The making of a great striker is chronicled prior to his joining FC Barcelona.


Thierry Henry was born to Antoine and Maryse in Paris, france and grew up in the Les Ulis, Essonne neighbourhood of the urbanised area in the city. He was spotted at tender age of six by recruiter, Claude Chezelle, who saw immense potential in the youngster and predicted Henry will become a great footballer in the future. Thierry was groomed at the local neighbourhood club, CO Les Ulis and played his first competitive match at the age of eleven.
Since then, there has been no looking back for the ace striker and his first professional club was AS Monaco who he signed for in 1995 and had his major breakthrough into international reckoning after a sterling performance in the France '98 World Cup earned him a contract with Arsenal FC in 1999.

He is trademarked with wearing the Number 14 jersey and has been offered the same Number at FC Barcelona by the man who wore and made the same shirt number 14 an invaluable and revered object in Camp Nou, the legendary Johan Cruyff.


Henry's Bio-summary is seen below:


Full Name: Thierry Daniel Henry


Date of Birth - August 17, 1977.


Birthplace - Paris, France


Height - 1.88 m ( 6 ft 2 in )


Previous youth clubs
1983–1989 CO Les Ulis

1989–1990 US Palaiseau
1990–1992 Viry-Châtillon

1992–1992 I.N.F Clairefontaine
1992–1995 AS Monaco Youth Club


Previous Professional Clubs

Monaco - 1995-1998 with 110 appearances and 20 goals
Juventus - 1998-1999 with 16 appearances and 3 goals

Arsenal - 1999-( 2007 ) with 369 appearances and 226 goals ( 254 League appearances and 174 League goals ).


International Career
France - 1997- date, with 92 Caps and 40 Goals


Club Honours

Ligue 1 - 1997
French Super Cup - 1997

Premiership - 2002, 2004
FA Cup - 2002, 2003, 2005

Community Shield - 2002, 2004


International Honours
World Cup - 1998

European Championships - 2000
Confederations Cup - 2003


Personal Honours

European Golden Boot - 2004, 2005
FA Premier League Top Scorer - 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006

Onze d'Or: 2003, 2006
PFA Players' Player of the Year: 2003, 2004

FWA Footballer Of The Year: 2003, 2004, 2006
Runner-up: 2003, 2004

World XI Striker: 2006


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