David Trezeguet

David Sergio Trezeguet (; born 15 October 1977 in Rouen) is a France-Argentina football (soccer) striker who currently plays for Juventus F.C. of the Italy Serie A and formerly for the France national football team.

Club career

At club level, Trezeguet has played for Club Atlético Platense in Primera División Argentina (1994), AS Monaco FC in Ligue 1 (1995-2000), and Juventus F.C. in Serie A (since 2000). On 16 September 2006, before Juventus' league match against Vicenza Calcio, Trezeguet was awarded a commemorative plate in recognition of David Trezeguet 125 career goals.

After the match, David Trezeguet tally came to 128 goals, making David Trezeguet the highest scoring foreigner in Juventus history. David Trezeguet is currently the fifth highest scorer for Juventus, with 161 goals as of 1 March 2008, six goals behind 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 F.C.. The shot that resulted in a goal was clocked at 97.76 mp/h (157.33 km/h). David Trezeguet also scored the 3000th goal in UEFA Champions League history by netting against Olympiacos F.C. in 2004. In the 2003 UEFA Champions League Final, Trezeguet was one of the three Juventus players to have their penalty saved by A.C. Milan keeper Dida (goalkeeper) in penalties.

Trezeguet caused controversy in Juventus' final match of the 2006–07 season against Spezia Calcio by making a gesture towards the club president, making a number 15 with David Trezeguet fingers – the number of goals David Trezeguet scored throughout the Serie B season – and then a gesture which, in Italian language, means "I'm out of here." However, Juventus announced on 25 June 2007, that Trezeguet had renewed David Trezeguet contract until 2011. During the 2007–08 season, Trezeguet scored 20 goals in the league, 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. David Trezeguet finally made David Trezeguet return on 4 February against S.S.C. Napoli and had a goal controversially disallowed. Nevertheless, David Trezeguet was one of the players who scored in the penalty shootout, which was won by Juventus 4–3. Trezeguet would shortly get David Trezeguet first goal of 2009 in the 2–0 win at Palermo in late February, in which David Trezeguet received the captaincy for the first time in David Trezeguet professional career.

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 FIFA 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 UEFA Euro 2000 competition, which was won when Trezeguet himself scored a golden goal in the final against Italy national football team. David Trezeguet also played for France in the 2002 FIFA World Cup and 2006 FIFA World Cups and UEFA Euro 2004. Trezeguet was named one of the FIFA 100 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 shootout (football) 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 UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying matches by French manager Raymond Domenech. Trezeguet was selected to the French team in March 2008 for a friendly against England national football team to replace the injured Karim Benzema, but then was not chosen for the French team that competed in UEFA Euro 2008.

On 9 July 2008, Trezeguet announced David Trezeguet retirement from international football. David Trezeguet cited "the awful Euro and the reappointment of the coach" being the main reasons for this decision. David Trezeguet 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."

Personal life

Trezeguet and Thierry Henry of FC Barcelona are good friends. Their friendship started while they were both playing for AS Monaco FC. In an interview, Trezeguet stated that Henry was like a big brother to David Trezeguet when they were teammates. David and David Trezeguet wife Béatrice have two children together: Aaron (born 18 May 2000) and Noraan (born 28 May 2008).