David Trezeguet biography
David Sergio Trézéguet (born 15 October 1977 in Rouen, France) is a French-Argentine football striker who plays for Juventus and France.
Trézéguet is the son of Argentine football player Jorge Trézéguet, who is the son of French immigrants to Argentina. 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.
He is married to Beatrice and they have a son named Aaron.
He and Beatrice are very good friends with former AS Monaco/Juventus teammate, current France teammate and Arsenal F.C. player Thierry Henry and his wife Nicole Merry.
He is known among Juventus supporters as "Trezegol."
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 11 October 2006, Trézéguet has made 68 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.
Club
At 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, he was stripped of two further Serie A titles for the 2004-05 and 2005-06 seasons - although there has been no suggestion that he or any of the team's other players were involved in any wrongdoing. He remains the highest scoring foreign striker in the club's history.
On Saturday, 16 September 2006, before the match against Vicenza, Trézéguet was awarded a commemorative plate. The plate was in recognition of his 125 goals for Juventus. It is a remarkable achievement considering the 125 goals came from only 207 matches.
But after the match his tally came to 128 goals making him the highest scoring foreigner in Juventus history. David 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 Felice Placido Borel II’s total of 161 goals, which would put him in the top five goalscorers in the club's history.
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