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David Trezeguet
Personal information
Full name David Sergio Trezeguet
Date of birth (1977-10-15) 15 October 1977 (age 47)
Place of birth Rouen, France
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 River Plate
Number 17
Youth career
1985–1996 Platense
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1993–1995 Platense 5 (0)
1995–2000 Monaco 93 (52)
2000–2010 Juventus 245 (135)
2010–2011 Hércules 31 (12)
2011 Baniyas 3 (0)
2012– River Plate 21 (14)
International career‡
1995–1996 France U-18 12 (15)
1996-1997 France U-20 14 (12)
1997 France U-21 5 (5)
1998–2008 France 71 (34)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 May 2011
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 March 2008

David Sergio Trezeguet (French pronunciation: [da.vid sɛʁ.ʒjo tʁe.ze.ɡɛ]) (born 15 October 1977) is a World Cup winning French-Argentinian footballer who plays for and captains Club Atlético River Plate in the Argentine Primera Division.

Trezeguet began his career with Club Atlético Platense at the age of 8, progressing through their youth system to their first-team where he made his debut in the Primera División in 1994. He finished his career with the club having made 5 league appearances before transferring to French Ligue 1 side AS Monaco where he would form a striking partnership with international team-mate Thierry Henry. Trezeguet spent some time with Monaco B, the club's reserve-team, in order to gain match pratice having made just 9 league appearances in total for the club's first-team during his first two seasons. Monaco were crowned champions of the 1996–97 season and qualified for the 1997–98 UEFA Champions League where Trezeguet scored 4 goals in 9 appearances. Trezeguet scored 18 goals in 27 Ligue 1 appearances in the 1997–98 season, finishing as the league's second leading goal scorer. Trezeguet left the club in 2000, having scored 52 goals in 93 Ligue 1 appearances and having claimed two Ligue 1 championships and the 1997 Trophée des champions.

In 2000, Trezeguet signed for Serie A club Juventus for a transfer feee of £20million, where he scored 14 goals in 25 league appearances during his first season. He helped Juventus claim the 2001–02 Serie A title, scoring 24 league goals as Juventus qualified for the 2002–03 UEFA Champions League. He was awarded the capocannonieri, as the 2001–02 Serie A top goal scorer along with Dario Hübner. Trezeguet scored 8 goals in 10 Champions League appearances as Juventus eventually lost 2–3 on penalties against AC Milan in the final. Juventus went on to win the 2002–03 Serie A season, the 2002 and 2003 Supercoppa Italiana. When Juventus were relegated to Serie B for the 2006–07 season, Trezeguet scored 15 goals in 31 league appearances helping the club gain promotion back to Serie A. Trezeguet had scored 135 goals in 245 league appearances for Juventus before transferring to La Liga club Hércules CF for the 2010–11 La Liga season, where he scored 12 goals in 31 appearances being partnered with Nelson Haedo Valdez upfront. On 30 August 2011, Trezeguet completed a move to UAE Pro-League side Baniyas SC on a one-year deal. After making just three league appearances, his contract was terminated by mutual consent 21 November 2011 due to an injury which had kept him sidelined for most of the season. Soon after, in December 2011, Trezeguet signed a three-year contract with Primera B Nacional side River Plate. He scored 13 goals in 19 league appearances, helping the club to gain promotion back into the Primera División. He also participated in the 2011–12 Copa Argentina where River Plate were knocked out at the semi-final stage.

Trezeguet scored 34 goals in 71 appearanes for the France national football team between 1997 and 2004, he also played for France at U-18, U-20 and U-21 levels.[1][2] Trezeguet represented France at the 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship, the 1998 FIFA World Cup, UEFA Euro 2000, the 2002 FIFA World Cup, UEFA Euro 2004 and the 2006 FIFA World Cup. Despite France winning the 1998 World Cup and finishing runners-up at the 2006 tournament, Trezeguet is perhaps most famous for scoring the golden goal in the Euro 2000 final against Italy which gave France a 2–1 win in extra time.

Personal life

Trezeguet was born in Rouen, Upper Normandy, France, and grew up in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He is the son of former French-Argentine footballer Jorge Trezeguet, who now works as his agent. Trezeguet is of Jewish ancestry[3] and is married to Béatrice with whom he has two children: Aaron and Noraan. His wife is from Alicante, Spain.[4]

Club career

At club level, Trezeguet played for Club Atlético Platense and Club Atlético River Plate in the Argentine Primera División, AS Monaco in Ligue 1, Juventus in Serie A and Hércules CF in La Liga.

Monaco

Trezeguet spent two seaons with Monaco B, having made just 9 appearances in total for the club's first-team during his first two seasons.[5] In 1998, Trezeguet scored the fastest ever goal in terms of velocity in UEFA Champions League history in a quarter-final match against Manchester United. The shot that resulted in a goal was clocked at 97.6 mph (157.3 km/h).[citation needed] With AS Monaco, he won Ligue 1 twice and was named Ligue 1 Young Player of the Year in 1998. He scored a total of 60 goals in 113 appearances for the French club and it was here that he made his name as a potent goalscoring poacher.

Juventus

In his second season at Juventus, Trezeguet scored 24 league goals in 34 league matches to finish as the Serie A top goalscorer along with Dario Hübner of Piacenza, as Juventus won the Serie A. That same season, he was named Serie A Footballer of the Year and Serie A Foreign Footballer of the Year. In the 2003 UEFA Champions League Final, Trezeguet was one of three Juventus players to have their penalty saved by Milan keeper Dida, as Juventus lost 3–2 on penalty kicks after a 0–0 draw. This would be the closest Trezeguet ever got to winning the UEFA Champions League. In 2004, Brazilian legend Pele included Trezeguet in the FIFA 100, Pele's list of the 125 greatest living footballers.

Despite winning the 2004–05 Serie A and 2005–06 Serie A titles, Juventus were caught in the 2006 Italian football scandal that rocked Italian football, and along with Milan, Fiorentina, Lazio and Reggina, Juventus were accused of match fixing. While the players had no part in the scandal, Juventus were subsequently stripped of their 2004–05 and 2005–06 titles, relegated to Serie B, and were to start the 2006–07 season with a deficit of 30 points (eventually reduced to nine points on appeal). Following the enforced relegation to Serie B, the club lost several of its star players, including Fabio Cannavaro to Real Madrid, Gianluca Zambrotta to FC Barcelona, Adrian Mutu to Fiorentina, and Zlatan Ibrahimović to Internazionale. Trezeguet's compatriots Lilian Thuram and Patrick Vieira also left Juventus, for Barcelona and Inter, respectively. Manager Fabio Capello defected to Real Madrid, and former Juventus legend and Trezeguet's former France teammate and captain, Didier Deschamps, was appointed the new manager. As one of the clubs star players, Trezeguet was heavily linked to a move away from Juventus, but he ultimately stayed with the Bianconeri to rescue them from the second division and help the shattered club return to Italy's top flight.

On 16 September 2006, before Juventus' Serie B match against Vicenza, he was awarded a commemorative plate in recognition of his 125 career goals. On 19 May 2007, Juventus achieved promotion to Serie A after a 5–1 win over Arezzo. Trezeguet scored the fifth goal which made the promotion mathematically possible. Despite the successful return to Serie A, there was not without controversy. After scoring a goal in Juventus' final match of the 2006–07 Serie B season against Spezia, Trezeguet made a gesture toward the club president, making a number 15 with his fingers – the number of goals he scored throughout the Serie B season – which was followed by a hand gesture which, in Italian, means "I'm out of here."[citation needed] However, Juventus announced on 25 June 2007, that Trezeguet had renewed his contract until 2011.[6][7]

During the 2007–08 Serie A season, Trezeguet scored 20 league goals, and was second only to teammate and club captain Alessandro Del Piero for the Capocannoniere. Juventus finished third in the league to qualify for the UEFA Champions League after missing out on the tournament for two consecutive seasons.

In the 2008–09 season, he sustained a groin injury that kept him out for most of the season. Trezeguet finally made his return on 4 February 2009 against Napoli in the Coppa Italia and had a goal controversially disallowed. Nevertheless, he was one of the players who scored in the penalty shootout, which Juventus won 4–3. Trezeguet would shortly get his first goal of 2009 in a 2–0 win against Palermo in late February – a match where he received the captaincy for the first time in his professional career.

On 9 December 2009, Trezeguet scored his 168th goal for Juventus in a 4–1 defeat to Bayern Munich in the 2009–10 UEFA Champions League, making him the club's highest ever foreign goalscorer, surpassing Omar Sívori's total of 167 goals.[8] At the end of the 2009–10 season, Trezeguet ranked fourth among Juventus' all-time top goalscorers with 171 goals. In August 2010, Trezeguet was released from the remaining 12 months of his contract by Juventus.[9]

Hércules

Trezeguet in his presentation as a player of Hércules CF in August 2010.

On 30 August 2010, Trezeguet completed his move to newly promoted La Liga team Hércules CF on a two-year deal in Spain.[10] On 11 September 2010, Trezeguet made his debut in a 2-0 victory the defending champions Barcelona. Also in his debut, Trezeguet received a yellow card.[11] 8 Days later since his debut, Trezeguet scored his first goal for the club, from the penalty spot in a 2-1 loss against Valencia.[12] He was unable to prevent relegation for the side, and left the club at the start of the summer.[13] David Trezeguet went on to make 31 league appearance and scored 12 goals, making him the club's top goalscorer for the season.

David Trezeguet in his presentation as a player of Hércules in August 2010 which the Ceremony held at the Port of Alicante, Santa Bárbara Castle.

Baniyas

On 30 August 2011, Trezeguet completed his move to UAE Pro-League side Baniyas SC on a one-year deal.[14] Though on 21 November 2011 his contract was mutually terminated due to an injury which had kept him sidelined for most of the season.[15] Trezeguet only appeared in the opening league match and a fixture in the Etisalat Cup for Baniyas.[16]

River Plate

[17] On 19 December 2011, Trezeguet moved to Argentina's River Plate, signing a three-year contract.[18] Trezeguet is a boyhood fan of River, having grown up in Buenos Aires,[19] and upon arriving at the club spoke of it being his dream move, "Being here is a unique feeling, motivated by everything that River represents."[20] On 19 January 2012, Trezeguet scored in his first appearance for River Plate in a friendly match against Racing Club de Avellaneda.[21]

He made his official debut on 13 February 2012. He played his first match at Estadio Monumental the following week and scored his first official goal for River Plate after coming on as a substitute. On 26 February, he scored his second official goal, again after coming on as a substitute on the second half. Trezeguet scored his first double in River Plate on 10 March against Defensa y Justicia, the first goal giving River Plate a 2-1 lead, while the second one tying the match 3-3. In the next match he played for the first time in the starting 11 and scored in the first half to maintain his excellent scoring form for River Plate.

Trezeguet would later state that the adrenaline he gets while playing for River surpasses any other moment he experienced in his career, including winning the 1998 FIFA World Cup with France and scoring the golden goal in the finals of the 2000 EURO Cup: "I am feeling things that I have never felt before. Not with Juventus, nor with Monaco and not even at international level with France. Being a River fan and seeing the passion that exists in this team, all the people and all the pressure, I have more adrenaline than ever before."[22]

On 31 March, he scored two goals against Ferro, one from the penalty spot and the other one with a fantastic volley to the top right corner from outside the box. A week later, in the round of 16 match for the Copa Argentina, Trezeguet scored the opening goal against Quilmes for a 2-1 victory that saw River Plate advance to the quarter finals. On 21 April, he scored a crucial goal for River Plate in a 1-0 win against Instituto that keeps River Plate's chances of winning the championship alive.

On 4 May, Trezeguet scored River Plate's only goal as the team won 1-0 against Gimnasia y Esgrima de Jujuy, heading the ball into the net from a cross by Alejandro Domínguez. One fixture later Trezeguet scored a double in a 4-2 away win over Atlético Tucumán, the first goal from a penalty kick, and the second goal from a pass by Domínguez, chipping the ball over the keeper. With these, Trezeguet has scored 12 goals in 16 matches for River Plate, including Copa Argentina appearances.[23]

In the final match of the championship against Almirante Brown on 23 June, Trezeguet secured victory by scoring both goals from assists by Rogelio Funes Mori to seal promotion back to the top flight; Trezeguet also missed a penalty during the match.[24] Trezeguet finished his first season with his boyhood club with 13 goals in 18 matches, all scored in the second half of the campaign, six behind club top goalscorer Fernando Cavenaghi.[25]

International career

As a French-Argentinian, Trezeguet was eligible to play for France or Argentina.

Trezeguet first competed internationally in the French youth squad alongside Thierry Henry, Willy Sagnol, and William Gallas, and played in the 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship. In the lead up to the 1998 World Cup in France, Aimé Jacquet gave younger players such as David Trezeguet, Thierry Henry, and Patrick Vieira the chance to display their talent, and all three were eventually selected for the World Cup ahead of experienced French players including David Ginola. Trezeguet scored one goal in the tournament, in the 4–0 win over Saudi Arabia, as France went on to win the World Cup, defeating Brazil 3–0 in the final at the Stade de France. Two years later France were crowned European champions after defeating Italy 2–1 in the Euro 2000 final, courtesy of David Trezeguet's golden goal in extra time from a Robert Pirès assist.

Although ranked first in the world, France failed spectacularly in the 2002 World Cup, crashing out in the group stage without scoring a single goal, despite David Trezeguet, Thierry Henry and Djibril Cissé being the top goalscorers respectively in the Serie A, Premier League and Ligue 1 that season. The failure was then followed up by a quarter-final exit at Euro 2004 at the hands of unheralded Greece with Trezeguet scoring just one goal in the tournament in a 2–2 draw against Croatia. However, with the return of Zinedine Zidane from brief international retirement, France would go on to reach the final of the 2006 World Cup. Throughout the tournament, Trezeguet found himself out of place in Raymond Domenech's 4–2–3–1 formation which only used one striker – a position allocated to Thierry Henry. On 9 July 2006, Trezeguet took part in the final, coming on as a substitute. The match, against Italy, went to a penalty shootout and Trezeguet was the only player from either team to miss his penalty, his shot hitting the crossbar, as Italy won 5–3 on penalty kicks after a 1–1 draw.

On 19 October 2007, Trezeguet threatened to quit France after being overlooked for two Euro 2008 qualifying matches by Raymond Domenech.[26] On 26 March 2008, Trezeguet was selected for a friendly against England to replace the injured Karim Benzema, which would turn out to be his last appearance for France as he was subsequently not chosen for the squad that competed in Euro 2008.[27]

On 9 July 2008, he announced his retirement from international football, finishing his France career ranked third among France's all-time top goalscorers with 34 goals from 71 caps.[28] He cited "the awful Euro 2008 and the reappointment of the coach" being the main reasons for this decision, and also added "I see football differently from how they see it in France. Euro 2008 was very negative, but what annoys me more is that Domenech is staying."[29]

Career statistics

As of 5 May 2012[30]

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Honours

International

Club

Individual

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