Amandine Henry
Henry in 2019
Personal information
Full name Amandine Chantal Henry[1]
Date of birth (1989-09-28) 28 September 1989 (age 34)
Place of birth Lille, France
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Angel City FC
Youth career
1995–2000 OSM Lomme
2000–2004 Iris Club de Lambersart
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2005 Hénin-Beaumont 20 (11)
2005–2007 CNFE Clairefontaine 32 (22)
2007–2016 Lyon 132 (31)
2016–2017 Portland Thorns 33 (4)
2017 → Paris Saint-Germain (loan) 4 (1)
2018–2023 Lyon 87 (19)
2023– Angel City FC 6 (0)
2023–2024 → Lille (loan) 2 (0)
International career‡
2003–2005 France U17 14 (3)
2006–2007 France U19 18 (6)
2006 France U20 5 (1)
2009– France 100 (14)
Medal record
Women's football
Representing  France
UEFA Women's Nations League
Runner-up 2024
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 February 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 28 February 2024

Amandine Chantal Henry (born 28 September 1989) is a French professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for American club Angel City FC of the American National Women's Soccer League, as well as the France national team.[2][3] Having played in all youth levels, Henry made her senior international debut in 2009. She captained the national team from October 2017 to 2020.[4][5]

Career

Henry (left) playing for France in 2013
Henry with the Portland Thorns in 2016

Henry began her career in 2004, at the age of 15, at Hénin-Beaumont. 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 Lyon, 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.[6]

With Lyon, Henry was featured in the final match of the UEFA Women's Champions League in three consecutive seasons beginning in 2010.

Henry was awarded the Silver Ball Award as the tournament's 2nd Best Player at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.[7] 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 Célia Šašić.[8]

She signed with the Portland Thorns in March 2016 and joined the team in June, where she played in 8 matches and started in 9 for the regular season-winning National Women's Soccer League team.[9][10]

After undergoing surgery following the NWSL season, she joined Paris Saint-Germain in January 2017, where she played in four Division 1 matches and one Coupe de France Féminine match before rejoining the Thorns in March.[11][12]

Henry scored her first NWSL goal against Boston on 27 May.[13] 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 UEFA Women's Euro 2017.

During Euro 2017, Henry started in all four games for France. France was ranked #3 in the world.[14] 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.[15] Henry received the player of the match award for the quarter-final match against England.[16]

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.[13]

The Thorns finished the 2017 season in second place, advancing to the playoffs where Henry scored the first goal against the third-place team Orlando Pride. Portland defeated Orlando 4–1.[17] Henry became an NWSL champion when the Thorns defeated the regular-season winning team North Carolina Courage 1–0 in the 2017 NWSL Championship on 14 October 2017.[18]

After the 2017 NWSL season, Henry returned to Lyon for the remainder of the 2017–18 Division 1 Féminine season.[19] She was nominated for the 2022 FIFA Puskás Award for best goal in January 2023, in recognition of her long-distance goal against FC Barcelona in 6th minute of the 2022 UEFA Women's Champions League final.[20][21]

In May 2022, Henry was omitted from the French selection for UEFA Women's Euro 2022 by manager Corinne Diacre despite her form for Lyon in national and Champions League club play.[22] This continued a trend since 2020 of Diacre omitting Henry from the selection.[5][23] France Football writer Théo Troude considered the omission a "scandal" and indicative of Diacre's management style.[24] In February 2023, Wendie Renard withdrew from the squad "to preserve (her) sanity", Kadidiatou Diani withdrew and called for "profound changes", and Marie Katoto suspended her international career while also calling for change.[23] The French federation fired Diacre on 9 March 2023.[25]

Henry remained a regular starter with Lyon until suffering a lateral collateral ligament injury in her left knee during a Coupe de France semifinal match against Stade de Reims Féminines on 4 March 2023.[26]

On June 1 2023, NWSL club Angel City FC of Los Angeles signed Henry to a three-year contract with an option for a fourth year.[2][27] On 6 June 2023, the French national team — now managed by Hervé Renard — included Henry in the selection for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup.[28] However, on 7 July 2023 the federation announced that Henry would be forced to withdraw due to an injury to her left calf.[29]

On November 16, 2023, it was announced that Henry would join Lille OSC on loan from Angel City.[30]

Personal life

Henry was born in Lille and started playing football at the age of 5.[6] 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 Thierry Henry.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 20 January 2024[31][10]
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Hénin-Beaumont 2004–05 20 11 0 0 — 20 11
Total 20 11 0 0 — 20 11
CNFE Clairefontaine 2005–06 16 11 — 16 11
2006–07 16 11 — 16 11
Total 32 22 — 32 22
Lyon 2007–08 D1 Féminine 4 0 0 0 2 1 — 6 1
2008–09 7 1 4 1 1 0 — 12 2
2009–10 10 2 3 1 6 0 — 19 3
2010–11 18 5 3 1 9 0 — 30 6
2011–12 21 8 6 0 7 1 — 29 7
2012–13 20 5 6 4 8 3 — 34 12
2013–14 20 3 2 0 3 0 — 26 4
2014–15 19 1 5 1 4 0 — 28 2
2015–16 13 6 1 0 5 0 — 19 6
Total 132 31 30 8 45 5 — 207 39
Portland 2016 NWSL 10 0 — 10 0
2017 23 4 — 23 4
Total 33 4 — 33 4
PSG (loan) 2016–17 D1 Féminine 4 1 1 1 — 5 2
Total 4 1 1 1 — 5 2
Lyon 2017–18 D1 Féminine 7 3 5 1 5 1 — 17 5
2018–19 18 4 5 2 8 2 — 31 8
2019–20 15 4 5 0 3 1 1[a] 0 24 5
2020–21 19 6 1 0 5 0 — 25 6
2021–22 18 1 0 0 13 3 — 31 4
2022–23 10 1 1 0 4 0 0[a] 0 15 1
Total 87 19 17 3 38 7 1 0 143 29
Angel City FC 2023 NWSL 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 0
Lille (loan) 2023–24 D1 Féminine 2 0 — — — 2 0
Career total 315 88 48 12 83 12 2 0 448 112
  1. ^ a b Appearances in Trophée des Championnes

International

As of 10 March 2020[32]
National team Season Apps Goals
France 2008–09 6 0
2009–10 6 1
2010–11 0 0
2011–12 0 0
2012–13 7 1
2013–14 13 1
2014–15 16 3
2015–16 8 0
2016–17 13 3
2017–18 9 2
2018–19 11 2
2019–20 3 0
Total 92 13

International goals

As of 7 June 2019[33]
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 5 May 2010 Stadion Rankhof, Basel, Switzerland  Switzerland 0–1 0–2 Friendly
2 31 October 2013 Sonnensee Stadion, Ritzing, Austria  Austria 0–2 1–3 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
3 20 June 2014 Rentschler Field, Hartford, United States  United States 1–2 2–2 Friendly
4 17 June 2015 Lansdowne Stadium, Ottawa, Canada  Mexico 0–5 0–5 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup
5 19 September 2015 Stade Océane, Le Havre, France  Brazil 2–0 2–1 Friendly
6 1 December 2015 Katerini Stadium, Katerini, Greece  Greece 0–1 0–3 UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying
7 22 July 2017 Stadion Galgenwaard, Utrecht, Netherlands  Austria 1–1 1–1 UEFA Women's Euro 2017
8 23 October 2017 Stade Auguste Delaune, Reims, France  Ghana 2–0 8–0 Friendly
9 3–0
10 20 January 2018 Stade Vélodrome, Marseille, France  Italy 1–1 1–1
11 7 March 2018 Exploria Stadium, Orlando, United States  Germany 1–0 3–0 2018 SheBelieves Cup
12 7 June 2019 Parc des princes, Paris, France  South Korea 4–0 4–0 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup
13 23 June 2019 Stade Océane, Le Havre, France  Brazil 2–1 2–1
14 5 December 2023 Roazhon Park, Rennes, France  Austria 1–0 3–0 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League

Honours

Lyon

Portland Thorns

France

Individual

References

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External links

FIFA Women's World Cup Silver Ball
Angel City FC – current squad
France squads
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