Former Monaco, Juventus, Arsenal and Barcelona striker Thierry Henry, a coach of the France national under-21 football team, recalled his childhood in his homeland.
Recall, the 46-year-old Henry is a native of Les Ulis in the Ile-de-France region in the central part of the country.
The star player said in a comment to YouTube channel The Diary Of A CEO:
Just a normal neighbourhood. If I can use the word normal neighbourhood with everything that goes with with it, gangs, drugs, fights, happiness, diversity, different food, different religions. So I always said that it was the best for me to understand what the world was.
Thierry Henry
Henry's list of achievements includes winning the French Championship (1996/1997), two English Premier League championships (2001/2002, 2003/2004), two Primera League championships (2008/2009, 2009/2010), the UEFA Champions League (2008/2009), the 1998 World Cup and 2000 European Championship.
As a coach, the ex-forward has worked at Arsenal London, Monaco, Montreal Impact and the Belgium national team. Henry has been working with the French U-21 team since August 2023 and will prepare the team for the upcoming 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.
November 23, 2023 it became known that the transfer of Henry from Juventus to Arsenal in 1999 was recognized by FourFourTwo as the best in the history of the Gunners.