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David Trezeguet

Personal information
Full name	David Sergio Trezeguet
Date of birth	15 October 1977 (1977-10-15) (age 32)
Place of birth	Rouen, France
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Juventus
Number	17
Youth career
1991–1993	Platense
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps (Gls)†
1993–1995	Platense	005 00(0)
1995–2000	Monaco	09300(52)
2000–	Juventus	241 0(138)
National team‡
1997	France U-21	005 00(5)
1998–2008	France	071 0(34)
Honours Competitor for  France Association football FIFA World Cup Gold France 1998 Silver Germany 2006 UEFA European Football Championship Gold Belgium-Netherlands 2000
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 07 March 2010. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 26 March 2008

David Sergio Trezeguet (French pronunciation: [david sɛʀʒjo tʀezeˈɡɛ]; born 15 October 1977 in Rouen) is a World Cup winning French football striker, who plays for Juventus in the Italian Serie A.

Of Argentine descent, Trezeguet played for the French national team, the country of his birth.

Club career

At club level, Trezeguet has played for Club Atlético Platense in Argentina (1994), AS Monaco in France (1995-2000), and Juventus in Italy (since 2000). On 16 September 2006, before Juventus' league match against Vicenza, Trezeguet was awarded a commemorative plate in recognition of his 125 career goals.

After the match, his tally came to 128 goals, making him the highest scoring foreigner in Juventus history. He is currently the fifth highest scorer for Juventus, with 161 goals as of 1 March 2008, six goals behind Omar Sivori.

Trezeguet scored his 168th goal for the Bianconeri in the 4-1 defeat to Bayern Munich, making him the club's highest ever foreign goalscorer, surpassing Omar Sivori.

In 1997, Trezeguet scored the fastest goal ever 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 97.76 mp/h (157.33 km/h). He also scored the 30000th goal in UEFA Champions League history by netting against Olympiacos in 2004. In the 2003 UEFA Champions League Final, Trezeguet was one of the three Juventus players to have their penalty saved by AC Milan keeper Dida in penalties.

Trezeguet caused controversy in Juventus' final match of the 2006–07 season against Spezia by making a gesture towards the club president, making a number 15 with his fingers – the number of goals he scored throughout the Serie B season – and then a 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.^[1][2] During the 2007–08 season, Trezeguet scored 20 goals in the league, including two hat-tricks, second only to teammate Alessandro Del Piero for Serie A scoring honors.

In the Serie A 2008-09 season, Trezeguet sustained an injury in the groin that kept out for most of the season. He finally made his return on 4 February against Napoli and had a goal controversially disallowed. Nevertheless, he was one of the players who scored in the penalty shootout, which was won by Juventus 4–3. Trezeguet would shortly get his first goal of 2009 in the 2–0 win at Palermo in late February, in which he received the captaincy for the first time in his professional career. 'Trezegol' equaled Sivori’s record of 167 goals for the Turin club last month during a 5-2 win over Atalanta

International career

Trezeguet first competed internationally on the French youth squad alongside senior squad teammates Thierry Henry, Willy Sagnol, and William Gallas, and played in the 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship. In the 1998 World Cup, younger players such as Trezeguet, Henry, and Patrick Vieira were given a chance to display their talent, gaining squad places in ahead of many long-time French national veterans. They went on to win the World Cup that year, as well as the Euro 2000 competition, which was won when Trezeguet himself scored a golden goal in the final against Italy. He also played for France in the 2002 and 2006 FIFA World Cups and Euro 2004. Trezeguet was named one of the 125 greatest living footballers in 2004.

On 9 July 2006, Trezeguet took part in the final of the 2006 FIFA World Cup. The match, against Italy, went to penalty kicks after a 1-1 tie and Trezeguet was the sole player from either team to miss a penalty kick, hitting the crossbar, as Italy won 5-3.

On 19 October 2007, Trezeguet threatened to quit France after being overlooked for two Euro 2008 qualifying matches by French manager Raymond Domenech.^[3] Trezeguet was selected to the French team in March 2008 for a friendly against England to replace the injured Karim Benzema, but then was not chosen for the French team that competed in Euro 2008.^[4]

On 9 July 2008, Trezeguet announced his retirement from international football.^[5] He cited "the awful Euro and the reappointment of the coach" being the main reasons for this decision. He also added "I see football differently from how they see it in France. The Euro was very negative, but what annoys me more is that Domenech is staying."^[6]

Personal life

Trezeguet is the son of another former footballer, Jorge Trezeguet, who now works as his agent. Trezeguet and Thierry Henry of FC Barcelona are good friends. Their friendship started while they were both playing for AS Monaco. In an interview, Trezeguet stated that Henry was like a big brother to him when they were teammates. David and his wife Béatrice have two children together: Aaron (born 18 May 2000) and Noraan (born 28 May 2008).^[7]

Career statistics

As of 24 September 2009.^[8]

Honours

International

• FIFA World Cup: 1998
• UEFA European Championship: 2000

Monaco

• French Ligue 1: 1996-1997, 1999-2000

Juventus

• Italian Serie A: 2001-2002, 2002-2003
• Italian Serie B: 2006-2007
• Italian Super Cup: 2002, 2003

Individual

• Serie A Footballer of the Year: 2002
• Serie A Foreign Footballer of the Year: 2002
• Serie A Top Goalscorer: 2001-2002
• FIFA 100
• Chevalier (Knight) of the Légion d'honneur in 1998^[9][10]

References

External links

• Official website
• David Trezeguet Photos and Statistics at sporting-heroes.net
• David Trezeguet Career Statistics on Juventus Official Website
• Trezeguet's career stats and timeline

France Squad France squad – 1998 FIFA World Cup Winners (1st Title) 1 Lama • 2 Candela • 3 Lizarazu • 4 Vieira • 5 Blanc • 6 Djorkaeff • 7 Deschamps • 8 Desailly • 9 Guivarc'h • 10 Zidane • 11 Pirès • 12 Henry • 13 Diomède • 14 Boghossian • 15 Thuram • 16 Barthez • 17 Petit • 18 Leboeuf • 19 Karembeu • 20 Trezeguet • 21 Dugarry • 22 Charbonnier • Coach: Jacquet France squad – UEFA Euro 2000 Winners (2nd title) 1 Lama • 2 Candela • 3 Lizarazu • 4 Vieira • 5 Blanc • 6 Djorkaeff • 7 Deschamps • 8 Desailly • 9 Anelka • 10 Zidane • 11 Pirès • 12 Henry • 13 Wiltord • 14 Micoud • 15 Thuram • 16 Barthez • 17 Petit • 18 Leboeuf • 19 Karembeu • 20 Trezeguet • 21 Dugarry • 22 Ramé • Coach: Lemerre France squad – 2002 FIFA World Cup 1 Ramé • 2 Candela • 3 Lizarazu • 4 Vieira • 5 Christanval • 6 Djorkaeff • 7 Makélélé • 8 Desailly • 9 Cissé • 10 Zidane • 11 Wiltord • 12 Henry • 13 Silvestre • 14 Boghossian • 15 Thuram • 16 Barthez • 17 Petit • 18 Leboeuf • 19 Sagnol • 20 Trezeguet • 21 Dugarry • 22 Micoud • 23 Coupet • Coach: Lemerre France squad – UEFA Euro 2004 1 Landreau • 2 Boumsong • 3 Lizarazu • 4 Vieira • 5 Gallas • 6 Makélélé • 7 Pirès • 8 Desailly • 9 Saha • 10 Zidane • 11 Wiltord • 12 Henry • 13 Silvestre • 14 Rothen • 15 Thuram • 16 Barthez • 17 Dacourt • 18 Pedretti • 19 Sagnol • 20 Trezeguet • 21 Marlet • 22 Govou • 23 Coupet • Coach: Santini France squad – 2006 FIFA World Cup Runners-up 1 Landreau • 2 Boumsong • 3 Abidal • 4 Vieira • 5 Gallas • 6 Makélélé • 7 Malouda • 8 Dhorasoo • 9 Govou • 10 Zidane • 11 Wiltord • 12 Henry • 13 Silvestre • 14 Saha • 15 Thuram • 16 Barthez • 17 Givet • 18 Diarra • 19 Sagnol • 20 Trezeguet • 21 Chimbonda • 22 Ribéry • 23 Coupet • Coach: Domenech

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