Thierry Henry

Thierry Henry (born 17 August 1977 in Les Ulis, Essonne, France) is a French football manager and former player. He is now retired but used to play at Arsenal and was previously a part of the France national team. He is considered one of the world's best players.

Thierry Henry

Henry in 2021
Personal information
Full name	Thierry Daniel Henry[1]
Date of birth	(1977-08-17) 17 August 1977 (age 47)[2]
Place of birth	Les Ulis, France
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[3]
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	France U21 (manager)
Youth career
1983–1989	CO Les Ulis
1989–1990	US Palaiseau
1990–1992	Viry-Châtillon
1990–1992	INF Clairefontaine
1992–1994	Monaco
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1994–1995	Monaco B	19	(6)
1994–1999	Monaco	105	(20)
1999	Juventus	16	(3)
1999–2007	Arsenal	254	(174)
2007–2010	Barcelona	80	(35)
2010–2014	New York Red Bulls	122	(51)
2012	→ Arsenal (loan)	4	(1)
Total		600	(290)
International career
1997	France U20	5	(3)
1997–2010	France	123	(51)
Managerial career
2016–2018	Belgium (assistant)
2018–2019	Monaco
2019–2021	Montreal Impact
2021–2022	Belgium (assistant)
2023–	France U21
Medal record Men's football Representing  France FIFA World Cup Winner 1998 France Runner-up 2006 Germany UEFA European Championship Winner 2000 Belgium–Netherlands FIFA Confederations Cup Winner 2003 France
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Henry started his career at small clubs in France. He had played for the Italian team, Juventus. In 2001, he joined Arsenal of England, where he became one of the best players in the English Premier League. After three years with FC Barcelona he went to the US to play for the New York Red Bulls in the Major League Soccer. He has been named the Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year three times and the French Player of the Year four times since 2001.

On the France national team, Henry has scored 5 goals in World Cup competitions. Only one French player, Michel Platini, has scored more goals than Henry.

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup[a]		League cup[b]		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Monaco B	1994–95[4]	CFA	19	6	—		—		—		—		19	6
Monaco	1994–95[5]	Division 1	8	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	—		8	3
	1995–96[5]	Division 1	18	3	0	0	3	0	1	0	—		22	3
	1996–97[5]	Division 1	36	9	1	0	2	0	9[c]	1	—		48	10
	1997–98[5]	Division 1	30	4	4	0	1	0	9[d]	7	—		44	11
	1998–99[5]	Division 1	13	1	0	0	1	0	5	0	—		19	1
	Total		105	20	5	0	7	0	24	8	—		141	28
Juventus	1998–99[5]	Serie A	16	3	1	0	—		0	0	2[e]	0	19	3
	1999–2000[5]	Serie A	0	0	0	0	—		1[c]	0	—		1	0
	Total		16	3	1	0	—		1	0	2	0	20	3
Arsenal	1999–2000[5]	Premier League	31	17	3	0	2	1	12[f]	8	—		48	26
	2000–01[5]	Premier League	35	17	4	1	0	0	14[d]	4	—		53	22
	2001–02[5]	Premier League	33	24	5	1	0	0	11[d]	7	—		49	32
	2002–03[5]	Premier League	37	24	5	1	0	0	12[d]	7	1[g]	0	56	32
	2003–04[5]	Premier League	37	30	3	3	0	0	10[d]	5	1[g]	1	51	39
	2004–05[5]	Premier League	32	25	1	0	0	0	8[d]	5	1[g]	0	42	30
	2005–06[5]	Premier League	32	27	0	0	1	1	11[d]	5	1[g]	0	45	33
	2006–07[5]	Premier League	17	10	3	1	0	0	7[d]	1	—		27	12
	Total		254	174	24	7	3	2	85	42	4	1	370	226
Barcelona	2007–08[5]	La Liga	30	12	7	4	—		10[d]	3	—		47	19
	2008–09[5]	La Liga	29	19	1	1	—		12[d]	6	—		42	26
	2009–10[5]	La Liga	21	4	1	0	—		6[d]	0	4[h]	0	32	4
	Total		80	35	9	5	—		28	9	4	0	121	49
New York Red Bulls	2010[5]	Major League Soccer	11	2	0	0	—		—		1[i]	0	12	2
	2011[5]	Major League Soccer	26	14	0	0	—		—		3[i]	1	29	15
	2012[5]	Major League Soccer	25	15	0	0	—		—		2[i]	0	27	15
	2013[5]	Major League Soccer	30	10	0	0	—		—		2[i]	0	32	10
	2014[5]	Major League Soccer	30	10	0	0	—		0	0	5[i]	0	35	10
	Total		122	51	0	0	—		0	0	13	1	135	52
Arsenal (loan)	2011–12[5]	Premier League	4	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	—		7	2
Career total			600	290	41	13	10	2	139	59	23	2	813	366

1. Includes Coupe de France, Coppa Italia, FA Cup, Copa del Rey
2. Includes Coupe de la Ligue, Football League Cup
3. Appearance(s) in UEFA Cup
4. Appearances in UEFA Champions League
5. Appearances in Serie A UEFA Cup play-offs
6. Four appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, eight appearances and seven goals in UEFA Cup
7. Appearance in FA Community Shield
8. Two appearances in Supercopa de España, one appearance in UEFA Super Cup, one appearance in FIFA Club World Cup
9. Appearance(s) in MLS Cup Playoffs

International

Main article: List of international goals scored by Thierry Henry

Appearances and goals by national team and year^[4][6][7][8]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
France	1997	1	0
	1998	10	3
	1999	0	0
	2000	14[A]	5
	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.^[9]

Managerial

As of 20 November 2023

Team	From	To	Record
			M	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %	Ref.
Monaco	13 October 2018	24 January 2019	20	4	5	11	15	36	−21	020.00	[10][11][12][13]
Montreal Impact	14 November 2019	25 February 2021	29	9	4	16	38	50	−12	031.03	[source?]
France U21	21 August 2023	present	6	4	0	2	19	7	+12	066.67	[source?]
Total			55	17	9	29	72	93	−21	030.91

Honours

Henry won two Premier League titles with Arsenal.

Monaco

• Division 1: 1996–97

Arsenal

• Premier League: 2001–02, 2003–04^[14]
• FA Cup: 2001–02, 2002–03
• FA Community Shield: 2002, 2004
• UEFA Champions League runner-up: 2005–06^[15]
• UEFA Cup runner-up: 1999–2000

Barcelona

• La Liga: 2008–09, 2009–10
• Copa del Rey: 2008–09
• Supercopa de España: 2009
• UEFA Champions League: 2008–09
• UEFA Super Cup: 2009
• FIFA Club World Cup: 2009

New York Red Bulls

• Supporters' Shield: 2013
• MLS Eastern Conference: 2010, 2013

France

• FIFA World Cup: 1998; runner-up: 2006
• UEFA European Championship: 2000
• FIFA Confederations Cup: 2003

Henry made four appearances for the MLS All-Stars from 2011 to 2014.

Individual

• Ballon d'Or runner-up: 2003;^[16] third-place: 2006^[17]
• FIFA World Player of the Year – Silver Award: 2003, 2004^[18]
• European Golden Shoe: 2003–04, 2004–05
• Onze d'Or: 2003, 2006
• FIFA World Cup All-Star Team: Germany 2006
• FIFA Confederations Cup Golden Ball: France 2003
• FIFA Confederations Cup Golden Shoe: France 2003
• UNFP Division 1 Young Player of the Year: 1996–97
• PFA Players' Player of the Year: 2002–03, 2003–04
• PFA Fans' Player of the Year: 2002–03,^[19] 2003–04^[20]
• PFA Team of the Year: 2000–01 Premier League, 2001–02 Premier League, 2002–03 Premier League, 2003–04 Premier League, 2004–05 Premier League, 2005–06 Premier League
• PFA Team of the Century (1907–2007):
  • Team of the Century 1997–2007^[21]
  • Overall Team of the Century^[22]
• FWA Footballer of the Year: 2002–03, 2003–04, 2005–06
• Premier League Player of the Season: 2003–04, 2005–06^[14]
• Premier League Golden Boot: 2001–02, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06^[14]
• Most assists in the Premier League: 2002–03^[23]
• Golden Boot Landmark Award 10: 2004–05
• Golden Boot Landmark Award 20: 2004–05
• Premier League Player of the Month: April 2000, September 2002, January 2004, April 2004^[14]
• Arsenal Player of the Season: 2000, 2003, 2004, 2005^[24]
• BBC Goal of the Season: 2002–03
• UEFA Team of the Year: 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006
• MLS Best XI: 2011, 2012, 2014
• MLS Player of the Month: March 2012
• Best MLS Player ESPY Award: 2013
• MLS All-Star: 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
• French Player of the Year: 2000, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
• IFFHS World's Top Goal Scorer of the Year: 2003
• FIFA FIFPro World XI: 2006
• UEFA European Football Championship Team of the Tournament: 2000
• FIFA 100: 2004^[25]
• Time 100 Heroes & Pioneers no.16: 2007
• English Football Hall of Fame: 2008
• Premier League 10 Seasons Awards (1992–93 – 2001–02):^[26]
  • Overseas Team of the Decade
• Premier League 20 Seasons Awards:^[27]
  • Fantasy Team (Panel choice)
  • Fantasy Team (Public choice)
• UEFA Ultimate Team of the Year (published 2015)^[28]
• UEFA Euro All-time XI (published 2016)^[29]
• Ballon d'Or Dream Team (Bronze): 2020^[30]
• Premier League Hall of Fame: 2021^[31]

Orders

• Knight of the Legion of Honour: 1998^[32]

Records

As of October 2022

Arsenal

• All-time top scorer: 228 goals^[33]
• Most league goals: 175 goals^[33]
• Most European goals: 42^[33]
• Most Champions League goals: 35^[33]
• Most Premier League goals in a season: 30 (2003–04) (shared with Robin van Persie)^[33]
• Most Premier League hat-tricks: 8^[34]
• Most European appearances: 86^[35]
• Most Champions League appearances: 78^[35]
• Most Arsenal Player of the Season Awards: 4^[24]

Continental

• Most European Golden Shoe wins while playing in England: 2 (2003–04 & 2004–05)^[36]
• One of four players to win back-to-back European Golden Shoes (shared with Ally McCoist, Lionel Messi & Cristiano Ronaldo)^[37]

England

• Most FWA Footballer of the Year wins: 3 (2002–03, 2003–04 & 2005–06)^[38]
• Most consecutive FWA Footballer of the Year wins: 2 (2002–03 & 2003–04) (shared with Cristiano Ronaldo)^[39]
• Most consecutive PFA Players' Player of the Year wins: 2 (2002–03 & 2003–04) (shared with Cristiano Ronaldo)
• Most PFA Players' Player of the Year wins: 2 (2002–03 & 2003–04) (shared with Gareth Bale, Alan Shearer, Mark Hughes & Cristiano Ronaldo)

France

• Only French player to win the European Golden Shoe^[40]
• Most French Player of the Year wins: 5 (2000, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006)^[38]
• Most consecutive French Player of the Year wins: 4 (2003–2006)
• Most goals by a Frenchman playing at a foreign club: 228 goals for Arsenal^[41]
• Most world cup matches for France: 17 (shared with Fabien Barthez)^[42]
• Most appearances at World Cup final tournaments for France: 4 (1998, 2002, 2006 & 2010)

Premier League

• Most assists in a season: 20 (2002–03) (shared with Kevin De Bruyne)^[43]
• Most goals with right foot in a 38-game season: 24 (2005–06) (shared with Alan Shearer)^[44]
• Most Player of the Season awards: 2 (2003–04 & 2005–06) (shared with Cristiano Ronaldo, Nemanja Vidić & Kevin De Bruyne)^[43]
• Most goals in London derbies: 43^[45]
• Most Golden Boot wins: 4^[46]
• Most goals on a Friday: 10^[47]
• Most consecutive 20+ goal seasons: 5 (2001–02 to 2004–05) (shared with Sergio Agüero) ^[48]
• Most goals scored under one manager: 175 goals under Arsène Wenger^[49]
• Most goals at a single ground: 114 goals at Highbury^[50]
• Most direct free-kicks goals by a foreign player: 12 (shared with Gianfranco Zola)^[51]
• Most Golden Boot's won in consecutive years: 3 (shared with Alan Sherear)^[52]
• The only player to both score and assist 20+ goals in a season (2002–03)^[53]