Former Arsenal striker Thierry Henry has been appointed head coach of Monaco until June 2021.
The 41-year-old Frenchman, who had been Belgium's assistant manager, began his professional career at Monaco and helped them win Ligue 1 in 1997. The club are third from bottom in Ligue 1 and sacked manager Leonardo Jardim on Thursday.
"I am very happy to come back to Monaco and extremely determined to meet the challenges ahead," Henry said.
"I cannot wait to meet the players to start working together."
Henry is Arsenal's record scorer and also played for Juventus, Barcelona and New York Red Bulls.
Monaco have won once all season in all competitions. In Ligue 1 they have six points from nine games with five defeats and have lost both games in the Champions League.
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Portuguese boss Jardim was appointed in 2014 and led the club to the French title in 2017, their first since 2000.The 44-year-old also guided Monaco to the Champions League semifinals in 2016-17 and helped develop players such as Paris St-Germain forward Kylian Mbappe, Atletico Madrid's Thomas Lemar and Manchester City pair Bernardo Silva and Benjamin Mendy.
Henry, who had been linked with Aston Villa, was with Belgium on Friday as they beat Switzerland 2-1 in the Nations League. In July he helped the team finish third at the World Cup.
He started his career at Monaco in 1994 under former Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger, before joining Juventus in 1999.
After just a year in Italy, he signed for the Gunners and went on to win two Premier League titles and two FA Cups in eight years in north London. Then he moved to Barcelona, winning a treble of La Liga, Copa del Rey and Champions League in 2008-09.
Henry was a World Cup winner with France in 1998 and won the European Championship two years later, scoring 51 goals in 123 appearances for Les Bleus.
He retired as a player in December 2014 to work as a television pundit, before joining Belgium's coaching staff in 2016...