Thierry Henry

Thierry Henry
Thierry Henry (2015)
Personnel
Surname	Thierry Daniel Henry
birthday	17th August 1977
place of birth	Les Ulis ,  France
size	188 cm
position	Storm
Juniors
Years	station
1983-1989	CO Les Ulis
1989-1990	US Palaiseau
1990-1991	ES Viry-Châtillon
1991-1992	INF Clairefontaine
1992-1993	Versailles FC
1993-1994	AS Monaco
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
1994-1997	AS Monaco B	31 00(7)
1994-1998	AS Monaco	105 0(20)
1999	Juventus Turin	16 00(3)
1999-2007	Arsenal FC	254 (174)
2007-2010	FC Barcelona	80 0(35)
2010-2014	New York Red Bulls	135 0(52)
2012	→ Arsenal FC (loan)	4 00(1)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals) 2
1992-1993	France U15	4 00(3)
1993-1994	France U16	8 00(4)
1994-1995	France U17	11 0(10)
1995-1996	France U18	13 00(6)
1996-1997	France U19	9 00(5)
1997-1998	France U20	11 00(7)
1997-1999	France U21	6 00(1)
1997-2010	France	123 0(51)
Stations as a trainer
Years	station
2016-2018	Belgium (assistant coach)
2018-2019	AS Monaco
2020–	Montreal Impact
1 Only league games are given. Status: end of career 2 Status: end of career

Thierry Daniel Henry (born August 17, 1977 in Les Ulis near Paris ) is a former French football player and current coach . In 2004, Henry von Pelé was named to the list of the 125 best footballers still alive . Since January 2020 he has been head coach of the MLS - franchises Montreal Impact .

Career as a player

societies

Beginnings

Henry, son of a Guadeloupian father and a Martinican mother, had been prepared for a career as a professional footballer since childhood. He first played for a club in the Paris suburb of Les Ulis , then from 1990 to 1992 at the French national training center INF Clairefontaine and until 1993 at FC Versailles. From 1993 he stormed for AS Monaco , which had signed him in 1990. There he made his debut in the French first division in 1994 . In January 1999, Henry moved to Juventus Turin , where he could not cope and even had to play as a full-back at times.

Arsenal FC

Henry (r.) Together with Robin van Persie in the jersey of Arsenal FC (2006)

Bronze statue of Henry in front of the Emirates Stadium

Henry in the FC Barcelona jersey

In August 1999, just eight months after signing Juventus, he moved to London for Arsenal . There he has scored at least 17 goals per season since his first season and is still the most successful striker in the club's history.

Thierry Henry made his breakthrough at Arsenal in the 2001/02 season, when he was the top scorer for the first time in his career with 24 goals . Three more awards of this kind were to follow. In 2003 he was awarded the Golden Shoe for the first time as the top goalscorer in Europe and in the same year came second in the election for FIFA World Player of the Year , behind his French compatriot Zinédine Zidane . In 2004 he finished fourth in the European Footballer of the Year election and second again in the FIFA World Player of the Year election, this time behind Ronaldinho . However, he was named England and France Footballer of the Year in 2003, 2004 and 2006 .

On October 18, 2005, he set a new goal record with a brace in the Champions League against Sparta Prague : his second goal against Prague was also the 186th goal in his 302nd game for Arsenal, breaking the long-standing record of Arsenal Legend Ian Wright , who scored 185 hits for the Gunners in his career. For the 2005/06 season he succeeded Patrick Vieira as Arsenal captain.

In 2006 he was voted Footballer of the Year in England by English journalists for the third time in his career, something no other player has achieved before him. In the same season he extended his contract with Arsenal for another four years; Arsenal's vice-president David Dein suggested offers to replace Henry from other clubs in the amount of 50 million pounds, or about 73.5 million euros.

Henry has scored 226 goals in 369 competitive appearances for Arsenal, making him the current record goalscorer for Arsenal. As a result of this achievement, Arsenal FC unveiled a life-size bronze statue of the attacker in front of the local Emirates Stadium as part of the celebrations to mark its 125th anniversary on December 9, 2011 .

FC Barcelona

In June 2007, Henry moved to FC Barcelona for an estimated fee of around 24 million euros . There he signed a four-year contract. In his first season in the highest Spanish league , the Frenchman scored twelve goals in 30 league games. He was also used ten times in the UEFA Champions League and scored two goals. This season was marked by back problems for him, due to injuries he was out of many games. The second season at FC Barcelona was positive for him, with Barça winning the Spanish Cup , the championship and the Champions League. This was the first Champions League win in Henry's career.

After the 2009/10 season, in which he only scored four goals in 21 games, Henry left FC Barcelona by mutual agreement a year before his regular contract expired.

New York Red Bulls and brief return to Arsenal

Henry at the 2013 MLS All-Star Game

On July 14, 2010 it was announced that Henry would join the New York Red Bulls in the MLS . This makes him the second designated player in the ranks of the Red Bulls after Juan Pablo Ángel . On his first appearance on July 23, 2010, Henry scored a goal for New York in a friendly against Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur . His first game in Major League Soccer ( MLS ) was played on July 31, 2010 in a 2-2 draw against Houston Dynamo , where he made two goals possible for Juan Pablo Ángel. Henry himself met four weeks later for the first time: on August 28 against San Jose Earthquakes to the 2-0 final result.

After Juan Pablo Ángel left the Red Bulls for the 2011 season , Henry became the new team captain.

His base salary was 3.7 million euros per year.

After Henry had trained at Arsenal again since the end of the 2011 season, the club confirmed on January 6, 2012 that he would be returning to his old club in London on loan for two months to help out the strikers who had been eliminated by the 2012 African Cup To replace Gervinho and Marouane Chamakh . In his first competitive appearance for the Gunners on January 9, 2012 in the FA Cup , the late substitute "homecomer" scored the goal of the day to beat Leeds United 1-0 . In his third league game, he supposedly scored his first Premier League goal since returning in a 7-1 runaway win against Blackburn Rovers . However, months later the goal was only awarded to an opponent as an own goal by the so-called "Dubious Goal Commission". So it was only his winning goal against Sunderland AFC on February 11 that became his only Premier League goal and his 228th goal in Arsenal's shirt. Henry played for Arsenal for the last time on February 15, 2012 in the Champions League game against AC Milan before returning to New York.

On December 1, 2014, Henry announced that he would not renew his year-end contract. He left the club as the best assists (42) and second best goalscorer (51) in the club's history. On December 16, 2014, Henry announced that he had ended his 20-year professional career. He then worked as a TV expert for the British pay broadcaster Sky Sports .

National team

Henry (left) next to the Italian Gennaro Gattuso in the final of the 2006 World Cup

In the French national team , he made his debut on October 11, 1997 against South Africa (2-1).

Henry participated in eight major tournaments for France. At the 1998 World Cup in his own country, he scored three goals in six games. The striker scored once in the group stage against South Africa and twice against Saudi Arabia . Henry was not used in the final for the 3-0 win and winning the World Cup against Brazil .

At the Euro 2000 in Belgium and the Netherlands, Henry scored three goals in five games. In the preliminary round he scored one goal each against Denmark and the Czech Republic . In the further course of the tournament he was able to equalize in the semifinals against Portugal to 1-1. Zinédine Zidane scored the 2-1 penalty in extra time to make it into the European Championship final. France won 2-1 after extra time and became European champions .

At the 2002 World Cup in Japan and South Korea, Henry could not score a goal, as did the entire French team. In the second group game against Uruguay , Henry was excluded after 25 minutes for gross foul play and was then suspended. France were eliminated as defending champions in the group stage.

In 2003, Henry took part in the Confederations Cup in his home country . In the final, France beat Cameroon 1-0 thanks to a golden goal from Henry. Henry was named the tournament's top scorer and best player.

One year later, EURO 2004 followed in Portugal. Here Henry could score two goals in four games. In the third group game against Switzerland , he scored two goals to make it 3-1. After successfully surviving the group stage, France were eliminated 1-0 against eventual European champions Greece in the quarter-finals.

At the 2006 World Cup in Germany, Henry was runner-up with Les Bleus . The striker scored three goals in seven games, two of them in the group matches against South Korea and Togo . France reached the round of 16 in second place in the group. In the quarter-finals against Brazil , Henry scored the decisive 1-0. In the final, Henry was replaced by Sylvain Wiltord and thus did not take part in the penalty shoot-out that the French lost to Italy .

The EM 2008 in Austria and Switzerland was a disappointment for the French national team with Henry. Henry could only be used in the second group game due to an injury, he scored the connecting goal to 1: 2 against the Netherlands ; However, France lost 4-1. In the group stage playoff against Italy, France lost 2-0 and were eliminated from the bottom of the group.

Henry hit the headlines on November 18, 2009 in the play-off second leg of the 2010 World Cup qualification . After France won the first leg in Ireland 1-0, the guests at the Stade de France were in the lead after regular time with the same result, so it came to extra time. In the 103rd minute, Henry took a hand in the penalty area, he admitted that immediately after the final whistle. The ball passed on by Henry after the handball on foot was used by William Gallas as the decisive goal for France's World Cup qualification.
He was nominated for the French World Cup squad , but finally lost his role as a regular player there.

In the French national team, Henry is the record scorer with 51 goals. As a substitute for the World Cup match against Uruguay on June 11, 2010 , he is the first French player to appear at four World Cups. On July 15, 2010, he announced the end of his career in the blue jersey.

Season statistics

society	league	season	league		Nat. Cup		European Cup		Other		total
			Games	Gates	Games	Gates	Games	Gates	Games	Gates	Games	Gates
AS Monaco	Division 1	1994/95	8th	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	8th	3
		1995/96	18th	3	-	-	1	0	3	0	22nd	3
		1996/97	36	9	1	0	9	1	2	0	48	10
		1997/98	30th	4th	4th	0	9	7th	1	0	44	11
		1998/99	13	1	-	-	5	0	1	0	19th	1
total			105	20th	5	0	24	8th	7th	0	141	28
Juventus Turin	Series A	1998/99	16	3	1	0	-	-	2	0	19th	3
		1999/00	0	0	-	-	1	0	-	-	1	0
total			16	3	1	0	1	0	2	0	20th	3
Arsenal FC	Premier League	1999/00	31	17th	3	0	12	8th	2	1	48	26th
		2000/01	35	17th	4th	1	14th	4th	-	-	53	22nd
		2001/02	33	24	5	1	11	7th	-	-	49	32
		2002/03	37	24	5	1	12	7th	1	0	55	32
		2003/04	37	30th	3	3	10	5	1	1	51	39
		2004/05	32	25th	1	0	8th	5	1	0	42	30th
		2005/06	32	27	-	-	11	5	2	1	45	33
		2006/07	17th	10	3	1	7th	1	-	-	27	12
total			254	174	24	7th	85	42	7th	3	370	226
FC Barcelona	Primera División	2007/08	30th	12	7th	4th	10	3	-	-	47	19th
		2008/09	29	19th	1	1	12	6th	-	-	42	26th
		2009/10	21st	4th	1	0	6th	0	4th	0	32	4th
total			80	35	9	5	28	9	4th	0	121	49
New York Red Bulls	MLS	2010	11	2	-	-	-	-	1	0	12	2
		2011	26th	14th	-	-	-	-	3	1	29	15th
		2012	25th	15th	-	-	-	-	2	0	27	15th
		2013	30th	10	-	-	-	-	2	0	32	10
		2014	30th	10	-	-	-	-	5	0	35	10
total			122	51	-	-	-	-	13	1	135	52
Arsenal FC	Premier League	2011/12	4th	1	2	1	1	0	-	-	7th	2
total			258	175	26th	8th	86	42	4th	0	377	228
Career total			577	283	41	13	139	59	33	4th	790	359

Career as a coach

From the end of August 2016 to October 2018, Henry was assistant coach for the Belgian national team alongside Roberto Martínez . Together they reached third place at the 2018 World Cup in Russia .

On October 15, 2018, Henry took over the AS Monaco Ligue 1 team, which was in 18th place in the table with six points after nine match days, as the successor to Leonardo Jardim . He signed a contract that ran until June 30, 2021. On January 24, 2019, Henry was released from the club after the team in the penultimate place in the table below him had only two wins in 12 league games and in the Coupe de France against the second division club FC Metz was eliminated.

For season 2020 Henry takes over the Canadian MLS - Franchise Montreal Impact to succeed Wílmer Cabrera . His contract is valid for two seasons and can be extended by an additional year as an option.

Achievements and Awards

National team

• World Champion : 1998
  • Vice World Champion: 2006
• European Champion : 2000
• FIFA Confederations Cup : 2003
• U-18 European Champion 1996

societies

AS Monaco

• French champion : 1996/97
• French Football Supercup : 1997

Arsenal FC

• English champion (2): 2001/02 , 2003/04
• English Cup Winner (3): 2001/02 , 2002/03 , 2004/05
• English Super Cup winner (2): 2002, 2004

FC Barcelona

• UEFA Champions League : 2008/09
• Spanish champion (2): 2009 , 2010
• Spanish Cup Winner : 2009

• UEFA Super Cup : 2009
• FIFA Club World Cup : 2009
• Spanish Super Cup winner : 2009

Awards

• France's Footballer of the Year : 2000, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
• Onze d'or : 2003, 2006
• England's Footballer of the Year
  • Journalists election: 2003, 2004, 2006
  • Player choice: 2003, 2004
  • Fan poll: 2003, 2004
• Premier League Player of the Season : 2004, 2006
• PFA Team of the Year : 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
• MLS Best XI : 2011, 2012, 2014
• UEFA Team of the Year : 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006
• FIFPro World XI : 2006
• Best Confederations Cup Player : 2003
• European Football Championship All-Star Team : 2000
• World Cup All-Star Team : 2006
• FIFA 100
• Best young player in Ligue 1 : 1997
• Top scorer
  • Premier League : 2002 , 2004 , 2005 , 2006
  • UEFA Golden Shoe : 2004, 2005
  • World goalscorer : 2003
  • Confederations Cup : 2003

Private life

From 2003 to 2007 he was married to the British model Nicole Merry , with whom he has a daughter (* 2005).

social commitment

Henry is an ambassador for Show Racism the Red Card .

literature

• Thierry Henry , in: Internationales Sportarchiv 22/2013 from May 28, 2013, in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely accessible)

Web links

Commons : Thierry Henry  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Thierry Henry on the official website of L'Équipe (French)
• Thierry Henry ( Memento from November 24, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) on arsenal.com (English)
• Thierry Henry in the soccerbase.com database
• Thierry Henry in the weltfussball.de database

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Gunners rejected Henry bids , skysports.com
2. ↑ focus.de: "Arsenal sets a monument to" touched "Henry" (accessed on December 9, 2011)
3. ^ New York Red Bulls sign international star Thierry Henry
4. ↑ "MLS - Le dernier pari d'Henry", France Football of March 4, 2014, p. 39
5. ^ Henry signs short-term deal with Arsenal ( Memento of May 21, 2012 on WebCite )
6. ↑ kicker.de: "As before: Henry, Arsenals Matchwinner" (accessed on January 9, 2012)
7. ↑ Dubious Goals Panel reduce Henry record ( Memento from May 14, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) on arsenal.com, May 11, 2012, accessed September 25, 2016
8. ^ New York Red Bulls: Thierry Henry officially announces he will not return to the New York Red Bulls in 2015 , December 1, 2014, accessed December 1, 2014.
9. ↑ kicker online: World and European champion Henry says goodbye , December 16, 2014, accessed on December 16, 2014.
10. ↑ Media report on NZZ Online from November 19, 2009
11. ^ Declaration of resignation ( memento of July 18, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) at France Football
12. ↑ http://www.mlssoccer.com/players/thierry-henry
13. ↑ http://www.marca.com/estadisticas/futbol/primera/2007_08/henry_5172/
14. ↑ http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/premteams/arsenal/4476058/Arsenal-FC-history-stats-and-club-information.html
15. ↑ http://www.national-football-teams.com/player/2420/Thierry_Henry.html
16. ↑ Henry becomes assistant coach of the Belgian national team on spiegel.de on August 26, 2016, accessed on September 9, 2016
17. ↑ Thierry Henry named AS Monaco coach , asmonaco.com, October 13, 2018, accessed October 13, 2018.
18. ↑ Official press release from the club. , asmonaco.com, January 24, 2019, accessed January 25, 2019.
19. ↑ Thierry Henry named head coach of the Montreal Impact , impactmontreal.com, November 14, 2019, accessed on November 14, 2019.
20. ↑ Show Racism the Red Card-Hall of fame ( Memento from July 24, 2012 in the Internet Archive )