French footballer Thierry Henry announced the end of performances for his national team

Late on July 15 French football plaeyr Thierry Henry announced the end of performances for his national team. Henry, who turns 17 August 33, is one of the best players in the history of French football, the world champion and European top French scorer.

Henry began his professional career at the club Monaco, where he said France coach Aime Jacquet. His first match for the national team striker has played in October 1997 at the age of 20 years. The French had a friendly match with South Africa (2:1), and the game was so pleased Henri Jacquet that he has included striker in the World Cup 1998.

As we know, the French won the home World Cup, beating Brazil in the finals with 3:0. Then Henry had not been a leading player on the team (say, in the finals, he never played). However, coming on the field, striker scored correctly. World Cup 1998 he scored three goals, becoming the top scorer of his team.

For the European Championships 2000 in Belgium and the Netherlands the French prepared a new head coach - by Roger Lemerre. He became the main striker Henri team and did not let coach at Euro 2000. At this tournament Thierry scored three goals, being, as well as two years earlier at the world championships, the best scorer of the French. France again became the champion.

World Championship 2002 in Japan and South Korea began to Henry one of the worst tournaments in his career. The French began with defeat by Senegal (0:1), and in the game with Uruguay (0:0) Henry received a red card. For the match against Denmark (0:2), which was the French final at the 2002 World Cup, Henry watched from the stands.
At the European Championships 2004 in Portugal at first it seemed that French team will regain the lost ground. The French surely have won first place in the group, and Henry scored two goals. 4 финала они уступили Греции (0:1).\">However, in 1 / 4 finals they lost to Greece (0:1). At first this result seemed the main sensation Euro 2004, but the Greeks even more surprised fans by becoming champions of Europe in the end.

At the 2006 World Cup in Germany, Henry and Zinedine Zidane almost led French team for the second World Cup victory. 4 финала (1:0).\">Henry initially scored two goals in the group stage and then became the author of a victorious goals against Brazil in a match 1 / 4 finals (1:0). The French were close to the title, but in the final on penalties to them are less fortunate than the Italians.

The last two major tournaments at the level of prefabricated steel for Henry and his team a nightmare. At Euro 2008 the French were unable to leave the group, losing in the decisive match in Italy (0:2). At the 2010 World Cup team of France not only do not qualified for the playoffs, but also arranged for the most scandal expelled from the tournament with a team of Nicolas Anelka and boycott training.

After the French team finished the fight at the World Cup, Henry was named one of the instigators of the revolt against coach Raymond Domenech. Striker could be displeased with the fact that before the 2010 World Cup he was deprived of the captain's armband and a place in the first team. Soon, however, accusations against Henry were dropped and forgotten.

In his last match for the French team (against South Africa) Thierry came to replace and help his team failed. In total he spent 123 games and scored 51 goal, becoming the top scorer in the history of the French team. Legend Michel Platini ahead of Henry on 10 goals. According to the number of matches he is second only defender Lilian Thuram (142 games).

Official statement on his retirement as a team to accompany the Henri their transition to the American club New York Red Bulls. " The Frenchman has long talked about how he wanted to finish his career is in the U.S., and his plans were initiated. Club career Henry was no less vivid and rich with trophies than career.

As already mentioned, the first club Thierry was Monaco, with whom he won the French Open and the Super Bowl of the country. In January 1999, Henry moved to Juventus Turin, who paid for it about 18 million euros. Careers in Italy at the power forward went wrong, and in the summer of 1999 he again changed his club. Arsenal bought him for 17 million euros.

Now you can, without fear, to say that Arsenal became the first team in the career of Henri. For eight years he spent in London club, scoring 226 goals in French, becoming the top scorer in the history of Arsenal. Author's previous record holder Ian Wright Thierry immediately ahead by 41 goals. Many believe that a successful game forward has largely been associated with the work of the main French coach Arsene Wenger.

Arsenal Henry twice won the championship of England and three times - the FA Cup. He never managed to bring the Londoners to victory in the Champions League, although in 2006 the team reached the final. In the decisive match of the tournament Arsenal lost to Barcelona (1:2), and a year later Henry became the main player in the team from Catalonia. Barça paid for his 23.8 million euros.

09.\">In Spain, the best for Henry became sezon-2008/09. He was a team regular, scoring a lot, and Barcelona won all the tournaments in which participated, including the Champions League. 10 француз потерял место в основе, проиграв конкуренцию юному Педро Родригесу.\">In sezone-2009/10 Frenchman lost his place at the base, losing the competition to young Pedro Rodriguez. Talk about leaving Henry began last winter, and the leadership of "Barcelona" was not hinder his departure to the U.S..

Commenting on his transition to the New York Red Bulls, "Henry said that he wants to win with this team championship MLS (the so-called football league in the U.S.). Thierry Henry is making great strides with almost all the teams that played, so that now the leadership of "Red Bull" can be calm.