Thierry Henry Biography
– Preview The sheer number of Thierry Henry goals marked
in his club an international profile makes him one of the best
strikers of today, but it's not just goals that make him the
fantastic soccer plays that he is. His elegant playing style,
passing ability, decisiveness and overall
technique is what brought him in the exclusive group of world class
players and gave me a good reason to bring you this Thierry Henry bio.
Thierry Henry Biography
– Youth Stage Being brought up in the tough
neighborhoods of
Les Ulis, a heavily urbanized suburb of Paris, in a family of Antillean
immigrants that didn't have it easy, Thierry Henry was only 6 when
Claude Chezelle recruited him at the local youth team, CO Les Ulis.
Full
name
Thierry
Daniel Henry
Date
of birth
August
17, 1977
Place
of birth
Paris,
France
Height
6.2FT
- 1.88M
Playing
position
Striker
He spent five years at the club and at age 11, he played his first game
here, before joining US Palaiseau in 1989, where he would meet Coach
Jean-Marie Panza, which Henry refers to as his mentor even today. When
Panza moved to Vity-Chatillon in 1990, the 13 year old
Henry followed his mentor to the team, where he spent 2 years.
In his last year at Vity-Chatillon Thierry Henry had already made a
name for himself in the youth team circles and AS Monaco sent out a
scout to evaluate him at a game.
With 6 Thierry Henry goals that game, the scout was so impressed that
he asked the young player to join Monaco without even going through the
traditional trial, although he had to spend some time at the elite
academy of Clairefontaine, where he would learn the basics of
top football.
In 1992 he was finally allowed in the AS Monaco youth team and 3 years
later he would be taken in the senior squad.
Season
Club
Games
Goals
1995–1998
AS
Monaco
110
20
1998–1999
Juventus
16
3
1999–2007
Arsenal
336
226
2007-Present
FC
Barcelona
6
3
Last
Update - Sep 29, 2007
Domestic League Only
Thierry Henry Biography
– AS Monaco Being granted a first team place
after just
one season spent with the senior team, Thierry Henry grabbed the chance
and put his skills to good use, scoring several decisive goals that
would help Monaco win the Ligue 1 title in the 1996-1997 season.
His great form in the league as well as for the U-20 French National
team draw the eyes of France's senior National team's coach, Aime
Jacquet who took the young player to the 1998 World Cup, risking
his own position by allowing a relatively unknown striker to
bear the pressure of a World Cup.
Still, Thierry Henry didn't
disappoint as he ended the tournament as
France's top scorer with 3 goals, but unfortunately wasn't given the
chance to play in the final, where France beat Brazil 3 – 0.
Thierry
Henry Biography
His great form at the World Cup as well as at Monaco earned Thierry
Henry an international aura and drew the offers of several big clubs,
of which the most insistent was Juventus Torino, who signed him in
January 1999, for a sum of 17 million dollars.
Thierry Henry Biography – Juventus At Juventus, facing the rough
defensive
discipline of Italian clubs and changing his position on the pitch to
that of a winger, Henry didn't have the best of seasons. In fact, in 16
appearances for Juventus he barely scored 3 goals and had a few assists
and fans were starting to doubt the young Frenchman's skills.
Luckily for him, he was quick to change the environment, as Arsenal's
French coach, Arsene Wenger (who was Henry's coach
at Monaco) bought him for the same sum Juventus did, namely 17 million
dollars.
It's here that the true rise to stardom started for Thierry Henry,
Arsenal being a top team in the English league and will soon become a
heavy team in the European cups.
Thierry Henry Biography – Arsenal The move to Arsenal also
coincided with him
getting his old position as a striker back and taking advantage, he
became what the press would soon call a Thierry Henry scoring
machine, with an impressive tally of 26 goals in his first
season.
Years
National
Team
Games
Goals
1997–Present
France
94
40
Last
Update - Sep 24, 2007
That season will prove to be
Henry's best so far, winning the European
Championship that summer with France (being one of the decisive members
now, unlike the substitute status he shared in the 1998 World Cup) and
gaining a lot of support at Arsenal.
His next season saw him taking Arsenal to winning a league-cup double,
with the Frenchman becoming top goalscorer, piercing the net 32 times
in all competitions.
But the Thierry Henry scoring machine still hadn't clenched his thirst
for goals, as his next season would bring a new record goal tally, of 42
goals in all competitions, winning the FA Cup, although
losing the league title.
His second league trophy was soon to come though, as the 2003-2004
season saw an impressive London team lead by Thierry Henry, Arsenal
becoming the first team in more than a century to go through all the
domestic matches unbeaten.
Becoming Arsenal's captain in 2005, Thiery Henry's goals lead the
Gunners to a solid 2005-2006 season, which although didn't bring any
silverware, brought a lot of records for the Frenchman.
That season, he managed to become Arsenal's top goalscorer of all time,
breaking Ian Wright's 185 goals record, best club league goal record,
breaking Cliff Bastin's league goal tally of 151 and also became the
first player to score over 100 goals on Highbury, an unprecedented
record.
Although losing another league title the following year, Thierry
Henry's Arsenal focused all their efforts to the UEFA Champions League,
where they reached the final, eventually losing 1
– 2 to a rampant FC Barcelona.
On June 25, 2007 Henry signed a 4 year deal with FC Barcelona and will
earn a "small amount" of $9.3 million per season. Barcelona paid
Arsenal $22 million for the Frenchman services.
