David Trezeguet

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David Trezeguet
Personal information
Full name	David Sergio Trezeguet
Date of birth	October 15, 1977 (1977-10-15) (age 30)
Place of birth	Rouen, France
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Juventus
Number	17
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1993–1995 1995–2000 2000–	Platense AS Monaco Juventus	005 00(0) 093 0(52) 216 (130)
National team2
1998–	France	071 0(34) [1]
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of May 17, 2008. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of March 26, 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

David Sergio Trezeguet (pronounced [david sɛʀʒjo tʀezeˈgɛ]) (born 15 October 1977 in Rouen, France) is a French football striker who plays for Juventus and France. He is the son of Jorge Trezeguet, an Argentinean football player of French ancestry (the name Trézéguet is from Gascogne). He is commonly known as Trezegol.

[edit] National team

Trezeguet won the 1998 FIFA World Cup with France, and in the 2000 European Championship scored the golden goal in the final against Italy to give France the title. He also played for France in the 2002 and 2006 FIFA World Cups and Euro 2004. Trezeguet was named one of the top 125 greatest living footballers in 2004. He also played in 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship.

As of 13 October 2007, Trezeguet has made 70 appearances for the French national side, scoring 34 goals in the process.

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 cross-bar. Italy won 5-3, having taken the first kick.

On 19 October 2007, Trezeguet threatened to quit France after being overlooked for two Euro 2008 qualifying matches by French manager Raymond Domenech. ^[2]However, Trezeguet was included in the French squad on Wednesday, March 26, 2008 for a friendly against England National football team to replace the injured Karim Benzema. Although on May 18th 2008 Trezeguet was not included within the French provisional squad for EURO 2008, which places his international future in doubt.^[3]

[edit] Club

At the club level, Trezeguet has played for Platense in Argentina (1994), AS Monaco in France (1995-2000), and Juventus (since 2000). He won two Serie A titles playing for Juventus. Due to the Serie A scandal of 2006, the club was stripped of two Serie A titles for the 2004-05 and 2005-06 seasons, although the legal charges themselves did not accuse him or other players of any wrongdoing.

On Saturday, 16 September 2006, before the match against Vicenza, Trezeguet was awarded a commemorative plate, in recognition of 125 goals from 207 matches he scored for Juventus.

After the match, his tally came to 128 goals making him the highest scoring foreigner in Juventus history. He is now the sixth highest scorer for Juventus, with 160 goals as of 18 May 2008. This also makes him one goal behind Felice Borel,the fifth highest goal-scorer, whose record holds 161 goals.

In 1997 while still at AS Monaco Trezeguet scored the fastest goal ever in terms of ball speed 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). The Juventus striker also scored the 3000th goal in UEFA Champions League history by netting against the Greek side Olympiakos in 2004.

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.” However, Juventus announced on 25 June 2007 that Trezeguet had renewed his contract until 2011^[4], despite reported interest from Barcelona and Arsenal.^[5]

[edit] Personal life

Trezeguet and Barcelona's Thierry Henry are good friends. Their friendship started while they were both playing for AS Monaco. In an interview David stated that Thierry was like a big brother to him when they were team-mates. ^[6] David and Béatrice have two children, Aaron born on 18 May 2000, and Noraan, born on 28 May 2008. ^[7]

[edit] Career statistics

[edit] Notes

[edit] External links

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

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