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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. His last name is very common in Francophone countries. 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.
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 7 February2007, Trézéguet has made 69 appearances for the French national side, scoring 34 goals in the process.
On 9 July2006, 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.
At the 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, the club was stripped of two Serie A titles for the 2004-05 and 2005-06 seasons, although the legal charges themselves did not accuse him or other players of any wrongdoing.
On Saturday, 16 September2006, before the match against Vicenza, Trézéguet was awarded a commemorative plate, in recognition of 125 goals from 207 matches he scored for Juventus.
After the match, his tally came to 128 goals making him the highest scoring foreigner in Juventus history. Trézéguet 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 161 goals by Felice Placido Borel II, the fifth highest scorer for Juventus.
With excellent balance and heading skills, Trézéguet is known as a goal poacher getting onto the end of crosses, much like Hernán Crespo or Ruud van Nistelrooy.
Trézéguet scored the fastest goal ever against Manchester United in the UEFA Champions League quarter-final in 1997 when he scored a goal that was clocked at 97.7mph
The Juventus striker also scored the 3000th goal in UEFA Champions League history by netting against the Greek side Olympiakos in December 2004.
Recently, there have been reports linking the Juventus striker to a number of clubs, including Liverpool FC and Manchester United, even if the Italian club were to be promoted to Serie A.