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Thierry Henry: Arsenal Fc
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Name : Thierry Henry : Born August 17, 1977, Les Ulis, France : Height -- 1m 88. (6' 2") : Weight -- 83kg. (182 lbs) : Position -- Striker : Squad Number -- 14 : Previous Clubs -- Monaco, Juventus; Joined Arsenal, August 03, 1999
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Thierry Henry is a goalscorer par excellence who has not looked back since Arsenal FC paid Juventus FC 17m for his services in the summer of 1999. The extra responsibility which came with being converted from a wide player into a central striker has seen him mature into one of the game's most-feared hitmen.
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Considered by many to be the most prolific scorer in football, Thierry Henry hails from France, but in England he is Arsenal’s most feared weapon. A striker striking fear in the hearts of defenders across the English Premier League, he currently plays for the French national team and for Arsenal, where he is the all-time leading goal scorer.
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IT IS a sign of Thierry Henry’s value to Arsenal that Arsène Wenger considers his signature on a new contract to be more important than the European Cup. An emotional week for the club ended happily yesterday with the France striker finally putting pen to paper on a new four-year deal worth £110,000 a week, which he expects to be the last of his career.
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Thierry Daniel Henry, born August 17, 1977 in Les Ulis, Paris, is a French soccer player. He currently plays striker for the French national soccer team, and for an English club Arsenal, where he is the club’s all time leading goal scorer in both league matches and all competitions.
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June 23: Arsenal announced they have agreed to sell captain Thierry Henry to Barcelona subject for a fee reported to be in the region of €23.8m. Under the tutelage of manager Arsene Wenger, he was transformed from a winger into one of the top strikers in the world and went on to become the English club's record goalscorer with 226 goals in 364 appearances. He helped the Gunners to the Premier League title in 2002 and 2004, victory in the English FA Cup in 2002, 2003 and 2005 and captained the side to the UEFA Champions League final in 2005/06, which they lost 2-1 to Barca in Paris.
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