5 players who returned to their boyhood clubs

3. Henrik Larsson

Henrik Larsson returned home to Helsingborg after an epic career

One of the greatest strikers of his generation, Henrik Larsson perhaps wasn’t appreciated as much as he should’ve been until the twilight of his career. The Swede’s professional career began at Helsingborg in 1992, where he scored 34 goals in 31 games, and the goals simply kept coming from there onwards.

Larsson’s peak came during his time at Celtic – he scored 242 goals for the Scottish side in 313 appearances, and won the Scottish Premier League on four occasions – but a move to Barcelona in the summer of 2004 brought him the acclaim he’d always deserved, and while at the Spanish giants he even captured the Champions League in 2005/06.

Despite being in his mid-30’s, Larsson clearly still had a lot in the tank – which was why it came as a surprise when he left Barcelona in the summer of 2006 to rejoin Helsingborg. He would spend a further four seasons there – scoring 54 goals in the process – and after his retirement in 2009, returned to his boyhood club for a third time, this time as the club’s manager.