The REAL Reason Why Henry NEVER Won The Ballon D'Or 

Henry, Lewandowski and Maldini are the most deserving non Balon D'or winners for me

Henry finishing 4th in 2004 has to be one of the biggest robberies ever

I’d argue Neuer. He achieved everything and perfected the way gks play now way back then unlike the other gks mentioned in the video

"Sooo listen to this..." This will become a classic quote in the future 😂😂😂

"There's one man left..." As if Raul wasn't robbed. But being Spanish is a major handicap in a French award

I always felt that if Rooney was more selfish he could of easily won one he was more about the team than his own individual achievements which makes what he achieved even more impressive and its why us united fans will always worship him. But Henry is also a good shout too baffles me how he never especially during arsenals unbeaten season

My favourite ever legendary player during my childhood days Thierry Henry sir,mainly during his years at my boyhood AS Monaco and beloved Arsenal where he scored many goals and won numerous number of trophies!!!Yet,he was totally unfortunate not to win the Balon D'Or at that time but he is a lifelong world class footballer of all time,good friends!!!LONG LIVE THIERRY HENRY SIR!!!🏋‍♂️

Henry was the EPL GOAT being the only player alongside Messi to ever score 20+ goals and 20+ assists in a single season. So sad he didn't win he definitely deserved at least 3 Ballon d'ors overall.😢😢😢

I think Samuel Eto’o isn’t been talked about enough ! He definitely needed a ballon d’or

In late 2002, whole of 2003 and some of 2004, Thierry Henry was the best player in the World. He was insane, passes, dribbles, assists, goals, free-kicks, skills etc. There times Zidane turned it on and he was just ridiculous in the Champions League games in 2003, thats why Henry missed out on the Fifa World player of the year 2003. But lets get one thing straight Nedved didn't deserve to win the Ballon O'dor in 2003.

Love your videos man! I look forward to them all week long and often watch videos I've seen before more than once or twice 😅 keep it up

Henry was the press MOTM in Euro 2000 Final. He dominated the best defence of all times, in arguably his best game in blue.

Thierry Henry and Ronaldinho are by far my favorite living football legends, they are the reason I fell in love with football in the first place, they are part of my childhood... Henry should have won at least one or two ballon d'or in the 2003 and 2004 seasons, he was so unique and underrated back then, he was almost unstoppable and genuinely a very good all-rounder authentic player. ☯️✌️

I would put Gerrard there to. Single-handly won a champions leauge final vs the best Milan team ever. The best CL-final of all time, it's been voted. Gerrard carry his childhood club to win Champions Leauge. What a story, and what a legacy. Gerrard had everything you wanted from a player. Respect to Henry as well, he was such a flawless guy to watch. Both Henry and Gerrard are two top of 2000's that should have won Ballon D'or.

Another fantastic video. Learned a lot again. Thank you

Great content as always 🫶

Henry could've won in 03 or 06. But in 04 it's Deco that got robbed (Winner and best player of the Champions league+ Euro finalist)

I think the likes of Suarez ,Neymar infesta and xavi and older players like Romario probably deserved it more and again we have o take the fact that Henry never excelled in international competitions or was the main guy in the case of France which meant that he could have a better league season but he wouldn’t win the ballon dor and also bud luck when competing with the likes of returning Ronaldo in 2002 and peak ronaldinho in another one. And if France won zidane would most likely have won the award.

nice vid. pls a trezeguet one next. thank you

As you said, EPL wasnt top 1 league at that moment, thats explains 2004 Ballon Dor to Shevchenko, it was deserved (not sure about placing Henry on 4th though).

maldini man, deserves it no doubt about it.

Kids these days actually don’t know how crazy sheva was in his prime🤣,from 1999 -2005 he was always top 5 in the b’dor rankings and except 02 because of injury, in 1999 and 2000 he came 3rd as a 23yo from Ukraine to a new league scoring over 20+ each in both seasons in what was considered the hardest league to many. He won champs in 03 and came 4th in the rankings ,the next year also scoring over 20+goals in 2004. All this while he always had great performances in the UCL. My honest thoughts was that he was always going to win it just because he was always in and around it and stayed consistent for Milan eventually becoming milan 2nd highest goal scorer of all time in under 6 years with 170+goals and this was during prime Seria A.

While everybody compared Henry and Ronaldinho, the world got to see more of Serie A and La liga matches so naturally it was bigger appeal to vote Nedved, Shevchenko, Ronaldinho. What were Ronaldinhos contributions in 04'? Also Nike saw in Ronaldinho what Magic was for Basketball. Great marketing.

I genuinely think people underestimate just how good Nedved was especially in that run to UCL final in 2003 with Juve

You could have a quite a long list on this, the ballon d'or won by Sheva and Nedved were well deserved. They both were magnificent that season and won trophies. You gotta keep in mind the league that Henry plays in compare to Nedved and Sheva was like Serie A was equivalent of Premier league today and PL was like german league.

You did nedved dirty, he was amazing that season. Also Robben and Lahm deserved it in their best years. Edit: Ah you gave Nedved some credit, I saw but still.

I don't remeber you doing a video of Jurgen Klinsmann yet. Been subscribed since the early thousands.

Henry was actually sacrificed of his deserved ballon d'or awards just for those legends to win and make their names ahead of him till now but that's why some of we over here only choose players not because of awards or the ballon d'or but their talent and crazy ability to use the ball for effectiveness, because some players were delibrately deprived from what belonged to them, backed with somewhat unnecessary logical means and excuses. These robbed players are always remembered by we the fans and will never be forgotten of what french football magazine did to them which is criminal in broad day.

The biggest robbery was Raul 2001 when they gave it to Owen.

Your way of delivering is unique, and makes for an interesting listen, however some facts are off...HENRY reeked havoc on the Italian defense in that Euro 2000 final!

Hey bro,been watching your channel for so much time like when you were pronuncing champions șampions😂 and nearly all of the vids and i really think a video on Marco Van Basten would be great i mean 3 ballon d’ors by the age of 29 and the same age he retired anyway keep up w the good work and all love❤️(i am also wondering how has your day been and how do you feel!😁)

OMG, I am sick of this BS discussion. Firstly, those who have any doubts regarding Nedved and Sheva deserving Ballon D’Ors please watch Nistelrooy talking about how it felt facing AC Milan of those times while playing for MU which was dominating PL ( ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-S3Syp9urjXM.html ). Serie A was by far a better league back than.
 I want to talk about Sheva first because those who are debating were not watching (or do not remember) football of those times. In 2003-06 period Ronaldinho and Shevchenko were considered to be the best players in Europe. Their Barcelona and AC Milan were monsters of UCL. Even during charity All Star matches organized by FIFA, it was Ronaldinho’s XI vs Shevchenko’s XI game and players like Zidane, Henry, Ronaldo used to be in their teams.
Author lies that Sheva was not Serie A’s top scorer in 2003/04, he was Capocannoniere of that season. Henry in PL scored 30 goals in 37 games, and Sheva scored 24 in 32 matches. The numbers in terms of ratio per game are very close, but considering the difficulty of the league it’s no match. And as author correctly mentioned, Sheva won the league title, while Henry was not even the best goalscorer of PL. I am sorry, but Ballon d’Or votes are not much based on FA cup performance. Even the UEFA Supercup that Sheva won that season against Deco’s Porto was considered more valuable title. And it’s also ridiculous to debate Nedved vs Henry with stats. Zidane and Iniesta were scoring handful of goals a season, but were always amongst the best. You guys should rewind back and watch how great Nedved was that season.

Henry, Lewandowski, Del Piero and Maldini are the best players to not have won a ballon d'or, which they all clearly deserved.

Xavi and Iniesta unfortunately played on the same team as the best Messi, both of them deserved it at some point

CORRECTION NEEDED: Sheva was actually Serie A top scorer in 2003/04 as Milan won the domestic league (n.1 league in Europe then) . That season he also scored the winning goal in the UEFA Super Cup victory over Porto. Based on all of that, clearly his 2004 Ballon d'Or win was well deserved.

There should be an award for the best player. Period. Regardless of club and national team success. Just about the player performance itself.

This award died 2010. Wesley Sneijder deserved it but the media gave it to Messi. Before Iniesta and Xavi. They at least had a case winning gold in SA and 2nd place in CL. But none of them deserved it. Wesley carried his teams to two finals. And was up against those three in one and still won it. And only barely lost the other. Top goalscorer in a world cup as a midfielder. Since then I don’t even care who won it. It’s a fake award.

People have to remember that Henry wasn’t the main star in those days there were players that were way better than him but he was more of a disruptor who came and disrupted the entire scene with his unorthodox style of playing and scoring goals awards are more sentimental and those who are more established and recognised win awards

the fact that henry never won it is rlly sad

Xavi finishing 4th 3rd 3rd 3rd and 5th for ballon dor between 2008-2012 is underrated nowadays

Henry, Ribery, Sneijder, Xavi, Iniesta, Maldini, Puyol, Eto'o, Drogba. These players should had won it.

4:10 4:11 Wenger holding that cigarette on the manager bank is just a blast from the past lol unimaginable today haha Sarri should sign somewhere in the Bundesliga they have no bans on cigarettes in the stadium (you just get blasted by the media, bht that would be the case elsewhere too). The league has no rules for it outside of officially designated ""Family blocks" (obviously) and only TWO of the 56 professional clubs (18+18+20) have a general ban. Leipzig even assigned Sarri a designated smoking area for his match there a few years ago haha

All i can say as 43yo spectator...Henry-Trezeguet-Anelka #the greatest trio that never was😂

nedved deserves it. this season in juve was very good. maybe in 2004 for Henry…

As a Manchester United fan, Henry was amazing in the PL but when it came to UCL and actual International competitions he was there but got outshone by Zidane, as for Nedved and Shevchenko winning the Balon D'Or they played in tougher leagues and the former was the reason why Juve won the Scudetto that year and if he played in the final then it would have been a different story, as for Shevchenko, he scored a hattrick against Lazio, scored the decider in the UEFA Super Cup against Porto

I remember that world cup and don't remember Henry lighting it up or being one of the main reasons France won too many quiet moments, Nedved was quality, proved it time and time again

Henry in his prime was the best forward to watch in the world, period.

Balon D'or wasn't a big deal in England back in those days, it was barely mentioned in the media when Owen won it and I couldn't tell you any of the winners around that time period without looking them up online. Definitely more of an important award for Europeans or younger fans, I was 25 in 2003 and we didn't even discuss it or cared about who won

This is the fastest I ever got to a video

Bro I like your videos beacuse your of your voice

Lewandowski says Henry was his role model.

Thierry Henry ❤️❤️💙💙

As an Arsenal fan, Henry is my favourite player of all time and in the argument for the best premier league player of all time. However, I do need to admit the only thing that marks him down when compared to the other all time greats was his record in cup finals. He has been in multiple for club and country, but did not manage to score in any of them. He has been important in Arsenal's league runs to domestic titles, and scored crucial goals en route to cup finals for club and country, but for a player who is regarded among the all time greats, it is quite astonishing how he he has not scored in any of cup finals he has been in.

Could you please do a video on Zinedine Zidane i feel like this channel will do well in it❤

Paolo Maldini is the greatest player to never win it, he came third three times. as good as Henry was i don`t think he was ever robbed of the ballon d`or.

Henry did enough to win the Ballon D’or if you put all his achievements into 1 season.

The player that Made me fall in love with futbol

"soooooo... Listen to this" this words is legendary

Could you please do a video about an African player called Abutrika he is one of the best players in Egypts history and some consider him better than Salah I hope you give his story a chance and if you won't just say please.

yesssirrrski thiery henry is a legend

Oh yeah another DDOF post let’s goooo

I think number one is Michael Laudrup then Henry. I hope you will make a video about Laudrup

Henry was top baller & defo best in the 🌎.. Fifa are criminals to award Nedved in 02-03 & just as shocking to disregard Henry & Arsenal Invincible season & award Ballon D'or to Shevchenko 🏆

The best for me is Alessandro Del Piero no doubts.

I’m a Man U fan I was gutted when Henry left the prem the same way I was when Ronaldo left I just knew you don’t see that kind of player in every era thanks Theiry for all those years of entertainment you gave me guy left me in awe every week 😂

the guy didnt even wanted to play upfront but became a bagsman. so much pure athleticism and talent

I remember in that champions league final with Arsenal he was playing injured and had a chance that a fully fit Henry would have gobbled up. If Arsenal had one that year he probably would have won it, but I that was the closest he got, it seems you have to win either the Champions League , World Cup or European Championship on top of a peak season to be considered

Nedved was a great player who deserved it

I think we can all agree he was one of the best EPL players of all time but he was never the greatest in the world. I dont think thats horrible and i dont think he is losing sleep over it.

He's still one of my favourite players ever.

“Im talking about hieyy hewny.”😂😂

Nedved and schevchenko winning was just simple bribary 😂

Nedvěd won it convincingly and dominantly with a margin of 62 points. Compared to him: Cannavaro won it over Buffon by 49 points, Weah over Klinsmann by 36, Owen over Raul by 36, Shevchenko over Deco by 36, R9 over Roberto Carlos by 24, Van Basten over Stoichkov by 18, Figo over Zidane by 16 and Sammer over R9 by just 1 freaking point!!! Does anyone think they were robbed? Absolutely not! Just because the British media machinery is the most influential in Europe, because PL fans are the most numerous in the world and because Arsenal fans are the loudest and most frustrated fans in the world it doesn't mean they are right.

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That UCL Final against Barcelona was painful to watch

So bro was a monster for arsenal during the invincibles but ghosted in big club games and then didn't really do anything for the national team...its hard to say if he was robbed or not. I mean this was before the era domination of Lionel and Cristiano. For sure if he won the champions League or world cup then definitely

This video did NOT do Thiery Henry justice.

Definitely puts it all into perspective. Wish more fans had a more complete view on football. English media has swayed the world to believe the Premier League has the best football, but it's just the most entertaining league. The rest of Europe weren't deluded. *BUT* that doesn't mean on the field Thierry was not still playing some of the best football and he was electric but unfortunately he couldn't bring that Arsenal team more trophies and it gave him the issue Harry Kane has right now.

Great player, legend one of the most elegant player to ever play the game but people overhype him he was great but not as great like people say 2 leagues in 8 seasons, barely played in 1998 wc win, carried by zidane 2000 euros, 2002 wc zidane was injured it was time for Henry to lead the team and show how great he is france didn't even qualify for knockout stages, 2006 wc france was struggling to qualify for the world cup until and old out of shape retired zidane decided to come out of retirement and help them qualify for the wc and take france to the finals, very good with small teams but struggled against big teams, never showed up when it was time to shine like finals and semi finals or when his country needed him the most, one champions league carried by messi etoo xavi and iniesta, back in the early 00s people compared him to schevchenko, raul, van nisteroy, now people talk about him like he is on the same level of zidane,R9,Messi,cr7 I'm an Arsenal fan till i die been an Arsenal sinse 1993, Henry was my favorite player but I've got to go with facts over feeling

In the current football-lite landscape, reflecting on the past is en vogue like never before. Recent discourse has seemingly focused on who was deserving, and who wasn’t, of that shiny beacon of individuality that so many modern players crave, the Ballon d'Or. There is an Anglo-centric, or perhaps a more Arsenal-centric view, that Thierry Henry was somehow robbed of winning the Ballon d’Or in the earliest part of the 2000s. The pro-Henry camp duly acknowledges that because of tournament-bias, the 2002 award was rightfully Ronaldo’s, as was Fabio Cannavaro’s four years later. Furthermore, Ronaldinho’s 2005 win doesn’t seem to be up for debate given that he was indisputably the greatest player on the planet. No, the prevailing rhetoric seemingly centres on 2003 and 2004. It is then they believe the greater miscarriage of justice was committed. An element of snobbery creeps in here; the pro-Henry camp is almost affronted by the fact that the winners of the award in those years, Pavel Nedved and Andriy Shevchenko, finished ahead of the Frenchman. This is despite the fact that the pair are two of the finest players ever to emerge from Eastern Europe, but are perhaps not considered all-time greats compared to Cannavaro, Ronaldo and Ronaldinho. Henry came closest in 2003, when he finished second on the podium behind Nedved, losing out by some 62 points. The stick to bait the Czech with is his mundane stats compared to Henry’s in 2002/03. Let’s be clear, Henry’s statistics that season border on the simply ludicrous: 24 goals and 20 assists from 37 league games is barely plausible, in fact it’s never been repeated in the Premier League. Henry was involved in over 50% of the Gunners’ 85 league goals that season as they finished second behind Manchester United which is an astounding figure. Yet a direct comparison between Henry and Nedved isn’t viable given how they operated in different roles. Nedved’s stats don’t even come close to matching Henry’s in 02/03, but the measuring stick for winning the Ballon d’Or in non-tournament years - particularly in this era - was the Champions League, and it’s here where Nedved trumps Henry. Nedved had been deployed as a left midfielder in his first season at Juventus, but was shifted to play behind strikers David Trezeguet and Alessandro Del Piero in 2002/03. This brought out the best in Nedved, who saved his finest performances for Europe’s grandest nights. He was involved in two of Juve’s three goals against Barcelona at the quarter-final stage, netting a crucial away goal with the tie delicately poised at the Camp Nou. Nedved’s performance against Real Madrid in the semi-final second leg is the game that effectively cemented his Ballon d’Or win. Madrid, then at the high point of the first Galactico era, and just before the balance of the side became erratically skewed, were torn to pieces by Nedved’s relentless running and ability to ghost in behind the lines. Again, he was involved in two of Juve’s three strikes that night, including his stunning volley in the 73rd minute that was the piece de resistance of an emphatic individual display. Nedved’s seminal performance was the sort that Henry simply never produced in Europe for Arsenal that season, or in any during his eight-year stint in north London. Henry scored seven times in the Champions League that season, but Arsenal failed to go beyond the second group stage. The modern-day appraisal of Shevchenko is viewed through the prism of his spell in the Premier League with Chelsea. Nine league goals in two problematic seasons when he was past his prime and struggling for fitness has given license for many to pour scorn over his Ballon d’Or win. The call for Henry to be awarded the 2004 title is underpinned by his pivotal role in ‘The Invincibles’ side that won the league without losing a single game. Henry was undoubtedly at his swashbuckling best in 2003-04, scoring 30 goals and providing nine assists in the Premier League. The Ukrainian, in contrast, rattled in 24 goals in 32 Serie A games as Milan won the title for the first time in five years. This was at a time when the sheen hadn’t completely worn off Serie A’s global reputation, and in the post-Gabriel Batistuta landscape, Shevchenko was unquestionably Europe’s deadliest strike Shevchenko didn’t win more, didn’t score more goals, and contributed less in assists,” objected the impartial Arsene Wenger in the wake of the Shevchenko’s victory. That might be statistically true, but again, with Europe being the barometer, Henry falls short. It’s not just how many goals you score, but also when you score them. Both Arsenal and Milan exited the Champions League at the same stage in 2003-04 - the quarter-finals - but Shevchenko scored more goals in the knockout rounds than Henry (three to two). Furthermore, in the four-year period from 2002-06, when both were contesting for the Ballon d’Or regularly, Henry only scored five times from 13 games in the knockout rounds, compared to Shevchenko’s 11 in 20. Wenger is of the opinion that due to being French and France Football being the creators of the prize, Henry was held to a much higher standard than the eventual winners (Wenger of course conveniently forgetting that the award is voted for by journalists across the world, and not handpicked by the magazine). Yet the simple fact is that despite being one of the world’s best during the early-to-mid ‘00s, he was never the best. Henry’s inability to transfer his league form into Europe (or for France, for that matter) is what ultimately denied him a Ballon d’Or. Henry never stamped his authority on a high-end European night in the manner Nedved did in 2003, or continually score in crunch knockout games like Shevchenko. Kaka, for example, won the 2007 award for essentially playing extraordinarily well in a handful of games, all of which happened to be in Europe. So, in the end, was Henry wrongfully denied a Ballon d’Or? The answer is no.

I come to believe that Ballon D'Or doesn't matter. At the end, we will remember the iconic players more. There are more people remember how Henry terrorize Premier League now than people who remember Nedved and Shevchenko in Italy.

Henry was really just great in the EPL league and which is why many claim him to be the greatest premier league player. Issue is he just disappears in other major tournaments like Champions League and Euro/World cup. That famous Arsenal team were flat track bullies in EPL but just disappears in Europe and he was a big part of it. From 1999 to 2006, that Arsenal failed to qualify from group stage trice, reaching round of 16 once, quarter finals once until 2006 where they reach the finals. Other than the 2006 semi where he scored a beauty against Real in the Champions League, he really does not have any big performance in the Champions League when it matters most. At International level, Zidane was the one carrying France during that period. WC98 Zidane scoring the winning goals in the finals. Euro 2000, Zidane was the best player at that tournament. France even had to have Zidane come out of international retirement to lead them to the 2006 WC finals where he was the star of that team and not Henry who was supposed to be at his peak. His infamous moment at international level was his dubious handball that got France qualifying for 2010 world cup at Ireland's expense

history has showed us that Henry is one of the greatest of all time. He’s spoken about all the time everywhere

make a video on zamorano pls

Pls make video about sergio ramos

Can you please do a video on the one and only mo salah? thanks

The Confed Cup of 2003 was the best tournament Henry played with France

What a sad yet epic story for a fellow Frenchman.

One correction. Henry scored golden goal in 2003 the FIFA confederation cup final with which he led France to the trophy and became the best player of the tournament

We overrate Henry in England. Miguel Delaney probably put it best when he ranked Henry as low as 70th on an all-time list (as of 2011): "his finest form never quite coincided with his most prized medals...At his best, he was one of the most exquisite footballers ever seen. But, contrarily, his best moments never quite saw that."

Xavi, Iniesta, Busquets, Fabregas for me

Correction: Shevchenko was Serie A Top Scorer in 2003/04 season

Xavi, Iniesta and Torres.....not to forget.

My favourite player of all time

Lewa and Henry are to me the two biggest upsets when it comes to this award

Well in his era, there's so a lot of players who deserves it as well. After Messi-Ronaldo era, nowadays we will only talk about haaland, mbappe, bellingham. not much interesting players. Not only Henry. Steven Gerrard, Rooney deserve it as well.

I still cry about that 2006 champions league loss to Barca to this day. I remember Lehman gettin sent off. We still took the lead and held on to the end but 🫣

Henry is my all time favourite player and Nedved would always be up there too but Henry 110% should have won this Balon D'or and definitely more !!!!

How this guy pronounces Henry as Ah-Hee, I'll never know.

2:33 arsen wenger mewing 🗣🗣