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THIERRY HENRY

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Table of Content Story in Pictures

Newspaper Article

Facts and Figures

International Career

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France Thierry Henry was always in the national team with the number 12 on. Overall, he played 123 games for the national team of France

In 1998, the French national team won the World Cup 3-0 in the final against Brazil. Thierry Henry was part of this team.

In the Nationalteam he also played with the Ballon d`Or winner Zinedine Zidane

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Arsenal

At his time at Arsenal he built an amazing partnership with the dutch striker Dennis Bergkamp

Amazing Picture from Thierry Henry while he is playing in the rain for Arsenal

Thierry Henry celebrating his comeback to Arsenal in 2012

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Newspaper Article Flop at Juventus May 1999, Thierry Henry was a 21year-old World Cup winner playing for Juventus. But he wasn't happy.

"I refused the Udinese move but I asked to go somewhere else. They agreed."

He didn't like being asked to defend. He didn't like the tactical aspect of Calcio. He didn't like being whistled by his own club's fans in training"I wasn't enjoying myself at all," Henry

Despite having only scored three times in 16 appearances, Henry was sold to Arsenal at a profit of €3.6 million. Arsene Wenger, though, knew it was a price worth paying.

later admitted. "I felt like I'd lost the de-

The Gunners boss had given a 17-

sire to play football."

year-old Henry his Ligue 1 debut during their time together at Monaco and he was in no doubt that his former charge had "all of the qualities of a modern centre-forward".

Then, just over four months after joining the Bianconeri from Monaco for €12.5 million, the Frenchman was informed that he was being used as a bargaining chip by sporting director Luciano Moggi. "Juve wanted to sign Marcio Amoroso and Udinese wanted me as a replacement," Henry explained."[Coach

The player himself, though, was unconvinced. After being left incredulous by being asked to cover the entire left flank in Ancelotti's preferred 3-5-2 formation, Henry just wanted to play as an orthodox winger again, just as he had both in Monaco and for France.

Carlo] Ancelotti didn't want to sell me or let me leave on loan. The directors, though, thought differently and I felt this was a lack of faith in me. 5

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Only one worldclass Striker Sergio Aguero, Romelu Lukaku and Alvaro Morata sit atop the Premier League’s scoring charts after a blistering start to the season. Harry Kane only has four compared to their six – but the Spurs forward never scores in August so their head start is unlikely to last long. According to Thierry Henry, however, only one of those men can be deemed world class.

"The closest to being world class, or is world class, or has been world class is Aguero because of the longevity of what he has done in the Premier League year in, year out," the former Arsenal forward said on Monday Night Football. "He's won the league here and got to the final of the World Cup. He's been doing it the longest so you have to give him a bit of credit. I think we sometimes bypass Aguero like he didn't happen but we all agree that stats show he's the best.” Jamie Carragher believes the Premier League quartet are just below Barcelona’s Luis Suarez and Bayern Munich’s Robert Lewandowski – with Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo some way out in front. 6

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Sergio Aguero has been described as a ‘joke’ by Thierry Henry, who claims the Argentine is still taken for granted. Aguero became Manchester City's all-time leading goal-scorer this season, breaking Eric Brook’s Long-standing record. But Henry insists the 29-year-old continues to be underrated. Pep Guardiola is considering dropping Aguero for Sunday’s derby against sform since fracturing a rib in a car accident in September. But Henry has no doubts about his quality.“He’s just a joke,” the former Arsenal striker told Sky Sports. “Every time the records are coming his name pops up.“We keep on forgetting about him sometimes.“I don’t understand why he never won player of the season.”

Guardiola is weighing up which one of his strikers to at Old Trafford, with Aguero and Gabriel Jesus in competition to lead City’s attack.John Stones echoes Henry’s thoughts about Aguero - with the England international insisting he’s improved as a defender since coming up against his teammate in training.“He’s a world class player,” said the centre back. “As soon as a I came, in small sided games he was always putting the ball in the back of the net.“I had to find out quickly how to stop him. It doesn’t always happen.“It’s always good for any defender or player to come up against the best players. It brings out the best in you.“You have to strive to be the best.

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His secret of success He scored 228 goals in 377 games for Arsenal and, as Thierry Henry will tell you, he wasn’t even a goal-scorer. Greyhound speed, as graceful as he was devastating, as efficient as he was entertaining, and capable of pretty much everything on a football field, Henry is the greatest player the Premier League era has seen. He tells us how he did it. TALENT ISN’T ENOUGH

People always wonder why I never smiled on the pitch. I was happy, but never satisfied. Sometimes it’s nice, sometimes it’s annoying, sometimes it can be a pain in the neck, but ultimately it made me the person I am, and was on the field. I’m a very happy person, but I’m never satisfied. That kept me going, on my toes, grounded, humble. You’re always going to get judged on your next game, you always miss something in the game. I was always the type of guy, after a game, I talked about what I missed, not what I did well. “How can I make sure I can do that in the next game?” Talent is one thing, but you need work ethic, commitment, the right attitude. You need to put the work in to make sure you can be undefendable. Otherwise you’ll stay the player you were when you first started to play. I’m still the same. I’m an assistant coach [with Arsenal’s youth teams] while I do my badges. I try to give them the same attitude – look at any team, they usually are very close to the character of their coach. Working with Sky, I’m the same. At the beginning you learn about being on TV: understanding what can and cannot be said, the people talking in your ear, how to manage minutes. The approach is the same. I’m happy, but I’m never satisfied. And that’s the way it should be. AIM FOR PERFECTION

You always need to bring something new to the game, especially when you’re at the top and people are expecting you to perform. I changed stuff during my career. For example, I started to learn about playing with my back to the game, scoring with my left foot, taking free-kicks, assisting a lot. Then when you’re not scoring, you can still have an impact. I wanted to be the complete striker. It’s impossible to be complete, but that was always my aim. What can I do to make sure the boss will not drop me? I can offer all this other stuff, even if I’m not scoring.

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Never ever Titi-Taka Ridiculous they looked against you, the US football professional actors who let hang of you like rheumatic donkeys. That could not have been fun, right? A man over 30, world champion, European champion, Champions League winner, champion and cup winner in France, England and Spain, world goal scorer. He should have been paraphrase because he ate them all up. And each of these fabulous overseas demonstrations drove the old pain into the stomach, throwing the agonizing question that no one really could answer: why did you leave us alone with these Ronalds and Messis? This surreal advertising space, which is bombing record after record like robots, has sprung from the world of game consoles. To replace the elegance with sheer force, to paint the works of art with the chainsaw..

Your gates were like "Tender cousins." Soft, wicked, gentle. Faster than Ronaldo, cooler than Zlatan Your start put concrete into your opponents shoes. Treat each ball the way you should treat it, caressing it lovingly as if it were your own child at bedtime. Before the gate you were suddenly cooler than King Cool himself, Zlatan Ibrahimovic. The inside of your right foot seemed fogged with dynamite - rolled up in pure silk. She singled out either short-range missiles or flight curve poems on the opposing goal. She shut down Chin Shop and brought masses to collapse. Your goal celebration bordered on arrogance, oh well, he was arrogant, because always you turned off seemingly impassive. Chest out, look into the audience, index finger up. A gesture that said: Are there just 40,000 people cheering? Are fans of the TV armchair falling all over the world? Because of me? Incroyable

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Facts and Figures A life in Numbers Personal: Height:

188 cm

Top-Goalscorer:

Player of the Season:

Footballer of the Year:

National Goals:

National Caps :

123

Team: World Champion:

Europa Champion:

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International career Henry enjoyed a successful career with the France national team, winning the first of his 123 caps in June 1997, when his good form for Monaco was rewarded with a call-up to the Under-20 French national team, where he played in the 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship alongside future teammates William Gallas and David Trezeguet.1 Within four months, France head coach Aimé Jacquet called Henry up to the senior team. The 20-yearold made his senior international debut on 11 October 1997 in a 2–1 win against South Africa. Jacquet was so impressed with Henry that he took him to the 1998 FIFA World Cup. Although Henry was a largely unknown quantity at international level, he ended the tournament as France's top scorer with three goals. He was scheduled to appear as a substitute in the final, where France beat Brazil 3–0, but Marcel Desailly's sending off forced a defensive change instead. In 1998, he was made Chevalier (Knight) of the Légion d'honneur, France's highest decoration. Henry was a member of France's UEFA Euro 2000 squad, again scoring three goals in the tournament, including the equaliser against Portugal in the semi-final, and finishing as the country's top scorer. France later won the game in extra time following a converted penalty kick by Zinedine Zidane. France went on to defeat Italy in extra-time in the final, earning Henry his second major international medal. During the tournament, Henry was voted man of the match in three games, including the final against Italy. The 2002 FIFA World Cup featured a stunning early exit for both Henry and France as the defending champions were eliminated in the group stage after failing to score a goal in all three games. France lost against Senegal in their first group match and Henry was red carded for a dangerous sliding challenge in their next match against Uruguay.] In that game, France played to a 0–0 draw, but Henry was forced to miss the final group match due to suspension; France lost 2–0 to Denmark.2 Henry returned to form for his country at the 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup. Despite playing without team stalwarts Zidane and Patrick Vieira, France won, in large part owing to Henry's outstanding play, for which he was named Man of the Match by FIFA's Technical Study Group in three of France's five matches. In the final, he scored the golden goal in extra time to lift the title for the host country after a 1–0 victory over Cameroon. Henry was awarded both the Adidas Golden Ball as the outstanding player of the competition and the Adidas Golden Shoe as the tournament's top goalscorer with four goals. to Italy on penalties (5–3) in the final. Henry did not take part in the penalty shoot-out, having been substituted in extra time after his legs had cramped. Henry was one of ten nominees for the Golden Ball award for Player of the Tournament, an award which was ultimately presented to his teammate, Zidane and was named a starting striker on the 2006 FIFPro World XI team. 1 "Goal.com Profile: Thierry Henry" (web archive). Goal.com. 25 June 2007. Retrieved 23 September 2007.

"Thierry Henry Bio". JockBio. Retrieved 5 May 2008. 11

Pascal Lüthi / Thierry Henry On 13 October 2007, Henry scored his 41st goal against the Faroe Islands, joining Michel Platini as the country's top goalscorer of all time. Four days later at the Stade de la Beaujoire, he scored a late double against Lithuania, thereby setting a new record as France's top goalscorer. On 3 June 2008, Henry made his 100th appearance for the national team in a match against Colombia, becoming the sixth French player ever to reach that milestone. Henry missed the opening game of France's shortlived UEFA Euro 2008 campaign, where they were eliminated in the group stages after being drawn in the same group as Italy, the Netherlands and Romania. He scored France's only goal in the competition in a 4–1 loss to the Netherlands.3 The French team struggled during the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifiers and finished second in their group behind Serbia. During the play-offs against the Republic of Ireland, Henry was involved in a controversy in the second leg of the game at the Stade de France on 18 November 2009. With the aggregate score tied at 1–1 and the game in extra time, he used his hand twice to control the ball before delivering a cross to William Gallas who scored the winner.4 This sparked a barrage of criticism against the Frenchman, while national team coach Raymond Domenech and Arsenal manager Arsène Wenger defended him. The Football Association of Ireland lodged a formal complaint with FIFA, seeking a replay of the game, which FIFA declined. Henry said that he contemplated retiring from international football after the reactions to the incident, but maintained that he was not a "cheat"; Henry playing for France during the hours after FIFA had ruled out a replay, he stated 2006 FIFA World Cup that "the fairest solution would be to replay the game". FIFA President Sepp Blatter described the incident as "blatant unfair play" and announced an inquiry into how such incidents could be avoided in future, and added that the incident would be investigated by the Disciplinary Committee. Blatter also said Henry told him that his family had been threatened in the aftermath of the incident. In January 2010, FIFA announced that there was no legal basis to sanction Henry.[88]5 3 "France Team Page" Archived 18 June 2008 at the Wayback Machine.. ESPN Soccernet. Retrieved 22 June 2008.

"Villain Henry as Ireland, Ukraine, Russia exit in play-offs". ESPN Soccernet. 18 November 2009. Ret-

rieved 19 November 2009.

"FIFA not to take any action against Henry handball"Archived 22 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine.. ESPN Soccernet. 18 January 2010. Retrieved 20 January 2010.

Pascal Lüthi / Thierry Henry Henry did not feature in the starting line-up for France at the 2010 FIFA World Cup. France drew in their first game against Uruguay, and lost 2–0 in their second against Mexico. The team was thrown into disarray when Nicolas Anelka was expelled from the team, and captain Patrice Evra led a team protest by refusing to train.6 In the final group game against host-nation South Africa in which Henry came on as a second-half substitute, France lost 2–1 and were eliminated from the tournament. He then announced his retirement from international football, having won 123 caps and scored 51 goals for Les Bleus, thus finishing his international career as France's all-time top scorer, and second most capped player after Lilian Thuram.7

"Domenech: Player protest was 'stupid'" Archived 25 June 2010 at the Wayback Machine.. ESPN Soccernet. 21 June 2010. Retrieved 23 June 2010.

"Thierry Henry retires from internationals to concentrate on New York mission – and gets ready for an Irish American backlash". Daily Mail. 16 July 2010. Retrieved 18 July 2010.