Thierry Henry wins 2025 Sports Personality of the Year Lifetime Achievement award
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 team that won the European Championship in 2000.
Henry, who scored 51 goals in 123 matches for Les Bleus, was the country’s record goalscorer until former Arsenal striker Olivier Giroud surpassed his goal total in 2022.
Henry joined Barcelona in 2007 after eight seasons at Arsenal and won three trophies (La Liga, Champions League and Copa del Rey) with the Catalan giants in 2009, beating Sir Alex Ferguson’s Manchester United in the Champions League final in Rome.
The French player joined Major League Soccer side New York Red Bulls in 2010, but returned to Arsenal on a seven-game loan in 2012.
Making his first appearance for the club in five years, Henry scored the winner in a 1-0 win over Leeds United.
Henry scored his only other goal of the two-month loan spell in his final game for Arsenal, an injury-time winner against Sunderland at the Stadium of Light.
After retiring in 2014, Henry began his career as a pundit and worked as a studio pundit for BBC Sport at Euro 2016.
Henry, who worked in Arsenal’s youth teams, took his first step into coaching in 2016 as the assistant of Belgium head coach Roberto Martinez.
Henry was appointed head coach of his former club Monaco in October 2018, but spent only three months in charge of the Ligue 1 side.
In 2019, he was appointed head coach of MLS team Montreal Impact but left the Canadian club in 2021 to return to Europe.
Henry was named France’s Under-21 manager in 2023 and led the Olympic team to the 2024 Paris Games; The team won the silver medal, losing to Spain in the final.
