Thierry Henry

Thierry Henry is a French former professional footballer whose 20-year playing career produced 411 career club goals across France, England, Spain, and the United States — making him the all-time top scorer for both Arsenal F.C. and the France national football team. He was born Thierry Daniel Henry on August 17, 1977, in Les Ulis, Essonne, France, into an Antillean-French family. His father Antoine Henry was a Guadeloupean man who had emigrated from Guadeloupe in the 1960s, and his mother Maryse Henry was a Martiniquan who had emigrated from Martinique. The Les Ulis suburban Paris environment shaped his early-career football engagement.

His 1990 entry to the AS Monaco football academy at age 13 — under youth-team coach Arsène Wenger — and his subsequent 1994 first-team Monaco debut at age 17 launched his professional career. His Monaco career across 1994–1999 produced his 1996–1997 French Ligue 1 championship and his 1998 transfer to Italian Serie A club Juventus.

His 1999 transfer from Juventus to Arsenal F.C. under reunited Arsène Wenger — for £11 million — launched his 1999–2007 eight-year Arsenal career. His 2001–2002 Arsenal season produced his first Premier League Golden Boot and the Arsenal 2001–2002 FA Premier League and FA Cup double. His 2003–2004 Arsenal season produced his second Premier League Golden Boot and the Arsenal 2003–2004 unbeaten league season — the only English top-flight team in 115 years to complete an entire league season unbeaten. His 228 Arsenal goals across 376 Arsenal appearances make him the all-time top scorer for Arsenal F.C.

His parallel France national-team career across 1997–2010 produced his 1998 FIFA World Cup victory (in France), his 2000 UEFA European Championship victory, and his 51 France national-team goals (the all-time France national-team scoring record). His 2007 transfer to Spanish La Liga club FC Barcelona produced two La Liga championships and the 2009 UEFA Champions League victory. His 2010 transfer to American Major League Soccer club New York Red Bulls launched his late-career American MLS period across 2010–2014 (122 appearances and 51 goals). His 2018 retirement was followed by his 2018 ITV TV-football-pundit career and his 2019 head-coaching position at Belgian Pro League club AS Monaco. He has been with Brazilian model Andrea Rajacic since 2017.

His name Thierry is the French form of Theodoric (from the Old Germanic root meaning "ruler of the people"). Thierry has been a popular French boys' name across the 20th century.