Henry, the great moments of his career – Sports.fr

Back to the greatest moments in the career of Thierry Henry, for the world title in 1998 with the team of France until his return to Arsenal in 2012.

1998: World Champion at 19

Thierry Henry’s career took off at the World Cup 1998 in France. Selected by Aimé Jacquet, he managed the sensational debut in the competition against South Africa in Marseille (3-0). Twice a scorer against Saudi Arabia (4-0), the attacker becomes, with David Trezeguet, the darling of French. At 19, he did not even tremble to mark his shot on goal against the Italians in the quarterfinals. Remained on the bench for the final against Brazil, Henry became world champion and European champion two years later with the Blues

2003-04. Invincible Arsenal

This is perhaps the greatest season of his career. Arsenal, Henry won the Premier League title without knowing defeat and mark 30 league goals, his best total. It achieves outstanding performance as his double at the Giuseppe Meazza against Inter-Milan (1-5) in the Champions League and an almost perfect match with the Blues, walking on Germany in Gelsenkirchen (0-3) .dropoff window Voted best player of the year in England, Henry finished second to Pavel Nedved Ballon d’Or 2003

2006:. If near a historic double

Henry is still top of his game. His performances propel Arsenal in the final of the Champions League for the first time in club history. The defeat against Barcelona (1-2) announces another defeat, more painful, with the team of France in the final of the 2006 World Cup against Italy. In Germany, he scored three goals, including the game-winner against Brazil in the quarterfinals (1-0), with an assist from Zidane, the only one the 10 Blues addressed to him during their common journey the national team. The Golden Ball still eludes him and Henry finished third ranking behind Fabio Cannavaro and Gianluigi Buffon

2009. Adopted by Barca

Henry finally won the Champions League. After the final defeat for the Gunners three years ago, he lifts the trophy in 2009 with Barcelona (2-0 in the final against Manchester United), which he joined in the summer of 2007. This is his last season with consistent performance at high level: nearly 20 goals in La Liga, 6 in C1, 4 from the 8th finals. This is also the season of a historic six-fold for Barcelona, ​​thus won the Champions League, but La Liga, the King’s Cup, the European Super Cup, the Spanish Super Cup and Club World Cup .

2012: Back Arsenal to win

Exiled in New York in the United States for a year and a half, Henry took advantage of the winter break in MLS to negotiate a freelance few weeks at Arsenal. And the French brand for its first game and offers the victory against Leeds Cup, with its special, a shot wound in the small opposite net. The fans revved the British press as well, especially after a goal that delivers the Gunners, this time in the league against Sunderland. This will eventually be the last of his 228 goals for Arsenal. He wears a jersey last time the London club in Milan (4-0) in the Champions League.