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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Note: If any of you want to share your views/opinions on the club from N5 (read: Arsenal!), leave Us a comment at the bottom. We’ll get back right away & be glad to give you a chance. Keep Gunning..

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!

Cesc Fabregas

Seldom do games with huge pre-match euphoria, live up to the billing & provide the quality of football expected of them. That said; seldom do teams of technical expertise as high as Arsenal & Barcelona square up. Unlike the finals in ’06 when Jens Lehman was sent off early in the game, there were no such anti-climatic blips this time around. Not initially at least. The quality of football served over the 90 minutes, was what dreams are made up of. The ‘beautiful game’ had its finest hour (and a half!) by the time the game ended with two goals apiece. Wenger said before the game that it had ingredients to be the ‘best of the decade’. Boy was he right or what!? 11G delves in..

Fabregas vs Messi : Who'll Triumph?

I got into a conversation with 11Gunners on Twitter and after exchanging views on our beloved Arsenal I offered to do a preview of the Arsenal v Barcelona Champions league quarter final first leg at the Emirates on Wednesday night. At the time my feelings on the Barcelona tie were that the two games were more or less free games for Arsenal as we are not expected to beat Barcelona and in my opinion the Premier league was a much more realistic target. However the events of Saturday afternoon at St. Andrews may have changed my mind just a little.

Henry & Campbell: Friends Turn Foes!

Arsenal v Barcelona is without doubt the biggest draw of the Champion’s League quarter finals, commencing later this month. Henry vs Campbell, Messi vs Clichy, Fabregas vs Xavi, Arshavin vs Puyol, Wenger vs Guardiola, and we can go on & on & on. Almost each position has a rivalry of its own. It’ll be a game of galactic proportions without a shadow of a doubt.

We @11G ( Do Follow Us on Twitter!) decided to commission a Poll in order to try & comprehend which of the aforementioned duels, will after all, be detrimental to the final outcome. Have your say RIGHT NOW:

Thierry Henry & Cesc Fabregas

The ‘beautiful game’ just got more beautiful after the draw for the Champion’s League Quarter’s was made earlier today at Nyon, Switzerland. The room was filled with gasps as the 3’rd draw was made with holders Barca tied against the equally-graceful Gunners. 11G sums up the different ties right now..