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.

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
### International
**Note**

 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.

### Managerial
## Honours
 titles with Arsenal.]]
**Monaco**
*Division 1: 1996–97

**Arsenal**
*Premier League: 2001–02, 2003–04
*FA Cup: 2001–02, 2002–03
*FA Community Shield: 2002, 2004
*UEFA Champions League runner-up: 2005–06
*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

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**Individual**
*Ballon d'Or runner-up: 2003; third-place: 2006
*FIFA World Player of the Year – Silver Award: 2003, 2004
*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, 2003–04
*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
**Overall Team of the Century
*FWA Footballer of the Year: 2002–03, 2003–04, 2005–06
*Premier League Player of the Season: 2003–04, 2005–06
*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
*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
*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
*Premier League 20 Seasons Awards:
** Fantasy Team (Panel choice)
** Fantasy Team (Public choice)
*UEFA Ultimate Team of the Year (published 2015)
*UEFA Euro All-time XI (published 2016)
*Ballon d'Or Dream Team (Bronze): 2020
*Premier League Hall of Fame: 2021

**Orders**
*Knight of the Legion of Honour: 1998

## Records
### Arsenal 
*All-time top scorer: 228 goals
*Most league goals: 175 goals
*Most European appearances: 86 
*Most Champions League appearances: 78
*One of four players to win back-to-back European Golden Shoes (shared with Ally McCoist, Lionel Messi & Cristiano Ronaldo)

### England 
*Most FWA Footballer of the Year wins: 3 (2002–03, 2003–04 & 2005–06)
*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
*Most French Player of the Year wins: 5 (2000, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006)
*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
*Most world cup matches for France: 17 (shared with Fabien Barthez)
*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)
*Most goals with right foot in a 38-game season: 24 (2005–06) (shared with Alan Shearer)
*Most Player of the Season awards: 2 (2003–04 & 2005–06) (shared with Cristiano Ronaldo, Nemanja Vidić & Kevin De Bruyne)
*Most Golden Boot wins: 4
*Most goals on a Friday: 10
*Most consecutive 20+ goal seasons: 5 (2001–02 to 2004–05) (shared with Sergio Agüero) 
*Most goals scored under one manager: 175 goals under Arsène Wenger
*Most goals at a single ground: 114 goals at Highbury 
*Most direct free-kicks goals by a foreign player: 12 (shared with Gianfranco Zola)
*Most Golden Boot's won in consecutive years: 3 (shared with Alan Sherear)
*The only player to both score and assist 20+ goals in a season (2002–03)

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