HENRIK LARSSON is a man of many talents – and a few surprises.
The man who goes down as Celtic’s King of Kings during his playing days was adept at scoring goals with his right and left foot (and his head).
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But it’s a little known fact that when it comes to the golf course he PUTTS left-handed but drives and does his iron play RIGHT-handed.
And he’s been explaining why to Charlie Mulgrew in the latest episode of the former Celtic star‘s Mulgrew Pitch to Par YouTube show.
When he first notices, a stunned Mulgrew asked Larsson, who has a handicap of 10.1, said: “Are you a left handed putter?”
Larsson replied: “Yes, because I played floorball this way”
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Floorball is a sport which is played indoors across central Europe and Scandinavia with a stick and a light-weight ball, on a court which is similar to ice hockey.
When he was younger, Larsson played handball, field hockey and even ice hockey in addition to football.
It will soon be 20 years since Larsson’s legendary spell at Celtic came to an end.
The former Sweden star was a £650,000 signing from Feyenoord in 1997 and he went on to enjoy a trophy and goal-laden seven years in Scottish football.
In all, Larsson won four league titles, two Scottish Cups and a couple of League Cups with the Hoops.
He moved to Barcelona in the summer 2004 and went on to win a couple of La Liga championships and the Champions League.
Then there was a brief loan spell at Manchester United in 2007 which saw him finally get the chance to play in the English Premier League.
Larsson retired in 2009 – although did make a brief comeback in 2012 in the fifth tier of Swedish football – and these days his life is rather different.
The 52-year old admits that he’s TIRED of football nowadays – and he has several different interests that take up his time instead.
Having initially become a manager, twice taking charge of Helsingborgs, Larsson now enjoys his time golfing and overseeing his own CLOTHING line.
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