Mini Thierry - Kid Henry to King Henry!

Our ‘God’ turns 33 today. Lets rewind a few years & look back at his stellar career, shall we!?

Here we go – Va Va Voom..

• Name: Thierry Daniel Henry
• Nickname: Titou, Tezza, Titi
• DOB: 17′th Aug ’77
• Nationality: France
• Clubs: AS Monaco (1994-98), Juventus (1999), Arsenal (1999-2007), FC Barcelona (2007-10), New York Red Bulls (2010-Present).

Trivia:

• France (WC ’98 + Euro’00 + Confederations Cup ’03) – Top scorer for the Les Bleus on each occasion.
• Fifa World Player of the Year (Runner-up ’03, ’04)
• Monaco (Ligue1 ’97 + French Super Cup ’97)
• Arsenal (EPL ’02, ’04 + FA Cup ’02, ’03, ’05 + Community Shield ’02, ’04)
• Barcelona (Champion’s League ’09 + La Liga ’09, ’10 + Copa del Rey ’09 + Spanish Super Cup ’09 + Uefa Super Cup ’09 + Club WC ’09)
• All time top goal scorer for both France (51) & Arsenal (226).
• The only football player to win the European Golden Boot for two successive seasons.
• The only footballer ever to have won a ‘Sextuple’ as well as claim to be an ‘Invincible’!
• Social Causes: Stand Up Speak Up – Fight Against Racism, Unicef Ambassador, Fight Against Aids
• Sponsers: Nike, Reebok, Renault, Pepsi, Gillette

Favourite Quotes:

• “When you put on the shirt of France or Arsenal, you change. It’s like a new skin. You become Superman.”
• “I eat football, I sleep football, I breathe football. I’m not mad, I’m just passionate.”
• “Sometimes in football you have to score goals.”

“He is a Legend.. Ah.. Well.. Don’t patronize him.. He is no Legend.. He is GOD.. Worship Him..”

PS: The following is a poem co-written by The Gooner & yours truly, way back during the 2003-04 season. Hope you’ll like it!

THIERRY – ‘The Fierry’

Like in a galaxy of million star,

He’s the brightest known so far;

He’s changed the dimensions of the game,

Guess what, Thierry Henry is his name!

When he runs a cheetah is left far behind,

When he turns he may boggle up your mind;

And when he delivers a free kick,

Believe me, the goalkeeper feels sick!

Be it Arsenal or be it France,

He will never give his opponents a chance;

He flicks the ball to his teammate,

And that’s a goal, it’s my bet!

The world lies beneath his two feet,

When he plays you can feel the heat;

If you wanna watch him at his peak,

Do tune in to Premiership this week!

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PPS: Do check Arsenal Interactive – The Home of Arsenal Fans

What Is Arsenal Interactive?

Arsenal Interactive is a Match Day experience centered around bringing Arsenal fans (and, let’s face it, Gunning Hawk supporters, who are the smartest bunch of football fans in the world) together to share in pre- and post-match revelry. You can rate every Arsenal player after every match, write up your own comments on the ratings, give your thoughts on the game itself, share the entire interactive anthology with a host of social networking sites and chat in real time with fellow Arsenal fans!

The Premiership is about to kick in and 11G has decided to serve a platter of appetizer for the fans. These videos have been hand picked from the vast depths of world wide web especially for 11Gunners faithful. So sit back and enjoy..

This video is a treat for Gooners. Bring on the Premiership..

That jersey means the world to him!

You can all breathe a sigh of relief. What had started as a petty rumour, turned into a widespread speculation and then into an endless saga has concluded officially today as the man himself has vowed his future to Arsenal. The home where he wasn’t born but has become what he is today – one of the most dangerous midfielders of the modern game.

This much awaited declaration is bound to lift the spirits at N5 as the rigors of the new season is lurking round the corner; Cesc will be here, Barcelona’s endless pursuit has after all been in vain. The feeling is almost akin to that of a new signing, at one point of time his return to Catalonia seemed almost inevitable. It is time to rejoice and now single mindedly focus on the new season and 11Gunners explains why this piece of news is the right tonic at the right time..

Catalan C*nts

“..I do however have some interesting facts for you, which for some reason oblivious to me; have been hidden from the public domain. These facts include the following..”

Over the past month or so, we Gooners, have been at utter loss of words given the very nature of scathing verbose showered at Cesc, courtesy the courtesy-less Catalans (read: C*nts). Left, right & center, they’ve left no space uncovered in teaming up against our charismatic captain, in a bid to lure him back to what they wrongly believe his home. Let’s face it; he learnt all his craft under the able tutelage of Arsene at London Colney. He might have been team-mates with Pique & Messi when in diapers at the Cantera (read: C*nt-era), but if it were not for Arsenal, he’d be rotting on one of the many crocked benched at Camp Nou.

All that is history though, & it looks very likely that we’re gonna procure the services of Fabregas for yet another season (one of many I hope). Amidst the entire melee, modern football was introduced to a very new kinda parameter to negotiate, re-negotiate a possible transfer. Usually it’s the money & the number of years left in the contract which matter; players can now even buy themselves outta a contract if they really want to move on. Fair enough I reckon. But never before in the history of football, a person’s DNA decided which club he should go to, did it!? In one of the feedbacks on 11G, I found this really intuitive take as to why exactly are these Catalans so obsessed with the tiny threads called DNA. Read on & hope you like it

El Capitan is a 'Gunner for life'

We all know of the Star Wars saga; multiple movies that stretch out over a long period of time. And eventually those characters grow old. Gooners have been involved in a different type of saga, the Cesc saga, where multiple transfer rumours have stretched out over a few years. And the rumours, too, have grown old; to the point of frustration for all Arsenal fans.

Conor Valentine in tandem with 11G; explains how FC Barcelona have taken their CQ (C*nt Qoutient) to previously unknown levels. Follow him on Twitter @Gunnerman911 Read on..