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Thierry Henry
Thierry Daniel Henry: born 17 August
1977) is a French footballer who plays as
a striker for New York Red Bullsin Major
League Soccer. Henry was born in Les Ulis,
Essonne 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
theSerie 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 228
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 theFWA 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 Spanish 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