En forme, il est sélectionné par Raymond Domenech pour participer à la coupe du monde 2006. Avec Louis Saha il forme un système offensif très performant. Henry marque d'ailleurs un but en match amical face au Danemark (2-0, score final) le 31 mai 2006 et face à la Chine en fin de match (3-1, score final) le 7 juin 2006 puis le 18 juin face à la Corée du sud, au premier tour de la coupe du monde. Il est l'auteur du deuxième but français le 23 juin, lors du match France-Togo (score final 2-0), victoire qui permet aux Bleus de disputer les huitièmes de finale de la Coupe du Monde 2006. Face à l'Espagne, c'est d'une faute commise sur lui que vient le coup franc de Zidane, qui permettra à Vieira de porter le score à 2-1 (score final 3-1). En quart de finale, face au Brésil, il inscrit l'unique but de la rencontre. En demi Finale face au Portugal,Il est accroché par la jambe par un defenseur dans la surface de réparation ce qui permet de conceder un penalty à la france, transformé par zinédine zidane et unique but de la rencontre. Le 9 juillet 2006, il se démarque à la finale de la coupe du monde, avec plusieurs tirs au but. Mais son équipe est néanmoins défaite par l'Italie lors de la séance de tirs au but. Thierry Daniel Henry, (born 17 August 1977, IPA: [tjɛ'ʀi ɑ̃'ʀi]) is a French football player. Renowned for his pace,[1][2] he plays as a striker for the France national team and English club Arsenal FC. Henry grew up in the tough neighbourhood of Les Ulis, Essonne, where as a youngster he played for an array of local sides and showed great promise as a goal scorer. AS Monaco spotted him in 1990, and signed him up instantly.[2] Given his professional club début in 1994, he stayed at Monaco until 1998, where good form earned him an international call up. Henry then moved to Italian giants Juventus, but after a disappointing season playing on the wing,[3] he joined Arsenal for a fee of £10.5 million in 1999.[2] After a slow start in the Premiership, Henry has since emerged as Arsenal's top goalscorer in almost every season since he joined the club. Long-time mentor and coach Arsene Wenger's conversion of him into a prolific striker has made Henry Arsenal's all-time leading scorer with over 200 goals; with Arsenal Henry has won two league titles and three FA Cups. With France, he has won the 1998 World Cup and Euro 2000. In recognition of his abilities, Henry has been twice nominated for the FIFA World Player of the Year,[4] and has twice received the Barclays Premiership player of the season award.[5][6] He is today regarded by many as one of the best footballers in the world Henry has received many plaudits and awards. He was runner-up for the 2003 and 2004 FIFA World Player of the Year award;[41] in those two seasons, he also won back-to-back PFA Players' Player of the Year titles.[42] Furthermore, Henry is the only player ever to have won the Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year three times (2003, 2004, 2006),[31] and has emerged as the French Player of the Year on four occasions, which is an all-time record. Henry was voted into the Premier League Overseas Team of the Decade in the 10 Seasons Awards poll in 2003.[43] Additionally, in 2004, Henry was named by football legend Pelé as one of the top 125 greatest living footballers.[44] In terms of goalscoring awards, Henry was the European Golden Boot winner in 2004 and 2005 (albeit sharing it with Villarreal's Diego Forlan in 2005), and is the first ever player to retain the award.[45] Henry has also been the top goalscorer in the Premiership for four seasons (2002, 2004, 2005, 2006).[10] In 2006, he became the first player to score more than 20 goals in the league for five consecutive seasons (2002--2006).[46] Henry is currently third in the list of all-time English Premiership goal scorers, behind Alan Shearer and Andy Cole. He is also France's second highest goalscorer of all time behind Michel Platini, with only one goal separating the two.
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