David Trézéguet

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David Trézéguet
Personal information
Full name	David Sergio Trézéguet
Date of birth	October 15, 1977 (age 29)
Place of birth	Rouen, France
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Nickname	Trez Trezegol Le Roi (taken from Platini)
Playing position	Centre forward
Club information
Current club	Juventus F.C.
Number	17
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1993 - 1995 1995 - 2000 2000 -	Platense AS Monaco Juventus F.C.	31 (18) 107 (95) 231 (211) [1]
National team2
1998-	France	68 (35) [2]
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17 February, 2007. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of October 11, 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

David Sergio Trézéguet (born 15 October 1977 in Rouen, France) is a French-Argentine football striker who plays for Juventus and France.

Contents 1 Early life 2 National team 3 Club 4 Notes 5 External links

[edit] Early life

Trézéguet is the son of Argentine football player Jorge Trézéguet, who is the son of French immigrants to Argentina. His last name is very common in francophone countries. David Trézéguet's mother gave birth to him while his father was playing in France. David grew up in Argentina after moving there from France at the age of two and played his first professional match in Argentina. He returned to France at the age of 17, when he signed for AS Monaco.

[edit] National team

Trézéguet won the 1998 FIFA World Cup with France, and in the 2000 European Championship scored the golden goal in the final against Italy to give the French the title. He also played for France in the 2002 and 2006 FIFA World Cups and Euro 2004. Trézéguet was named one of the top 125 greatest living footballers in March 2004. He also played in 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship.

As of 7 February 2007, Trézéguet has made 69 appearances for the French national side, scoring 34 goals in the process.

On 9 July 2006, Trézéguet took part in the Final of the 2006 FIFA World Cup. The match, against Italy, went to penalty kicks after a 1-1 tie and Trézéguet was the sole player from either team to miss a penalty kick, hitting the cross-bar. Italy won 5-3, having taken the first kick.

[edit] Club

At the club level, Trézéguet has played for Platense in Argentina (1994), Monaco (1995-2000), and Juventus (since 2001), with whom he won the Serie A title two times. Due to the Serie A scandal of 2006, the club was stripped of two Serie A titles for the 2004-05 and 2005-06 seasons, although the legal charges themselves did not accuse him or other players of any wrongdoing.

On Saturday, 16 September 2006, before the match against Vicenza, Trézéguet was awarded a commemorative plate, in recognition of 125 goals from 207 matches he scored for Juventus.

After the match, his tally came to 128 goals making him the highest scoring foreigner in Juventus history. Trézéguet scored another two against Piacenza, and just another goal will put him level with Pietro Anastasi as the sixth highest goal scorer in the history of the club. The next target is 161 goals by Felice Placido Borel II, the fifth highest scorer for Juventus.

With excellent balance and heading skills, Trézéguet is known as a goal poacher getting onto the end of crosses, much like Hernán Crespo or Ruud Van Nistelrooy.

Trézéguet scored the fastest goal ever against Manchester United in the UEFA Champions League quarter-final in 1997 when he scored a goal that was clocked at 97.7mph

The Juventus striker also scored the 3000th goal in UEFA Champions League history by netting against the Greek side Olympiakos in December 2004.

[edit] Notes

[edit] External links

• David Trezeguet Photos and Statistics at sporting-heroes.net
• David Trezeguet Official Website
• David Trezeguet Career Statistic on Juventus Official Website
• Trezeguet's career stats and timeline

Preceded by Zinedine Zidane	Serie A Foreign Footballer of the Year 2002	Succeeded by Pavel Nedvěd
Preceded by Hernán Crespo	Serie A top scorer 2001-02	Succeeded by Christian Vieri

	France squad - 1998 FIFA World Cup Champions (1st Title)
1 Lama | 2 Candela | 3 Lizarazu | 4 Vieira | 5 Blanc | 6 Djorkaeff | 7 Deschamps | 8 Desailly | 9 Guivarc'h | 10 Zidane | 11 Pirès | 12 Henry | 13 Diomède | 14 Boghossian | 15 Thuram | 16 Barthez | 17 Petit | 18 Leboeuf | 19 Karembeu | 20 Trézéguet | 21 Dugarry | 22 Charbonnier | Coach: Jacquet

	France squad - 2000 European Football Championship (2nd Title)
1 Lama | 2 Candela | 3 Lizarazu | 4 Vieira | 5 Blanc | 6 Djorkaeff | 7 Deschamps | 8 Desailly | 9 Anelka | 10 Zidane | 11 Pirès | 12 Henry | 13 Wiltord | 14 Micoud | 15 Thuram | 16 Barthez | 17 Petit | 18 Leboeuf | 19 Karembeu | 20 Trézéguet | 21 Dugarry | 22 Ramé | Coach: Lemerre

	France squad - 2002 FIFA World Cup
1 Ramé | 2 Candela | 3 Lizarazu | 4 Vieira | 5 Christanval | 6 Djorkaeff | 7 Makélélé | 8 Desailly | 9 Cissé | 10 Zidane | 11 Wiltord | 12 Henry | 13 Silvestre | 14 Boghossian | 15 Thuram | 16 Barthez | 17 Petit | 18 Leboeuf | 19 Sagnol | 20 Trézéguet | 21 Dugarry | 22 Micoud | 23 Coupet | Coach: Lemerre

	France squad - 2004 European Football Championship Quarter-finalists
1 Landreau | 2 Boumsong | 3 Lizarazu | 4 Vieira | 5 Gallas | 6 Makélélé | 7 Pirès | 8 Desailly | 9 Saha | 10 Zidane | 11 Wiltord | 12 Henry | 13 Silvestre | 14 Rothen | 15 Thuram | 16 Barthez | 17 Dacourt | 18 Pedretti | 19 Sagnol | 20 Trézéguet | 21 Marlet | 22 Govou | 23 Coupet | Coach: Santini

	France squad - 2006 FIFA World Cup Runners-up
1 Landreau | 2 Boumsong | 3 Abidal | 4 Vieira | 5 Gallas | 6 Makélélé | 7 Malouda | 8 Dhorasoo | 9 Govou | 10 Zidane | 11 Wiltord | 12 Henry | 13 Silvestre | 14 Saha | 15 Thuram | 16 Barthez | 17 Givet | 18 Diarra | 19 Sagnol | 20 Trézéguet | 21 Chimbonda | 22 Ribéry | 23 Coupet | Coach: Domenech

Juventus F.C. - Current Squad
1 Buffon | 2 Birindelli | 3 Chiellini | 4 Kovač | 5 Tudor | 6 C. Zanetti | 8 Giannichedda | 9 Bojinov | 10 Del Piero | 11 Nedvěd | 12 Mirante | 13 Piccolo | 14 Balzaretti | 15 Marchisio | 16 Camoranesi | 17 Trézéguet | 18 Boumsong | 19 Paro | 20 Palladino | 22 Belardi | 23 Guzmán | 25 Zalayeta | 27 Zebina | 29 De Ceglie | 30 Legrottaglie | 32 Marchionni | 33 Urbano | Coach Deschamps