Thierry Henry

Thierry Daniel Henry born 17 August 1977 is a French professional football coach and former player who is an assistant coach for the Belgium national team He is considered one of the greatest strikers of all time and one of the greatest players in the history of the Premier League In 2003 and 2004 Henry was the runnerup for the FIFA World Player of the Year and was runnerup for the Ballon dOr in the former year He was named the PFA Players Player of the Year twice the FWA Footballer of the Year three times and was named in the PFA Team of the Year six consecutive times He was also included in the FIFA FIFPro World XI once and the UEFA Team of the Year five times He was one of the most commercially marketed footballers during the 2000s Henry along with Alan Shearer was one of the inaugural inductees into the Premier League Hall of Fame in 2021 Henry made his professional debut with Monaco in 1994 before signing for defending Serie A champions Juventus However limited playing time coupled with disagreements with the clubs hierarchy led to him signing for English Premier League club Arsenal for 11 million in 1999 Under longtime mentor and coach Arsène Wenger Henry became a prolific striker and Arsenals alltime leading scorer with 228 goals in all competitions He won the Premier League Golden Boot a record four times won two FA Cups and two Premier League titles with the club including one during an unbeaten season dubbed The Invincibles He spent his final two seasons with Arsenal as club captain leading them to the 2006 UEFA Champions League Final In June 2007 he transferred to Barcelona In the 200809 season Henry was a key part of the clubs historic treble when they won La Liga the Copa del Rey and the UEFA Champions League In 2010 he joined New York Red Bulls of Major League Soccer MLS but returned to Arsenal on loan for two months in 2012 before retiring in 2014 Henry enjoyed sustained success with France winning the 1998 FIFA World Cup UEFA Euro 2000 and 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup He was named the French Player of the Year a record five times He was also named to the UEFA Euro 2000 Team of the Tournament awarded both the 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup Golden Ball and Golden Shoe and was named to the 2006 FIFA World Cup AllStar Team In October 2007 he became his countrys record goalscorer After amassing 123 appearances and 51 goals Henry retired from international football after the 2010 FIFA World Cup After retiring Henry transitioned into coaching He began coaching Arsenals youth teams in February 2015 in tandem with his work as a pundit for Sky Sports In 2016 he was appointed as an assistant coach at Belgium before assuming the role as the head coach at former club Monaco in 2018 He was relieved of his duties at Monaco in January 2019 and returned to MLS less than a year later to manage Montréal Impact He led Montréal to the playoffs in the 2020 season before stepping down to be close to his children in England From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia