Thierry Henry
 Henry with the New York Red Bulls |
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Thierry Daniel Henry[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 17 August 1977 [1] | ||
| Place of birth | Les Ulis, Essonne, France | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | New York Red Bulls | ||
| Number | 14 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1983–1989 | CO Les Ulis | ||
| 1989–1990 | US Palaiseau | ||
| 1990–1992 | Viry-Châtillon | ||
| 1992 | Clairefontaine | ||
| 1992–1994 | Monaco | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1994–1999 | Monaco | 105 | (20) |
| 1999 | Juventus | 16 | (3) |
| 1999–2007 | Arsenal | 254 | (174) |
| 2007–2010 | Barcelona | 80 | (35) |
| 2010– | New York Red Bulls | 45 | (25) |
| 2012 | → Arsenal (loan) | 4 | (2) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 1997 | France U20 | 5 | (3) |
| 1997–2010 | France | 123 | (51) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:50, 29 April 2012 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16:56, 11 February 2012 (UTC) |
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Henry was born in Les Ulis, Essonne (a suburb of Paris) where he played for an array of local sides as a youngster and showed great promise as a goal-scorer. He was spotted by AS Monaco in 1990 and signed instantly, making his professional debut in 1994. Good form led to an international call-up in 1998, after which he signed for the Serie A defending champions Juventus. He had a disappointing season playing on the wing, before joining Arsenal for £11 million in 1999.
It was at Arsenal that Henry made his name as a world-class footballer. Despite initially struggling in the Premier League, he emerged as Arsenal's top goal-scorer for almost every season of his tenure there. Under long-time mentor and coach Arsène Wenger, Henry became a prolific striker and Arsenal's all-time leading scorer with 227 goals in all competitions. The Frenchman won two league titles and three FA Cups with the Gunners; he was nominated for the FIFA World Player of the Year twice, was named the PFA Players' Player of the Year twice, and the FWA Footballer of the Year three times. Henry spent his final two seasons with Arsenal as club captain, leading them to the 2006 UEFA Champions League Final.
In June 2007, after eight years with Arsenal, he transferred to Barcelona for a fee of €24 million. His first honours with the Catalan club came in 2009 when they won the La Liga, Copa del Rey and Champions League treble. He went on to achieve an unprecedented sextuple by also winning the Supercopa de España, the UEFA Super Cup and the FIFA Club World Cup. In total, Henry has been named in the UEFA Team of the Year five times. In 2010, he joined the New York Red Bulls of the Major League Soccer, and won the Eastern Conference title with them in 2010. He returned to Arsenal on loan for two months in 2012.
Henry enjoyed similar success with the French national team, having won the 1998 FIFA World Cup, UEFA Euro 2000 and 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup. In October 2007, he surpassed Michel Platini's record to become France's top goal-scorer of all time. Henry retired from international football after the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Off the pitch, Henry is an active spokesperson against racism in football, partially due to his own experiences. He married English model Nicole Merry in 2003 and had a daughter with her, but they divorced in 2007. Henry was also one of the top commercially marketed footballers; he was ranked ninth in the world in 2006.
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Early years
Henry is of Antillean heritage:[2] his father, Antoine, is from Guadeloupe (La Désirade island), and his mother, Maryse, is from Martinique. He was born and raised in Les Ulis suburb of Paris which, despite sometimes being seen as a tough neighbourhood, provided good footballing facilities.[3][4] As a seven-year-old, Henry showed great potential, prompting Claude Chezelle to recruit him to the local club CO Les Ulis. His father pressured him to attend training, although the youngster was not particularly drawn to football.[1] He joined US Palaiseau in 1989, but after a year his father fell out with the club, so Henry moved to ES Viry-Châtillon and played there for two years.[2] US Palaiseau coach Jean-Marie Panza, Henry's future mentor, followed him there.[3]Club career
Monaco (1992–1999) and Juventus (1999)
In 1990, Monaco sent scout Arnold Catalano to watch Henry, then at the age of 13 in a match.[5] Henry scored all six goals as his side won 6–0. Catalano asked him to join Monaco without even attending a trial first. Catalano requested that Henry complete a course at the elite Clairefontaine academy, and despite the director's reluctance to admit Henry due to his poor school results, he was allowed to complete the course and joined Arsène Wenger's Monaco as a youth player.[1] Subsequently, Henry signed professional forms with Monaco, and made his professional debut on 31 August 1994, in a 2–0 loss against Nice.[5] Although Wenger suspected that Henry should be deployed as a striker, he put Henry on the left wing because he believed that his pace, natural ball control and skill would be more effective against full-backs than centre-backs.[2]After a tentative start to his Monaco career, Henry was named the French Young Footballer of the Year in 1996, and in the 1996–97 season, his solid performances helped the club win the Ligue 1 title.[1][6] During the 1997–98 season, he was instrumental in leading his club to the UEFA Champions League semi-final, setting a French record by scoring seven goals in the competition.[2][7] By his third season, he had received his first cap for the national team, and was part of the winning team in the 1998 FIFA World Cup.[2] He continued to impress at his tenure with Monaco, and in his five seasons with the French club, the young winger scored 20 league goals in 105 appearances.[6]
Henry left Monaco in January 1999, one year before his friend and teammate David Trezeguet, and moved to Italian Serie A club Juventus for £10.5 million.[1] He played on the wing,[8] but he was ineffective against the Serie A defensive discipline in a position uncharacteristic for him, and scored just three goals in 16 appearances.[9]
Arsenal (1999–2007)
Coming off the back of a victorious UEFA Euro 2000 campaign with the national team, Henry was ready to make an impact in the 2000–01 season. Despite recording fewer goals and assists than his first season, Henry's second season with Arsenal proved to be a breakthrough, as he became the club's top goalscorer.[14] Armed with one of the league's best attacks, Arsenal closed in quickly on perennial rivals Manchester United for the league title. Henry remained frustrated, however, by the fact that he had yet to help the club win honours, and frequently expressed his desire to establish Arsenal as a powerhouse.[2]
Success finally arrived during the 2001–02 season. Arsenal finished seven points above Liverpool to win the league title, and defeated Chelsea 2–0 in the FA Cup Final.[2] Henry became the league's top goal-scorer and netted 32 goals in all competitions as he led Arsenal to a double and his first silverware with the club.[1][14] There was much expectation that Henry would replicate his club form for France during the 2002 FIFA World Cup, but the defending champions suffered a shock exit at the group stage.[2]
2002–03 proved to be another productive season for Henry, as he scored 32 goals in all competitions while contributing 23 assists—remarkable returns for a striker.[14] In doing so, he led Arsenal to another FA Cup triumph (where he was man-of-the-match in the Final),[15] although Arsenal failed to retain their Premier League crown.[16] Throughout the season, he competed with Manchester United's Ruud van Nistelrooy for the league scoring title, but the latter edged Henry to the title by a goal.[2] Nonetheless, Henry was named both the PFA Players' Player of the Year and FWA Footballer of the Year.[17][18] His rising status as one of the world's best footballers was affirmed when he emerged runner-up for the 2003 FIFA World Player of the Year award.[12]
This dip in success was compounded when Arsenal failed again to secure back-to-back league titles when they lost out to Chelsea in the 2004–05 season, although Arsenal did win the FA Cup (the Final of which Henry missed through injury).[6] Henry maintained his reputation as one of Europe's most feared strikers as he led the league in scoring,[1] and with 31 goals in all competitions,[21] he was the co-recipient (with Diego Forlán) of the European Golden Boot, and is currently the only player to have officially won the award twice in a row (Ally McCoist also had two Golden Boots in a row, but both were deemed unofficial).[20] The unexpected departure of compatriot Vieira in mid-2005 led to Henry being awarded club captaincy, a role which many felt was not naturally suited for him; the captaincy is more commonly given to defenders or midfielders, who are better-placed on the pitch to read the game.[1] Along with being chief goal-scorer, he was responsible for leading a very young team which had yet to gel fully.[22]
Nevertheless, Arsenal failed to win the league title again, but hopes of a trophy were revived when Arsenal reached the 2006 UEFA Champions League Final. The Gunners eventually lost 2–1 to Barcelona, and Arsenal's inability to win the Premier League for two consecutive seasons combined with the relative inexperience of the Arsenal squad caused much speculation that Henry would leave for another club. However, he declared his love for the club and accepted a four-year contract, and said he would stay at Arsenal for life.[18] Arsenal vice-chairman David Dein later claimed the club had turned down two bids of £50 million from Spanish clubs for Henry before the signing of the new contract.[27] Had the transfer materialized, it would have surpassed the then world record £47 million paid for Zinédine Zidane.[27]
Henry's 2006–07 season was marred by injuries.[28] Although he scored 10 goals in 17 domestic appearances for Arsenal, Henry's season was cut short in February. Having missed games due to hamstring, foot, and back problems, he was deemed fit enough to come on as a late substitute against PSV in a Champions League match,[29] but began limping shortly after coming on. Scans the next day revealed that he would need at least three months to heal from new groin and stomach injuries, missing the rest of the 2006–07 season.[30] Wenger attributed Henry's injuries to a protracted 2005–06 campaign, and reiterated that Henry was keen on staying with the Gunners to rebuild for the 2007–08 season.[28]
Barcelona (2007–2010)
Henry went on to surpass this tally in a more integrated 2008–09 campaign, winning the first trophy of his Barcelona career on 13 May 2009 when Barcelona defeated Athletic Bilbao in the Copa del Rey final. Barcelona won the league and Champions League soon after, completing a treble for the Frenchman, who had combined with Lionel Messi and Samuel Eto'o to score 100 goals between them that season. The trio was also the most prolific trio in Spanish league history, scoring 72 goals and surpassing the 66 goals of Real Madrid's Ferenc Puskás, Alfredo Di Stéfano and Luis del Sol of the 1960–61 season. Later in 2009, Henry helped Barcelona win an unprecedented sextuple, consisting of the aforementioned treble, the Supercopa de España, the UEFA Super Cup, and the FIFA Club World Cup.[41]
The following season, the emergence of Pedro Rodríguez meant that Henry only started 15 league games.[14] Before the La Liga season ended, and with a year still left on his contract, club president Joan Laporta stated on 5 May 2010 that Henry "may go away in the summer transfer window if that's what he wants".[42] After Henry returned from the 2010 FIFA World Cup, Barcelona confirmed that they had agreed to the sale of Henry to an unnamed club, with the player still to agree terms with the new club.[43]
New York Red Bulls (2010–present)
On 31 March 2012, Henry scored his first MLS hat-trick in a 5–2 Red Bulls win over Montreal Impact.[53]
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 Trézéguet.[1] Within four months, France head coach Aimé Jacquet called Henry up to the senior team. The 20-year-old made his senior international debut on 11 October 1997 in a 2–1 win against South Africa.[54] 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.[55] 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.[56]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.[57] France later won the game in extra time following a converted penalty kick by Zinédine Zidane. France went on to defeat Italy in extra-time in the Final, earning Henry his second major international medal.[58] During the tournament, Henry was voted man-of-the-match in three games, including the final against Italy.[59]
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.[1] France lost their first match in group play and Henry was red carded for a dangerous sliding challenge in their next match against Uruguay.[2] In that game, France played to a 0–0 draw, but Henry was forced to miss the final 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.[1] 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.[1] 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 goal-scorer with four goals.[1]
In UEFA Euro 2004, Henry played in all of France's matches and scored two goals.[6] France beat England in the group stages but lost to the eventual winners Greece 1–0 in the quarter-finals.[60] During the 2006 FIFA World Cup Henry remained as one of the automatic starters in the squad. He played as a lone striker, but despite an indifferent start to the tournament, became one of the top players of the World Cup. He scored three goals, including the winning goal from Zidane's free kick against defending champions Brazil.[1] However, France subsequently lost 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.[61] Henry was one of 10 nominees for the Golden Ball award for Player of the Tournament, an award which was ultimately presented to his teammate, Zidane[62] and was named a starting striker on the 2006 FIFPro World XI team.[63]
On 13 October 2007, Henry scored his 41st goal against the Faroe Islands, joining Michel Platini as the country's top goal-scorer of all time.[36] 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 goal-scorer.[64] On 3 June 2008, Henry made his 100th appearance for national team in match against Colombia, becoming the sixth French player ever to reach that milestone.[65]
Henry missed the opening game of France's short-lived UEFA Euro 2008 campaign, where they were eliminated in the group stages after being grouped together with Italy, the Netherlands and Romania.[66] He scored France's only goal in the competition in a 4–1 loss to the Netherlands.[67]
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.[68] This sparked a barrage of criticism against the Frenchman, while national team coach Raymond Domenech and Arsenal manager Arsène Wenger defended him.[69][70] The Football Association of Ireland lodged a formal complaint with FIFA, seeking a replay of the game, which FIFA declined.[71] Henry said that he contemplated retiring from international football after the reactions to the incident,[72] but maintained that he was not a "cheat"; hours after FIFA had ruled out a replay, he stated that "the fairest solution would be to replay the game".[73] 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.[74] Blatter also said Henry told him that his family had been threatened in the aftermath of the incident.[75] In January 2010, FIFA announced that there was no legal basis to sanction Henry.[76]
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.[77] 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.[78]
Style of play
One of the reasons cited for Henry's impressive play up front is his ability to calmly score from one-on-ones.[81] This, combined with his exceptional pace, means that he can get in behind defenders regularly enough to score.[3][82] When up front, Henry is occasionally known to move out wide to the left wing position,[83][84] something which enables him to contribute heavily in assists: between 2002–03 and 2004–05, the striker managed almost 50 assists in total and this was attributed to his unselfish play and creativity.[23] Henry would also drift offside to fool the defence then run back onside before the ball is played and beat the offside trap, although he never provided Arsenal a distinct aerial threat.[85] Given his versatility in being able to operate as both a winger and a striker, the Frenchman is not a prototypical "out-and-out striker", but he has emerged consistently as one of Europe's most prolific strikers.[2] In set pieces, Henry was the first-choice penalty and free kick taker for Arsenal, having scored regularly from those positions.[86]
Awards and honours
Club
- Monaco
- Ligue 1 (1): 1996–97
- Trophée des champions (1): 1997
- Arsenal
- Premier League (2): 2001–02, 2003–04
- FA Cup (3): 2002, 2003, 2005
- FA Community Shield (2): 2002, 2004
- Barcelona
- La Liga (2): 2008–09, 2009–10
- Copa del Rey (1): 2008-09
- Supercopa de España (1): 2009
- UEFA Champions League (1): 2008-09
- UEFA Super Cup (1): 2009
- FIFA Club World Cup (1): 2009
- New York Red Bulls
National
- France
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- Winner: France 1998
- Runners-up: Germany 2006
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- Winner: Belgium & Netherlands 2000
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- Winner: France 2003
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- Winner: Morocco 2000
Individual
Henry has received many plaudits and awards in his football career. He was runner-up for the 2003 and 2004 FIFA World Player of the Year awards;[12] in those two seasons, he also won back-to-back PFA Players' Player of the Year titles.[17] Henry is the only player ever to have won the FWA Footballer of the Year three times (2003, 2004, 2006),[18] and the French Player of the Year on a record four occasions. Henry was voted into the Premier League Overseas Team of the Decade in the 10 Seasons Awards poll in 2003,[87] and in 2004 he was named by football legend Pelé as one of the top 125 greatest living footballers.[88]In terms of goal-scoring awards, Henry was the European Golden Boot winner in 2004 and 2005 (sharing it with Villarreal's Diego Forlán in 2005) and is the first ever player to retain the award.[20] Henry was also the top goal-scorer in the Premier League for a record four seasons (2002, 2004, 2005, 2006).[1] In 2006, he became the first player to score more than 20 goals in the league for five consecutive seasons (2002 to 2006).[89] Henry is currently third in the list of all-time Premier League goal-scorers, behind Alan Shearer and Andy Cole. Given his accomplishments, France's all-time goal-scorer was in his prime regarded by many coaches, footballers and pundits as one of the best footballers in the world.[14][90][91][92] In November 2007, he was ranked 33rd on the Association of Football Statisticians' compendium for "Greatest Ever Footballers".[93] Arsenal fans honoured their former player in 2008, declaring Henry the greatest Arsenal player.[37] In two other 2008 surveys, Henry emerged as the favourite Premier League player of all time among 32,000 people surveyed in the Barclays 2008 Global Fan Report.[94][95] In 2009, Henry was voted the best Premier League player of the 2000s.[96] On 10 December 2011, Arsenal unveiled a bronze statue of Henry at the Emirates Stadium as part of its 125th anniversary celebrations.[97]
A summary of Henry's individual awards is as follows:
- UNFP Ligue 1 Young Player of the Year (1): 1996–97
- PFA Players' Player of the Year (2): 2002–03, 2003–04
- PFA Team of the Year (6): 2000-01, 2001-02, 2002-03, 2003-04, 2004-05, 2005-06
- FWA Footballer of the Year (3): 2002–03, 2003–04, 2005–06
- Premier League Golden Boot (4): 2001–02, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06.
- Golden Boot Landmark Award 10 (1): 2004–05
- Golden Boot Landmark Award 20 (1): 2004–05
- Premier League Player of the Month (4): April 2000, September 2002, January 2004, April 2004
- Goal of the Season (1): 2002–03
- UEFA Team of the Year (5): 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006
- MLS Best XI (1): 2011
- MLS Player of the Month (1): March 2012
- Onze d'Or (2): 2003, 2006
- European Golden Boot (2): 2003-04, 2004-05
- French Player of the Year (5): 2000, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
- IFFHS World's Top Goal Scorer of the Year (1): 2003
- FIFA FIFPro World XI (1): 2006
- FIFA World Cup All-Star Team (1): Germany 2006
- FIFA Confederations Cup Golden Ball (1): France 2003
- FIFA Confederations Cup Golden Shoe (1): France 2003
- UEFA European Football Championship Team of the Tournament (1): 2000
- FIFA 100 : 2004
- Time 100 Heroes & Pioneers no.16 : 2007
- English Football Hall of Fame : 2008
- Premier League 10 Seasons Awards (1992–93 – 2001–02)
- Overseas Team of the Decade
- Légion d'Honneur : 1998
Career statistics
Club
| Club | Season | League | Cup[100] | Continental[101] | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | ||
| Monaco | 1994–95 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 1 |
| 1995–96 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 6 | |
| 1996–97 | 36 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 48 | 10 | 13 | |
| 1997–98 | 30 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 44 | 11 | 12 | |
| 1998–99 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 5 | |
| Total | 105 | 20 | 26 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 24 | 8 | 7 | 141 | 28 | 37 | |
| Juventus | 1998–99 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 2 |
| Total | 16 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 2 | |
| Arsenal | 1999–2000 | 31 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 47 | 26 | 11 |
| 2000–01 | 35 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 53 | 22 | 3 | |
| 2001–02 | 33 | 24 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 49 | 32 | 7 | |
| 2002–03 | 37 | 24 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 55 | 32 | 24 | |
| 2003–04 | 37 | 30 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 51 | 39 | 14 | |
| 2004–05 | 32 | 25 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 42 | 30 | 17 | |
| 2005–06 | 32 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 45 | 33 | 9 | |
| 2006–07 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 12 | 7 | |
| Total | 254 | 174 | 77 | 31 | 10 | 6 | 84 | 42 | 9 | 369 | 226 | 92 | |
| Barcelona | 2007–08 | 30 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 47 | 19 | 11 |
| 2008–09 | 29 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 42 | 26 | 12 | |
| 2009–10 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 4 | 3 | |
| Total | 80 | 35 | 19 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 30 | 9 | 7 | 121 | 49 | 26 | |
| New York Red Bulls | 2010 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 3 |
| 2011 | 26 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 15 | 5 | |
| 2012 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 5 | |
| Total | 45 | 25 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 26 | 13 | |
| Arsenal (loan) | 2011–12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 |
| Total | 258 | 176 | 77 | 33 | 11 | 6 | 85 | 42 | 9 | 376 | 229 | 92 | |
| Career total | 501 | 259 | 135 | 63 | 17 | 11 | 139 | 59 | 23 | 706 | 332 | 171 | |
International
| National team | Season | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| France U20 | 1996–97 | 5 | 3 |
| Total | 5 | 3 | |
| France | 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 10 | 2 | |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2000 | 14[A] | 6 | |
| 2001 | 7 | 3 | |
| 2002 | 10 | 3 | |
| 2003 | 14 | 11 | |
| 2004 | 13 | 3 | |
| 2005 | 6 | 3 | |
| 2006 | 16 | 8 | |
| 2007 | 6 | 5 | |
| 2008 | 11 | 4 | |
| 2009 | 9 | 3 | |
| 2010 | 6 | 0 | |
| Total | 123 | 51 | |
- Note
A Includes one appearance from the match against FIFA XI on 16 August 2000 which FIFA and the French Football Federation count as an official friendly match.[106]
International goals
Under–20
- Scores and results list France U–20's goal tally first.
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 19 June 1997 | Sarawak Stadium, Kuching |  South Korea |
1–0 | 4–2 | 1997 World Youth Championship |
| 2. | 3–0 | |||||
| 3. | 22 June 1997 | Sarawak Stadium, Kuching |  South Africa |
3–1 | 4–2 | 1997 World Youth Championship |
Senior team
- Scores and results list France's goal tally first.
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 12 June 1998 | Stade Vélodrome, Marseille | South Africa |
3–0 | 3–0 | 1998 FIFA World Cup |
| 2. | 18 June 1998 | Stade de France, Saint-Denis |  Saudi Arabia |
1–0 | 4–0 | 1998 FIFA World Cup |
| 3. | 3–0 | |||||
| 4. | 29 March 2000 | Hampden Park, Glasgow |  Scotland |
1–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
| 5. | 6 June 2000 | Stade Mohamed V, Casablanca |  Morocco |
1–0 | 5–1 | Friendly |
| 6. | 11 June 2000 | Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges |  Denmark |
2–0 | 3–0 | UEFA Euro 2000 |
| 7. | 16 June 2000 | Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges |  Czech Republic |
1–0 | 2–1 | UEFA Euro 2000 |
| 8. | 28 June 2000 | King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels |  Portugal |
1–1 | 2–1 | UEFA Euro 2000 |
| 9. | 24 March 2001 | Stade de France, Saint-Denis |  Japan |
2–0 | 5–0 | Friendly |
| 10. | 25 April 2001 | Stade de France, Saint-Denis | Portugal |
3–0 | 4–0 | Friendly |
| 11. | 6 October 2001 | Stade de France, Saint-Denis |  Algeria |
3–0 | 4–1 | Friendly |
| 12. | 27 March 2002 | Stade de France, Saint-Denis | Scotland |
3–0 | 5–0 | Friendly |
| 13. | 16 October 2002 | Ta' Qali National Stadium, Valletta |  Malta |
1–0 | 4–0 | UEFA Euro 2004 qualifier |
| 14. | 2–0 | |||||
| 15. | 29 March 2003 | Stade Félix-Bollaert, Lens | Malta |
2–0 | 6–0 | Friendly |
| 16. | 3–0 | |||||
| 17. | 30 April 2003 | Stade de France, Saint-Denis |  Egypt |
1–0 | 5–0 | Friendly |
| 18. | 2–0 | |||||
| 19. | 18 June 2003 | Stade de Gerland, Lyon |  Colombia |
1–0 | 1–0 | 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup |
| 20. | 22 June 2003 | Stade de France, Saint-Denis |  New Zealand |
2–0 | 5–0 | 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup |
| 21. | 26 June 2003 | Stade de France, Saint-Denis |  Turkey |
1–0 | 3–2 | 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup |
| 22. | 29 June 2003 | Stade de France, Saint-Denis |  Cameroon |
1–0 | 1–0 | 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup |
| 23. | 6 September 2003 | Stade de France, Saint-Denis |  Cyprus |
4–0 | 5–0 | UEFA Euro 2004 qualifier |
| 24. | 11 October 2003 | Stade de France, Saint-Denis |  Israel |
1–0 | 3–0 | UEFA Euro 2004 qualifier |
| 25. | 15 November 2003 | Veltins-Arena, Gelsenkirchen |  Germany |
1–0 | 3–0 | Friendly |
| 26. | 21 June 2004 | Estádio Cidade de Coimbra, Coimbra |  Switzerland |
2–1 | 3–1 | UEFA Euro 2004 |
| 27. | 3–1 | |||||
| 28. | 13 October 2004 | GSP Stadium, Nicosia | Cyprus |
2–0 | 2–0 | 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifier |
| 29. | 17 August 2005 | Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier |  Côte d'Ivoire |
3–0 | 3–0 | Friendly |
| 30. | 7 September 2005 | Lansdowne Road, Dublin |  Republic of Ireland |
1–0 | 1–0 | 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifier |
| 31. | 9 November 2005 | Stade d'Honneur de Dillon, Fort-de-France |  Costa Rica |
3–2 | 3–2 | Friendly |
| 32. | 31 May 2006 | Stade Félix-Bollaert, Lens |  Slovenia |
1–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
| 33. | 7 June 2006 | Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne |  China PR |
3–1 | 3–1 | Friendly |
| 34. | 18 June 2006 | Zentralstadion, Leipzig | South Korea |
1–0 | 1–1 | 2006 FIFA World Cup |
| 35. | 23 June 2006 | FIFA WM Stadion Köln, Cologne |  Togo |
2–0 | 2–0 | 2006 FIFA World Cup |
| 36. | 1 July 2006 | FIFA WM-Stadion Frankfurt, Frankfurt |  Brazil |
1–0 | 1–0 | 2006 FIFA World Cup |
| 37. | 6 September 2006 | Stade de France, Saint-Denis |  Italy |
2–0 | 3–1 | UEFA Euro 2008 qualifier |
| 38. | 11 October 2006 | Stade Auguste Bonal, Montbéliard |  Faroe Islands |
2–0 | 5–0 | UEFA Euro 2008 qualifier |
| 39. | 15 November 2006 | Stade de France, Saint-Denis |  Greece |
1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly |
| 40. | 22 August 2007 | Štadión Antona Malatinského, Trnava | Slovenia |
1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly |
| 41. | 13 October 2007 | Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn | Faroe Islands |
2–0 | 6–0 | UEFA Euro 2008 qualifier |
| 42. | 17 October 2007 | Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes |  Lithuania |
1–0 | 2–0 | UEFA Euro 2008 qualifier |
| 43. | 2–0 | |||||
| 44. | 21 November 2007 | Olimpiysky National Sports Complex, Kiev |  Ukraine |
1–1 | 2–2 | UEFA Euro 2008 qualifier |
| 45. | 13 June 2008 | Stade de Suisse, Bern |  Netherlands |
1–2 | 1–4 | UEFA Euro 2008 |
| 46. | 10 September 2008 | Stade de France, Saint-Denis |  Serbia |
1–0 | 2–1 | 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier |
| 47. | 14 October 2008 | Stade de France, Saint-Denis |  Tunisia |
1–1 | 3–1 | Friendly |
| 48. | 2–1 | |||||
| 49. | 5 September 2009 | Stade de France, Saint-Denis |  Romania |
1–0 | 1–1 | 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier |
| 50. | 9 September 2009 | Stadion FK Crvena Zvezda, Belgrade | Serbia |
1–1 | 1–1 | 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier |
| 51. | 14 October 2009 | Stade de France, Saint-Denis |  Austria |
2–0 | 3–1 | 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier |
Career totals
| Professional career totals | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teams | Appearances | Goals | Assists | Goals per game |
| Clubs | 702 | 328 | 169 | 0.46 |
| National team | 123 | 51 | 29 | 0.41 |
| Total | 825 | 379 | 198 | 0.46 |
Outside football
Personal and family life
Henry married English model Nicole Merry, real name Claire, on 5 July 2003.[3] The ceremony was held at Highclere Castle, and on 27 May 2005 the couple celebrated the birth of their first child, Téa.[107] Henry dedicated his first goal since Téa's birth to her by holding his fingers in a "T" shape and kissing them after scoring in a match against Newcastle United.[108] When Henry was still at Arsenal, he also purchased a home in Hampstead, North London.[3] However, shortly after his transfer to Barcelona, it was announced that Henry and his wife would divorce; the decree nisi was granted in September 2007.[109] Their separation concluded in December 2008 when Henry paid Merry a divorce settlement close to her requested sum of £10 million.[110]As a fan of the National Basketball Association (NBA), Henry is often seen with his friend Tony Parker at games when not playing football. Henry stated in an interview that he admires basketball, as it is similar to football in pace and excitement.[111] Having made regular trips to the NBA Finals in the past, he went to watch Parker and the San Antonio Spurs in the 2007 NBA Finals;[112] and in the 2001 NBA Finals, he went to Philadelphia to help with French television coverage of the Finals as well as to watch Allen Iverson, whom he named as one of his favourite players.[111]
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