Born in the Paris suburb of Les Ulis, Henry won the World Cup on home soil in 1998 and was an integral part of the side that won the European Championship in 2000.
With 51 goals in 123 appearances for Les Bleus, Henry was the country’s record scorer until former Arsenal striker Olivier Giroud surpassed his total in 2022.
After eight seasons at Arsenal, Henry joined Barcelona in 2007 and won the treble – La Liga, Champions League and Copa del Rey – in 2009 with the Catalan giants, as they beat Sir Alex Ferguson’s Manchester United in the Champions League final in Rome.
The Frenchman joined Major League Soccer side New York Red Bulls in 2010 but returned to Arsenal for a seven-game loan spell in 2012.
In his first appearance for the club in five years, Henry netted the winner in a 1-0 win against Leeds United.
Henry scored his only other goal of the two-month loan spell in his final appearance for Arsenal, with a stoppage-time winner against Sunderland at the Stadium of Light.
After retiring in 2014, Henry assumed a career in punditry and worked for BBC Sport as a studio pundit at Euro 2016.
Having worked with Arsenal’s youth teams, Henry took his first steps into management as Belgium head coach Roberto Martinez’s assistant in 2016.
In October 2018, Henry was named head coach of his former team Monaco, but spent just three months in charge of the Ligue 1 side.
He was appointed head coach of MLS outfit Montreal Impact in 2019 but left the Canadian club in 2021 in order to return to Europe.
Henry was named France’s Under-21s manager in 2023, and led their Olympic team at the 2024 Paris Games – where they won silver, losing to Spain in the final.
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