Amandine Chantal Henry (born 28 September 1989) is a French professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

Lyon Lyon,, ; Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the third-largest city and second-largest metropolitan area of France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of th ...

and the France national team. Having played in all youth levels, Henry made her senior international debut in 2009. She has captained the national team since October 2017.

Career

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Henry began her career in 2004, at the age of 15, at

Hénin-Beaumont Hénin-Beaumont (; pcd, Hinnin-Biaumont) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography Hénin-Beaumont used to be a coalmining town and is now a light industrial town situated some east of L ...

. After one season, she attended the women's section of the Clairefontaine academy for two seasons. In 2007, at the age of 18, she joined

, the most successful women's team in France. During her first season with Lyon, she injured the cartilage in her knee, which kept her out of competition for a year and a half. It was a difficult time, and she considered giving up on football, but with the support of her family, she persevered and returned to Lyon. With Lyon, Henry was featured in the final match of the

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in three consecutive seasons beginning in 2010. Henry was awarded the Silver Ball Award as the tournament's 2nd Best Player at the

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. Henry was also named among the best players in Europe in 2015, becoming a finalist in the annual UEFA Best Women's Player in Europe Award, finishing 2nd behind

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. She signed with the

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in March 2016 and joined the team in June, where she played in 8 matches and started in 9 for the regular season-winning

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team. After undergoing surgery following the NWSL season, she joined

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in January 2017, where she played in four Division 1 matches and one

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match before rejoining the Thorns in March. Henry scored her first NWSL goal against Boston on 27 May. Also, in May, she was named to the NWSL Team of the Month. She started in 12 consecutive games between April and July before departing for the

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. During Euro 2017, Henry started in all four games for France. France was ranked #3 in the world. France beat Iceland 1–0 on 18 July. On 22 July, Henry scored the goal that drew the game against Austria 1–1, and on 26 July, France drew Switzerland 1–1. This qualified France to advance to the quarter-finals where they lost to England 1–0 on 30 July. Henry received the player of the match award for the quarter-final match against England. Henry returned to the Thorns to score in consecutive matches. First she scored against Kansas City on 16 August, converting her first penalty kick for the Thorns. Then, she played 30 minutes as a substitute in the game against the Houston Dash on 19 August, scoring her third goal of the season. The Thorns finished the 2017 season in second place, advancing to the playoffs where Henry scored the first goal against the third-place team

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. Portland defeated Orlando 4–1. Henry became an NWSL champion when the Thorns defeated the regular-season winning team

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1–0 in the 2017 NWSL Championship on 14 October 2017. After the 2017 NWSL season, Henry came back to Lyon.

Personal life

Henry was born in

Lille Lille ( , ; nl, Rijsel ; pcd, Lile; vls, Rysel) is a city in the northern part of France, in French Flanders. On the river Deûle, near France's border with Belgium, it is the capital of the Hauts-de-France region, the prefecture of the No ...

and started playing football at the age of 5. There were no girls' teams for such young players, so she played with boys until she was 13 years old. She is not related to

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Career statistics

Club

International

International goals

Honours

Club

Lyon *

: Winner 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10,

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, 2011–12,

2012–13 1 (one, unit, unity) is a number representing a single or the only entity. 1 is also a numerical digit and represents a single unit of counting or measurement. For example, a line segment of ''unit length'' is a line segment of length 1. I ...

, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20 *

: Winner 2007–08, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2018–19, 2019–20 *

: Winner

, 2011–12, 2015–16, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20 Portland Thorns *

NWSL Championship The National Women's Soccer League Playoffs (or NWSL Playoffs) are a single elimination tournament among six teams in the National Women's Soccer League of the United States, deciding the winner of the NWSL Championship. Since playoff games cann ...

: Winner

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* NWSL Shield: Winner

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International

France * Cyprus Cup: Winner 2014 *

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: Winner

Individual

* FIFA Women's World Cup Silver Ball:

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All-Star Team:

* FIFPro: FIFA FIFPro World XI

* IFFHS Women's World Team: 2018, 2019 * IFFHS UEFA Woman Team of the Decade 2011–2020

References

External links

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Lyon club profile

Thorns FC club profile
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NWSL profile

StatsFootoFeminin profile
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