Thierry Henry To Coach France At 2024 Olympic Games

Thierry Henry has been appointed as the new head coach of the France men's under-21 team. Henry will also take charge of a France U23 side at the 2024 Olympics.

Robert Summerscales | Aug 22, 2023

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Thierry Henry has been appointed as the new head coach of the France men's under-21 team.

Henry will also take charge of a France U23 side at next summer's 2024 Paris Olympic Games.

The 46-year-old will be assisted by ex-Angers manager Gerald Baticle.

When announcing Henry's appointment this week, the French Football Federation said it had "studied several profiles of French technicians" before finally choosing the former Arsenal and Barcelona striker.

Thierry Henry pictured in March 2023 — Thierry Henry is the new manager of France's U21 and U23 men's teams :: IMAGO/PanoramiC/Laurent Sanson

Henry left his role as an assistant coach with the Belgian national team last year and has since been working as a pundit for CBS Sports and Amazon Prime Video.

He previously managed Monaco between October 2018 and January 2019, before leading Montreal Impact in a 15-month spell that ended in February 2021.

Henry's first squad announcement is expected to be made on August 31, with a U21 friendly against Denmark on September 7 penciled in as his first game.

Published Aug 22, 2023

ROBERT SUMMERSCALES

Robert Summerscales launched FanNation Futbol in February 2022. Rob is a British journalist who previously spent two years on the sports desk at the Daily Mail in London, having earlier served as editor of CaughtOffside.com. He has been to the last two FIFA Men's World Cups, in Russia and Qatar, and is looking forward to completing his hat-trick in North America in 2026.