henry - Being brought up in the tough neighborhoods of Les Ulis, a heavily urbanized suburb of Paris, in a family of Antillean immigrants that didn't have it easy, Thierry Henry was only 6 when Claude Chezelle recruited him at the local youth team, CO Les Ulis. He spent five years at the club and at age 11, he played his first game here, before joining US Palaiseau in 1989, where he would meet Coach Jean-Marie Panza, which Henry refers to as his mentor even today. When Panza moved to Vity-Chatillon in 1990, the 13 year old Henry followed his mentor to the team, where he spent 2 years.