever seen, he could out jump anyone and he was fast at running.
it was how long he could stay in the air... just hung there
Me acuerdo que pasaba Espn la Liga de Escocia y era fanático del Celtic por éste señor, durante un tiempo la delantera era Larsson y Hartson
There are 2 possible answers here. 1. Players who have (done the most/played the best) while in Scottish Football 2. The best players to have graced Scottish Football.
For me in the last 60 years answer to number 1 would be :- Jimmy Johnstone, and Davie Cooper. Answer to no2 would be :- George Best, Denis Law, Roy Keane, Larsson, Gazza, Laudrup.
Yes he IS!
Don´t forget he was good in Barcelona and Man United too!
And he is definately Celtics best buy!Celtic got a lot of bang for the buck!
Fantastic player both on and off the pitch!!
Larsson was a beast. And I loved that he got those 2 seasons in Barcelona to wrap up a fantastic career.
That said, I think no one performed as great as he did in Scottish Premier. But if the question would be the greatest all-time player that played in Scotland, I think that’d be Caniggia. Even considering he was already past his prime.
That’s my thought, at least.
from continued.... ripping Argentina apart in the final. Was in the world cup 98 team of the tournament scoring 2 goals and 3 assists. He was ripping Brazil apart in the quarter finals creating the 1st goal and scoring the second. But for some reason he was hit and miss for his club career in Europe.......
Best player ive ever seen im 45 and he was incredible!
He was probably one of the best celtic players. I think he is a trainer now for one of the top clubs in Sweden. He looks different now, check this out Spring (Henrik Larsson)
That Is Sensational
Shouldn’t even have to ask. Thanks for the memories henrik
I'm a hearts fan and larsson is the greatest Scottish football history spl/spfl era player in history no one can match him.
Legend absolute legend
Absolutely he was.
I cannot for the life of me understand how premier league clubs did not get him.much sooner
0:12 MONSTRUO !!!! MONSTER !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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AS a Celtic fan I always admired and liked Laudrup and remember a game where he was toying with and running rings round players in an International Torunament.. I think it was against Saudi Arabia. ...but for me Henrik stands out as the best player to play in the SPL for sure. Not only a great player but a sportsman, gentleman, and all round great professional. A credit to the sport and his country.
I was lucky enough to see Jinky play & I was lucky enough to see Henrik play 2 brilliant players though you can only have 1 greatest ever ( always be Jinky for me) there's a baw- hair splitting both these guys 2 absolute legends at Celtic Henrik is the greatest ever foreign player to have played in the Scottish game there's no doubt about it the man is simply the king of kings
I'm a hearts fan and it's a stupid question to ask he was world class probs one of the top strikers in the world when he was at celtic and barca
Konterman still can't put his shoes on the right feet.
Larsson taught him to river dance in 2 seconds flat.
Pure class
He was deffo different class. Im a jambo and seeing him in the opposition team must have been frightening coming at you on the pitch. The boy wasnt only brilliant but behaved himself and was an all round pro. No doubt hes the best player i have seen play in scotland.
you give me joy in my heart henrick larrson you give me joy in my heart i pray henrick larrson is the king of kings
Henrik will Forever Be the King of Kings and in Our Hearts he Belongs Forever More.HfH
In a simple word yes Henrik was the best most players would struggle to do what he did with complete ease nothing fazed him the perfect marriage was Celtic & Henrik Larsson he was also a loyal player aswell as a gentleman long live the king of kings
Only human ive idolized
Larsson and tupac 😉
I'm a hibee and he is for me immortal
Amazing player
Best to play in Scotland so underrated
Great player. Very underrated.
The most underrated striker in the world
no question, the best!