Celtic Football Club is the fans, without them there is no club." - Paul McStay

"I've played in lots of big games and stadiums but I've never witnessed fans making that much noise in 90 minutes" - Owen Hargreaves, Bayern Munich

"They are a superb set of fans and they love to see us battle for the cause" - Bobo Balde.

"The atmosphere here was unbelievable and it's an honour to play in such an arena." - Oliver Khan

"Celtic fans, you are great, you are marvellous" - Sepp Blatter

"The best fans on the continent" - El Mundo Deportivo, Barcelona

"Celtic have one of the most incredible, and aggressive, supports in the entire world." - Frank De Boer (!)

"Celtic Park... is the noisiest ground in the world." - Hugh Dallas(!!)

"They are a fantastic club with amazing support." - Henrik Larsson

"The atmosphere generated by the fans in Celtic's stadium for our visit was the most impressive I have ever witnessed." - Xavi, Barcelona

"'I speak for everyone when I describe the behaviour of the Celtic supporters as immaculate. With all the bother concerning racial insults and hooligan behaviour these fans were a breath of fresh air." - Barcelona Police spokesman.

"I have been in football a long time but never known an atmosphere like tonight. The Celtic fans were like nine extra men for their team" - Vladimir Weiss, Artmedia coach

"The Celtic supporters were out of this world. I've still to find supporters to better them." - Tommy Gemmell

"The Celtic supporters know their football." - Shunsuke Nakamura

"I fell a bit in love with Celtic, because the atmosphere was amazing and the crowd was magnificent, the way they behaved with the Porto fans." - Jose Mourinho

"The atmosphere inside Celtic Park is one of the best in Europe - it's absolutely incredible." - Sven-Goran Eriksson

"It is spectacular to see the fans like that." - Alberto Gilardino

"In my experience, which embraces big matches at Old Trafford, Anfield, Ibrox, the San Siro and the Nou Camp, there's nowhere else remotely like Parkhead on a Champions League night" - Brian Viner, Independant

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Date of birth: 20.09.1971
Country: Sweden
Position: Forward

Profile

A deadly striker whose goalscoring prowess for club and country has become legendary, Henrik Larsson is strong on the ball, good in the air and possesses a sharp footballing brain.

National team
Larsson earned his first call-up in 1992 and helped Sweden achieve third place at the 1994 FIFA World Cup. He scored against Italy at UEFA EURO 2000™ and found the net three times during the 2002 FIFA World Cup. He retired from international football in April 2003 after 24 goals in 73 games, but reversed his decision on the eve of UEFA EURO 2004™, adding three more goals in Portugal as Sweden reached the quarter-finals and being named in the All-Star Squad.

Club
Larsson made his debut in 1989 for Högaborgs BK, scoring 23 goals over three years before joining hometown team Helsingborgs IF in 1992. After 34 goals in 31 games, a move to Dutch side Feyenoord followed, before switching to Celtic FC in 1997.

1998: Larsson scored 29 goals in 1998/99, but broke his leg in two places in a UEFA Cup tie against Olympique Lyonnais at the start of the next season. He returned to help Celtic to the 2000/01 domestic treble, outstanding form which continued into the next season when he scored 53 goals in all competitions to win the ESM Golden Shoe. Scored ten times en route to the 2003 UEFA Cup final, including two in the 3-2 final defeat by FC Porto. The following term he helped the Hoops win the double, scoring twice in the Scottish Cup final, before his contract expired and he joined FC Barcelona on a one-year deal.

2004/05: Larsson began well but his season ended early when he ripped the anterior cruciate ligament and cartilage in his left knee on 20 November. The eventual Spanish champions responded with a goodwill gesture, extending his contract until June 2006.

In the 2006 Champions League final against Arsenal FC, Larsson came off the bench with the Spanish champions trailing 1-0, only to change the game and set up both goals in an epic 2-1 victory for the Spanish giants


Did you know?
In autumn 2003 he broke the record for European goals scored by a player at a British club with his 31st strike in a 4-0 win against MTK Hungária FC.