31 Facts About Henri Lansbury

Henri Lansbury was described by former Arsenal striker Alan Smith as having "huge potential".

On 31 January 2009, Henri Lansbury went on loan to Scunthorpe United in League One for a month.

Henri Lansbury scored on his full debut against Swindon Town in the league, adding three further goals during his loan campaign.

On 21 August 2009, Henri Lansbury joined Watford on loan until 31 December 2009.

Henri Lansbury scored his first goals for them with a brace against Sheffield Wednesday on 23 October 2009.

On 31 December 2009, Henri Lansbury signed a new long-term contract with Arsenal.

Henri Lansbury made his Premier League debut for Arsenal on 9 May 2010 against Fulham on the last day of the season, after returning from his loan spell at Watford.

On 13 September 2011, Henri Lansbury signed a contract extension, for an undisclosed period of time, with Arsenal.

On 22 November 2010, Henri Lansbury joined Norwich City on a 28-day emergency loan deal to cover for injuries in the City squad.

Henri Lansbury became a cult hero after his goal against Leeds United when he celebrated by doing the Dougie made famous by the song Teach Me How to Dougie.

On 31 August 2011, Henri Lansbury joined West Ham United on a season-long loan from Arsenal.

In October 2011, Henri Lansbury was ruled out until Christmas with a knee injury.

However, Henri Lansbury signed a new three-year contract with Forest on 22 August 2014.

Henri Lansbury then started Forest's next game in the Championship away at Sheffield Wednesday.

Henri Lansbury played 68 minutes of the game and scored Forest's winner in the thirty-seventh minute.

Henri Lansbury went on to win the EFL Championship Player of the Month award of February 2015.

Less than a week after the Rotherham game, a statement was released by Forest on 20 August 2015 confirming that Henri Lansbury had declared his intention to stay at the club.

Henri Lansbury is a very good player for us; he has been very good for us in the last few games.

Henri Lansbury has a good mentality; one that is an example to the rest of the squad.

Henri Lansbury himself expressed a desire to stay at the club in an interview with Sky Sports, describing Forest as his "second home".

On 29 January 2021, Henri Lansbury departed Aston Villa after agreeing a mutual termination of his contract.

On 14 May 2021, Henri Lansbury left Bristol City following the expiration of his contract and was then immediately signed by Luton Town.

Henri Lansbury announced his retirement from professional football on 17 August 2023, at the age of 32.

Henri Lansbury captained England's U-16 side and helped take their U17s to the final of the 2007 UEFA U-17 European Championship.

Henri Lansbury went on to miss the final due to a concussion that he suffered during the semi-final of the tournament.

Henri Lansbury held the captain's armband at the U-19 level where he took England to the 2009 UEFA U-19 European Championship final against Ukraine where they emerged as runners up.

Henri Lansbury scored three goals to end up as the second highest scorer of the tournament altogether.

Henri Lansbury made his debut for the U21 team in a game against Portugal in November 2009.

On 16 November 2010, in an England Under-21 friendly to Germany, Henri Lansbury replaced Jason Steele in goal when he was red carded.

Henri Lansbury let in the resulting penalty by Cenk Tosun but then kept Germany at bay for the rest of the match.

Henri Lansbury was called up to England's U-21 squad for the 2011 UEFA Under-21 Championships featuring in all three group stage matches as a substitute.