Fabrice Henry (born 13 February 1968) is a French former

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who played for various clubs in

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and

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throughout the 1980s and 1990s.

Career

Henry started his professional career at

FC Sochaux-Montbéliard Football Club Sochaux-Montbéliard (; commonly referred to as FCSM or simply Sochaux) is a Football in France, French association football club based in the city of Montbéliard. The club was founded in 1928 and currently plays in Championnat N ...

in 1985, where he played for eight years, before joining

Olympique de Marseille Olympique de Marseille (, ; , ), also known simply as Marseille, or by the abbreviation OM (, ), is a French professional Association football, football club based in Marseille which competes in Ligue 1, the French football league system, top f ...

in 1993. However, he never broke into the first team at Marseille, and left after just one season to join

Nîmes Olympique Nîmes Olympique (commonly referred to as simply Nîmes) is a French association football club based in Nîmes. The club was founded on 12 April 1937 and currently plays in the Championnat National, the third tier of French football. The Sta ...

. He then went on to play for Perpignan Canet FC,

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and

CD Toledo Club Deportivo Toledo, S.A.D. is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team based in Toledo, Spain, Toledo, in the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha. Founded in 1928 it plays in , holding home games at ''Estadio Salto del Cab ...

between 1995 and 1997, when he joined Swiss side

FC Basel Fussball Club Basel 1893, widely known as FC Basel, FCB, or just Basel, is a Swiss professional Association football, football club based in Basel, in the Basel-Stadt, Canton of Basel-Stadt. Formed in 1893, the club has been List of Swiss footba ...

. Henry joined

's first team for their 1996–97 season under head coach

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. After playing in six test games Henry played his domestic league debut for his new club in the home game at

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on 2 March 1997, when Basel won 1–0 against

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. He scored his first goal for the club on 15 November 1997 in the

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game against

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as Basel won 7–2 after extra time. It was the last goal of the game in the 121 st minute. Henry stayed with the club for two and a half seasons. Between the years 1997 and 1999 he played a total of 47 games for Basel scoring a total of four goals. 25 of these games were in the Nationalliga A, three in the

and 19 were friendly games. He scored one goal in the domestic league, one in the domestic cup and the other two were scored during the test games. In July 1999 he signed, on loan for one year from Basel, for

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club Hibernian and here he played in nine league games before retiring from his active career in 2000.HIBERNIAN : 1946/47 - 2007/08
Newcastle Fans.

References

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