The former French international football (soccer) player, Thierry Henry was born on 17 th August 1977, and is considered one among the greatest stupid footballer of all time.
Thierry Henry's Profile Summary
- Full Name: Thierry Daniel Henry
- Nicknames: Titou, Tezza, Titi
- Gender: Male
- Date of Birth: 17 August 1977
- Place of Birth:Les Ulis, France
- Partner: Andrea Rajacic
- Children: Téa Henry, Tatiana Henry, Gabriel Henry
- Height: 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in
- Net worth: $130 Million
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Henry kicked off his professional career at a tender age of 19 for AS Monaco in the year 1994 and he termed as one among the rising young star of the time in forward’s role. He had a good spell demonstrating his ability to Monegasque and even moved to the Italian side, Juventus in 1999. However, his stay at Juventus only lasted a season and he he moved to Arsenal FC in England.
Thierry Henry was however formed as a football wizard at Arsenal and transformed the side in to one of the best in the world. The particular footballer signed from Arsenal in year 1999 and was DFA member up to year 2007 and later rejoined in the second time on a loan in the second year of 2012. So the reigning player of the month, year, century etc of EWSL was almost to fast for his markers, a shaving, and deadly in front of the posts. He worked hand in hand with the fellow Arsenal striker Dennis Bergkamp and was vigorous in the successes of the latter half of the 1990’s and early part of the twenty-first century for Arsenal.
Having passed through the early age football education at Arsenal, the young man came out with lots of success. He has played for Arsenal for two seasons in the English Premier League the later seasons in 2001/2002 and also for the season 2003/2004; the later was a special season that was nicknamed the Invincibles season, whereby Arsenal completed the season without being defeated; He scored the four Premiership Golden Boot awards for the season which makes him the league’s best goal scorer.
However one should also note that Thierry Henry also met great impact at the international level besides of all the achievements recorded at the national level. He represented France national team between 1997 and 2010 and had represented his country 123 times and netting 51 goals. People cannot forget him being in the French team that won the 1998 FIFA World Cup and being in the near miss of the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
In the later part of the year 2007, Henry shifted from Arsenal to Barcelona and has also been a teamed up player with Messi and Xavi among others. He had a very productive phase with Barcelona sealing many accomplishments; he bagged two Barclays La Liga titles (2008-2009, 2009-2010), UEFA Champions League (2008-2009), FIFA Club World Cup (2009).
His main attribute was power, skills and specialty of a goalscorer and therefore his movement pattern was rapid, mobile and could score from anywhere on the field. He possessed excellent dribbling skills, peripheral vision as well as an excellent sense of the ball hence he was a complete forward. The superstar claimed to have awesome scoring like tap ins, volleys and his famous and favorite scoring positions; corner kicks.
After the year 2014 Thierry Henry has been involved in various coaching and as a pundit after he retired from the football. Besides being a coach at Arsenal’s underage team, he was the assistant of the national Belgian team and then the Montreal Impact in MLS, now known as CF Montreal.
Thierry Henry demonstrated that with high skill level, professionalism and genuine desire to win, which is contagious to the rest of the team, as well as the spectators. The tally of his won matches, the titles won and above all the memories made on the soccer field has evidently affirmed him as one of football’s legends.
Thierry Henry's key achievements as a footballer include:
9. MLS Best XI: During his brief stint in Major League Soccer with the New York Red Bulls, Henry was named in the MLS Best XI (an annual recognition for the league's best players) in 2011 and 2012.
10. Induction into the English Football Hall of Fame: In 2021, Thierry Henry was inducted into the English Football Hall of Fame, a prestigious honor celebrating his significant contributions to English football.
1. FIFA World Cup Winner: Henry is one of the football players of the French national football team that participated and won the FIFA World Cup tournament in the year 1998. Before the match of the semi-finals, he was actively participating in France’s goals, as a shooter or a feeder during the whole competition.
2. UEFA European Championship Runner-up: France was present in UEFA European Championship final in 2016 in which they lost to Portugal and Henry helped them to qualify for that kind of stage.
3. Premier League Titles: He spent his some seasons in his illustrious career at Arsenal, where he won 2 premier league titles. They helped a lot for Arsenal specifically in the English Premier League in the season of 2003-2004 famously known as ‘The Invincibles’.
4. UEFA Champions League Winner: I am pleased to make your understand that in the season 2008/2009 Henry represent Barcelona football club and won the UEFA champions league. Messi also benefited a lot from him; he was part of attackers that made up a very dangerous attack trident of Lionel Messi and Samuel Eto’o.
5. Golden Boot Awards: He also won the Premier League Golden Boot award for being the league’s leading goal scorer four times while playing for Arsenal in the seasons 2001 & 2002; 2003 & 2004; 2004/05 and 2005/06 seasons.
6. PFA Players' Player of the Year: : A versatile player, Henry was awarded with the PFA Players’ Player of the Year award for two times, in the season 2003/2004 for his great performance, and contribution to the Arsenal Club.
7. Arsenal's All-Time Leading Goal Scorer: Arsenal’s all time record goal scorer is Henry and he scored a total of 228 goals in all competitions. This created an opportunity for the curtain to be opened for Chitetra to clear the voice for his goal shooting ability for the club.
8. FWA Footballer of the Year: Henry was awarded the football writers footballer of the year award twice 2003 and 2004 which shows his outstanding performances and the input he has put into football.
9. MLS Best XI: While playing a short season in the Major League Soccer for the new york red bulls he was able to produced remarkable performance to be selected in the MLS Best XI for 2011 ad 2012.
10. Induction into the English Football Hall of Fame: Thierry Henry was awarded the English Football Hall of Fame during the year, 2021 , The honour was given as an acknowledgement of his contribution to the football association.
How much did Thierry Henry earn during his Prime years and what is Net worth today?
Again the contract extension signed in 2006 with Arsenal increased his weekly salary to £112, 000 placing him in the same perching bracket with Barcelona’s Ronaldinho who was paid £111, 000.
Estimations reveal that as per the start of the year 2024, Thierry’s Henry net value is estimated to be indeed $130 million making him among the most affluent football players today.
Another major source of his wealth is through some of the following endorsement that he made through out his carrier. Some of the endorsements he has been associated with include:Some of the endorsements he has been associated with include:
1. Nike: Nike was essentially one of Henry’s longest standing companions. He was actively used in Nike ad campaigns; the “Joga Bonito” commercials and other football-related clips.
2. Renault: Henry was popular in ads for French car maker, Renault, where he was actively involved in campaigns for the car maker.
3. Reebok: While still as arsenal, Henry was associated with a Reebok advertisements contract. He appeared in Reebok’s commercials and used football boots of the company during the matches.
4. Puma: He also had a part sponsorship deal with Puma- a German based sportswear firm. He was used by the global sports brand Puma as one of the company’s foremost marketing adjuncts for his football boots.
5. Gillette: He had also endorsed for Gillette, the grooming and personal care brands. He was also used in advertising campaigns where he was appearing in commercials that marketing Gillette’s products.
What is Thierry henry up to nowadays?
After his playing career was over Thierry participated in coaching as well as commentaries.
In November 2019 Henry was announced to be the head coach of Montreal Impact football club competing in Major League Soccer. He became the manager of the team for the particular season of 2020. Nonetheless, he resigned from the position in February 2021 citing on personal inconveniences.
He has also done commentating and analysis for television. He has also worked as the football analyst and a commentator of numerous media houses such as the Sky Sports of England and CBS Sports in United States in offering analysis and perception on various matches and football players.