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Henrik Larsson

Age: 30 Position: Forward Club: Celtic (Sco)

Born in 1971, Henrik Larsson began his professional career with Hogabog before joining hometown team, Helsingborgs.

At the age of 21 he was signed by Wim Jansen, coach of Dutch giants Feyenoord, and his early performances earned him a call-up for Sweden.

He followed Jansen to Celtic early in 1998 and recovered from a slow start to net 16 goals in 35 league outings as the Scottish club's main striker.

Things got even better the following season (1998/99) when he was named Scottish Player of the Year for the first time and scored 29 times in 35 appearances.

But disaster struck during the following campaign when when he broke his leg in two places after 19 minutes of a UEFA Cup match against French club Lyon.

Although the break was bad enough to keep Larsson out of action for the rest of the domestic season, he was back to represent Sweden at Euro 2000.

It was Larsson's goals that fired Celtic to their trophy treble in the 2000/01 campaign and although not as consistent, he was a key figure in them retain the Scottish championship this year.