Thomas Henry (born 20 September 1994) is a French professional

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who plays as a

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for Italian

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club

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Club career

Early career

Henry began his career at

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and Fréjus Saint-Raphaël before joining

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in 2015. He made his

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debut on 12 December 2015 against

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in a 1–1 draw replacing

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after 72 minutes. Having made two appearances in Ligue 1 for Nantes he signed for Chambly on 15 June 2016.

OH Leuven

Henry joined

OH Leuven Oud-Heverlee Leuven (), also called OH Leuven or OHL, is a Belgian football club from the city of Leuven. It was created in 2002 from the merger of three clubs, '' F.C. Zwarte Duivels Oud-Heverlee'', whose registration number it inherited, ''D ...

in January 2019 after impressing with

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in the

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, scoring 11 goals in the first half of the 2018–19 season. He continued his good form with OH Leuven and scored a career-high 21 goals in the 2020–21 Belgian Pro League, second-most in the league. Following his good form throughout the 2020–21 season, Henry was linked with a number of clubs in Europe's top leagues including

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, and

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. In total, Henry scored 45 goals and added 12 assists in 79 matches across all competitions with OH Leuven over three-and-a-half seasons before his transfer in August 2021.

Venezia

On 24 August 2021, newly promoted

side

announced that Henry had joined the club in a permanent deal. The move came after intense transfer speculation throughout the summer, including earlier reports stating that OH Leuven had accepted a bid of £7 million by

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club Celtic. He made his debut for the club three days later in a 3–0 defeat to

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. He scored his first goal for the club in their next match, a 2–1 league win over

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on 11 September.

Hellas Verona

On 16 July 2022, Henry moved to

on a four-year contract.

Career statistics

References

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