The French Football Federation announced on its official website that Thierry Henry, a well-known former footballer, has been appointed as the new head coach of the country's youth national team.
The contract with the 46-year-old specialist is for two years. Under the leadership of Henri French "youth" will perform at the Olympics-2024, as well as in the qualifying cycle of Euro-2025 (U-21). Its first match under the leadership of the new head coach of the youth team of France will be held on 7 September, when will meet in sparring with the "youth" of Denmark.
We would like to add that Henri already has experience of independent coaching work - earlier he coached French "Monaco" and Canadian "Montreal Impact". In addition, the specialist was an assistant in the coaching staffs of London Arsenal and the national team of Belgium.