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Thierry Henry Biography

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.

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.

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