Thierry Henry

Name: Thierry Daniel Henry
Nicknames: Titi, TH14
Nationality: French
Date and Place of Birth: August 17, 1977 in Paris, France
Playing Position: Forward
Current Club: Barcelona (Spanish La Liga)
Club Career History: 1994-1998 Monaco - 110 appearances, 20 goals
1998-1999 Juventus - 16 appearances, 3 goals
1999-2007 Arsenal
2007-present Barcelona

International Career: 1997-present France

 About Thierry Henry:

Thierry Henry is a product of the French Football Federation's youth programme having graduated through the ranks at renowned youth football academy Clairefontaine before making his move into professional football with A.S. Monaco in 1994 at the age of 17.

Given his debut by then Monaco coach Arsene Wenger, the young Henry became a fixture on the Monaco left wing where his tricky skills and electrifying pace allowed him to skip past fullbacks almost at will.

Having layed 110 times and scored 20 goals in the red and white of Monaco, Henry used a fine set of displays during France's victorious 1998 World Cup campaign to earn himself a £10m move from the Principality to the more refined footballing air of Turin and Serie A with Juventus.

Henry found it difficult to adjust to the more defensive minded approach of the Italian game and was labelled something of a big money flop in Italy before his former mentor at Monaco, Arsene Wenger, paid £11m to rescue him from Turin and bring him to the English Premiership with Arsenal in 1999.

Still short of confidence following his year long ordeal in Italy, Henry failed to find the net in his first ten starts for Arsenal and was in danger of being labelled a failure again before Wenger decided to play him solely at centre forward rather than on the wing and the goals began to come.

Seven years later and Thierry Henry had been top scorer at Arsenal in each season he has been at the club and is now the club's all-time record goalscorer. Widely regarded by many as the greatest player to ever play for Arsenal, Thierry Henry repaid Arsene Wenger's early faith in him by refusing moves to Barcelona and Real Madrid and penning a new four year contract in the summer of 2006 despite Arsenal's defeat in the 2005/2006 European Cup final.

Arsenal's inability to compete in the transfer market or on the pitch, coupled with the departure of David Dein from the club and Arsene Wenger's inability to commit his own future beyond 2007/2008, led Henry to finally call time on his Arsenal career in the summer of 2007. A £16m move to long time admirers Barcelona was agreed and Thierry Henry now begins a new life as one of Barcelona's famous forward line at the Nou Camp.