David Trezeguet Biography

Summary

"David Sergio Trezeguet" (IPA: ) (born 15 October, 1977 in Rouen, France) is a French-Argentine football striker who plays for Juventus and France. He is the son of Jorge Trezeguet.

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 the French 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 March 2004. He also played in 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship.

As of 7 February2007, Trezeguet has made 69 appearances for the French national side, scoring 34 goals in the process.

On 9 July2006, 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 the French team after being overlooked for two Euro 2008 qualifying matches by French manager Raymond Domenech.

Club

At the club level, Trezeguet has played for Platense in Argentina (1994), Monaco (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 September2006, 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 147 goals. The next target is 161 goals, by Felice Borel.

In 1997 while still at AS Monaco Trezeguet scored the fastest goal ever 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 December 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, despite reported interest from Barcelona and Arsenal.

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. Their friendship also extends to their wives, Béatrice Trezeguet and Nicole Merry.

David and Béatrice have a son, Aaron born on 18 May, 2000.