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Arsenal legend Henry calls time on career
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FORMER World Cup winner and Arsenal’s record goal-scorer Thierry Henry announced his retirement yesterday, bringing an end to his a glittering 20-year career.
The 37-year-old Frenchman scored 51 goals in 123 appearances for his country as he helped it win the 1998 World Cup and European Championships in 2000, while picking up trophies with Monaco, Arsenal, Barcelona and New York Red Bulls in a success-laden club career.
“It has been an incredible journey and I would like to thank all the fans, team mates and individuals involved with AS Monaco, Juventus, Arsenal FC, FC Barcelona, the New York Red Bulls and of course the French National Team that have made my time in the game so special,” he said in a statement.
“It is now time for a different career path. I have had some amazing memories (mostly good!) and a wonderful experience. I hope you have enjoyed watching as much as I have enjoyed taking part.”
He left the Red Bulls this month at the end of his four-year contract in Major League Soccer. Henry said he had taken up a role as a television pundit with Sky Sports in Britain starting next year.
Henry’s greatest achievement is that he will go down in history as an Arsenal and Premier League legend.
The former France striker will never be afforded the reverence of Michel Platini or Zinedine Zidane in his homeland but his 175 league goals in eight years at Arsenal helped earn him the honor of being voted the club’s greatest ever player in a 2008 fan poll.
“He is an Arsenal man. The best moments certainly of his life and his career have been experienced here,” Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger said earlier this month.
Henry triggered worldwide rage after he handled the ball before setting up William Gallas for the goal that sent Les Bleus to the 2010 finals at the expense of Ireland. But his name was long made by then as Henry, courtesy of his trademark long-range curled shots into the top corner, was already an Arsenal legend — one who in 2011 was immortalized with a bronze statue outside the Emirates stadium.
“You kind of never leave Arsenal. How many comebacks do you make? At one point, it will turn out to be a bad movie,” Henry said, when asked if he thought about another stint at the club where a bronze statue of himself has been erected.
“We all love the first Rocky, but I’m not too sure about the last one.”
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