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Thierry Henry
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Thierry Henry may not be a household name in North America, but everywhere else on the planet he's known as the most dynamic offensive player in the world's most popular game. The French soccer star began life in a Paris ghetto, earned national fame as a precocious teen, rocketed to prominence on the sport's ultimate international stage, and then led his pro team to the first undefeated season in more than a century. Thierry is that most deadly of strikers, combining unmatched speed with tremendous vision and creativity. Now a member of FC Barcelona, he is displaying his talents on the grandest stage of all. This is his story…
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Thierry Henry, he of the big money summer transfer and extra-marital activity, is starting to show signs of not taking happily to the bench. After all, the bench is somewhere where Mr Henry goes only when Mr Henry wants to, such as during his mystery post-World Cup "rest" last season, when there didn't appear to be much wrong with him, and everyone else who'd slogged through the World Cup still managed to turn out for their respective teams without too much trouble. Barcelona started their season on a very wonky 0-0 note last Saturday with Thierry Henry coming on in the second half, much to the disappointment of the Barcelona fans who'd been expecting to see their much-vaunted "Fantastic Four." "I'd ... like to see the Fantastic Four," said manager Frank Rijkaard, before going to patiently explain the tactical arguments against such a line-up. Mr Henry was a little less understanding. "If people want to see the Fantastic Four they can go to the pictures," he sniffed.
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Thierry Henry trained at the French Football Federation's academy located at Clairefontaine. During his formative years he played for CO Les Ulis from 1983 to 1989, then Palaiseau from 1989 to 1990, Viry-Châtillon from 1990 to 1992, and FC Versailles from 1992 to 1993. Henry began playing professional football at the age of 17 when he debuted for AS Monaco in 1994. He was recruited by then Monaco manager Arsene Wenger. After impressing the world in the 1998 World Cup when France took home the cup, he shifted to Juventus in January 1999. He wasn’t satisfied with his stint at Juventus so he moved on to Arsenal in August 1999.
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Thierry Henry stared in his first professional soccer game when he was just seventeen years of age, playing for Monaco - a pro team in France. Later, he joined Juventus, a pro team in Italy, for a short time. Henry didn’t like Juventus and how they played. Not before long, his contract was bought by Arsenal. Arsenal is a professional soccer team in London, England and is in the English Premier League. The coach of Arsenal, Arsene Wenger, was Henry’s coach when he was at Monaco.
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Thierry Henry was born on the 17th August 1977 in Les Ulis, Essonne, France. Thierry started life as a winger at Monaco, winning the French Championship whilst still in his teens. After a brief spell at Juventus in Italy's Serie-A, Thierry joined Arsenal in August 1999 for a fee of £10.5m. Manager Arsene Wenger swiftly converted him into a central striker and Thierry developed into a lethal goal-scorer; indeed, the second quickest player to reach a century of Premiership strikes! Henry has surpassed Ian Wright to take over as Arsenal's all-time leading scorer with over 200 goals for the club. In 2006, Henry became the first player to score more than twenty goals in five consecutive seasons (2002–2006).
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Thierry Henry played his best game so far for Football Club Barcelona in Saturday’s 4-0 victory over Murcia. Henry didn’t get on the scoresheet but he set up goals for 17-year-old Bojan Krkic and for Samuel Eto’o who marked his last game for Barça before joining up with the Cameroon national team with a brace. Frank Rijkaard rested some players with an eye on Tuesday second leg cup match with Sevilla, so there was a start for some of the less used players such as Zambrotta, Thuram and Sylvinho.
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