Henrik Larsson By Linnea Rosberg Who is Henrik Larsson? • His real name is Henrik Edward Larsson. His nickname from the fans is “Henke”. • Henrik Larsson is a famous football player who has been playing for one of Sweden’s teams called Helsingborg’s IF. • Henrik Larsson was born in Helsingborg, Sweden on the 20th of September 1971. When did Henrik Larsson start playing football? He started playing at Högaborg when he was six years old. When he started playing he was just a normal student in a team for boys but he improved and improved every years so he started playing professionally at the age of 17. Then after a few years he became a captain of a team and people started to like him more and now he is famous around Sweden and some countries like Denmark, Norway, Finland, Germany, England and a few more. Which clubs did Henrik Larsson play for? • 1988–1992 Högaborgs BK • 1992–1993 Helsingborgs IF • 1993–1997 Feyenoord • 1997–2004 Celtic • 2004–2006 Barcelona • 2006–2009 Manchester United • 2007 Helsingborgs IF Henrik Larsson played for loads of teams but it stopped and now he's a coach of Landskrona BOIS. The main thing he played for was his home town, his country and Helsingborg’s IF. Pictures of the different teams he was in. How was Henrik Larsson good out on the football pitch? Henrik Larsson played as an striker which he was really good as. He was also really good scoring goals for his teams and he was very committed doing his job out there. Henke was known as a good person that told/tells the truth! The teams he played for and the goals he scored: Högaborg 23 Helsingborgs IF 50 Feyenoord 26 Celtic 174 Barcelona 13 Helsingborgs IF 38 Manchester United 1 Total Goals 325 Why do I like him and no one else? I like him because he was the captain and played in the team I cheer for. I also like watching him because he’s from my home city Helsingborg and my home country Sweden. Another reason why I like him is because he is caring and always tell the truth about something it doesn’t batter if it is good or bad he always tells the truth. The last thing I like about him is that he is always happy and smiles all the time. The 3 questions I would ask Henrik Larsson in front of the camera. 1. Did you have a favorite team to play? Which one was it? 2. When you were a child did you want to become a football player or did you want to become something else? What was that? 3. How long did it take you to become really really good at playing football? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henrik_Larsson http://www.footymania.com/player.phtml?playerID=8 Bibliography http://sportspicswab.blogspot.com/2011/04/henrik-larsson-images.html http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4DZeuZWSETU/TRLqfxOXJjI/AAAAAAAABkA/TTyDVshnFfs/s1600/ Henrik-Larsson.jpg http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-05/04/xin_02205030410342343131823.jpg http://www.iffhs-media.de/9-b/9-Goalgetter1994-13.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Henrik_larsson_snorsjoabalen _2007_1.jpg/240px-Henrik_larsson_snorsjoabalen_2007_1.jpg http://cdnstatic.expressen.se/polopoly/bilder/2011/10/02/1.2579273TS1317592227874_slot 100slotWide75ArticleFull.jpg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E91fhQI-i4c http://www.clipartreview.com/_images_300/A_Hand_Holding_a_Microphone_100205-203180762009.jpg http://media.photobucket.com/image/interviewing%20henrik%20larsson/DabzoRenders/Spo rt/Soccer/Players%20-%20H/th_HenrikLarsson002.png http://www.soccerwallpaper.mackafe.com/var/albums/Henrik-Larsson-WallpaperGallery/Henrik_Larsson%2Bphotos.jpg http://static.guim.co.uk/sysimages/Football/Clubs/Club_Home/2009/7/3/1246616812802/Henrik-Larsson-001.jpg Thank You For Watching!