Thierry Henry has been named the new France Under-21 coach until 2025. The 46-year-old former Arsenal and Barcelona forward left his role as assistant manager of the Belgium national team after the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. Henry will lead France for the next qualifying campaign of Euro 2025 and the Paris Olympic Games in 2024. His predecessor, Sylvain Ripoll, was dismissed in July following France’s disappointing performance in the Under-21 European Championship this summer, where they were knocked out by Ukraine at the quarter-final stage. The French Football Federation (FA) said:...
forward left his role as assistant manager of the Belgium national team after the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
Henry will lead France for the next qualifying campaign of Euro 2025 and the Paris Olympic Games in 2024.His predecessor, Sylvain Ripoll, was dismissed in July following France’s disappointing performance in the Under-21 European Championship this summer, where they were knocked out byThe French Football Federation said: “The FFF executive committee took the decision to appoint Thierry Henry, following a phase of discussions led by a selection committee and on the committee’s recommendation.
“The committee, made up of Marc Keller, who is responsible for national selection on the executive committee, Hubert Fournier, the FFF’s national technical director, and Philippe Diallo, president of the FFF, studied several profiles of French coaches. The FFF would like to pay tribute to the high professional and human qualities of the various candidates.”
Henry, who won the World Cup and Euros with France as a player, spent last season as a Ligue 1 analyst for Amazon Prime Video Sport. He has also co-hosted
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