Former Barca striker Henrik "Henke" Larsson did not score so far in the Swedish Championship. Swedish goalgetter Larsson, an idol in Barcelona and Celtic Glasgow, due to his professionalism and goal scoring abilities has not scored in 3 matches.
On Saturday, Larsson played with his hometown team Helsiongborg IF against Örgyte. The game ended in a 1-1 draw.

Swedish international striker Henrik Larsson has again retired from international football after 13 years. The 34-year-old former Barca star has previously ended his international career but could be persuaded to a comeback. Now, he assured publicly on TV Channel Canal Plus that he played for Sweden in the World Cup in Germany for the last time: "It´s the right time to stop. I'm quitting now. I've done my time for the national side"


Swedish Allsvenskan league with Helsingborg,
Former Celtic legend and Camp Nou hero Henrik "Henke" Larsson returned to his hometown club Helsingborg IF in Sweden this summer after coming off the bench to help Barcelona win last season's Champions League by setting up both their goals in a 2-1 win over Arsenal in Paris final.


Larsson, who also played for Feyenoord Rotterdam, made his international debut for Sweden in 1993. His last match was the second-round defeat by Germany at this summer's World Cup.


Larsson has played in 93 international matches for Sweden and is Sweden´s all-time top scorer with 36 goals. He scored in 3 different World Cups and his best achievement with the national team was the third-place at the 1994 World Cup in the USA.

Larsson was voted Sweden's player of the year in 1998 and 2004.

Former Barca and Celtic idol Henrik Larsson made his debut with his new hometown club Helsingborg IF.


He started the new Swedish campaign with a 3-1 away win over club Hammarby. Goalgetter Larsson played for 65 minutes but did not score for his new club. Henrik Larssons debut came just 2 weeks after Sweden's elimination from the World Cup in Germany and a short break at his house near the beach in the town of Gavámar, 12 km South of Barcelona.


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Germany beat Sweden 2-0 to reach the quarter finals of the World Cup on Saturday afternoon. Henrik Larsson's Swedish national team had not much of a chance in this encouter, despite Barca´s Larsson missing a penalty in the second half.


Podolski´s two early goals (4´and 12´) and Teddy Lucic´s sending off off after 34 minutes made it a mission impossible for the Swedes. Sweden did not trouble the Germans too much and the only chance to come back into the game was when Germany´s Christoph Metzelder fouled Larsson in the box, who then fired the penalty over the crossbar.


Henrik Larsson will make a decision on his future as an international after the World Cup. The Swedish hitman could have played his last match and brought to a close his spectacular international career. Larsson is Sweden's leading goal scorer and has scored in three different World Cups.


GERMANY v SWEDEN 2-0


Germany (4-4-2): Lehman - Friedrich, Mertesacker, Metzelder, Lahm - Schneider, Frings (Kehl 85´), Ballack, Schweinsteiger (Borowski 71´) - Klose, Podolski (Neuville 73´) - Manager: Klinsmann


Sweden (4-4-2): Isaksson - Alexandersson, Mellberg, Lucic, Edman - Jonson (Wilhelmsson 52´), Linderoth, Kallstrom (Hansson 39´), Ljungberg - Ibrahimovic (Allback 71´), Larsson - Manager: Lagerback


Goals:
1-0: Podolski 4´

2-0: Podolski 12´


Referee: Carlos Simon (Brazil)

Barca player and Champions League final hero Henrik Larsson scored the equaliser against England. Larssons last minute goal gave Sweden second place in Group B on Tuesday night. England finish top of the group but are likely to be without Newcastle united striker Michael Owen for the rest of the tournament after he suffered a bad knee injury in the first minutes of the match. A spectacular goal from Chelsea´s Joe Cole in minute 35 gave England a first half lead, but just minutes into the second half Allback hit back with a fine header from a corner. Sweden continued to push hard, especially from set pieces. Only the crossbar on two occasions and a goal line clearance by Steven Gerrard from Kim Kallstrom, prevented the Scandinavians from taking the lead. When Sweden were piling on the most pressure England took the lead again, thanks to substitute Steven Gerrard who scored his second goal of the world cup tournament with just a few minutes left, before Larsson got the point for Sweden following terrible defending of the english defence line.


Barca´s Larsson is now Sweden´s top scorer in the World Cup competition, having scored in three different world cups (1994, 2002 and 2006). Larsson is one of only three Barca players that managed to score in 3 different world cups so far. The other former Barca players are: Diego Armando Maradonna and Julio Salinas.


SWEDEN v ENGLAND 2-2


SWEDEN: Isaksson - Alexandersson, Lucic, Mellberg, Edman - Linderoth (Andersson 90´), Ljungberg, Kallstrom, Jonson (Wilhelmssom 54´) - Larsson, Allback (Elmander 74´).


ENGLAND: Robinson - Carragher, Ferdinand (Campbell 56´), Terry, Ashley Cole - Beckham, Lampard, Hargreaves, Joe Cole - Owen (Crouch 4´), Rooney (Gerrard 69´).


Goals:
0-1 Joe Cole 34´

1-1 Marcus Allback 51´
1-2 Gerrard 85´

2-2 Larsson 90´


Referee: Massimo Bussaca (Switzerland).
Yellow cards: Hargreaves (ENG), Alexandersson (SWE) and Ljungberg (SWE).