Trezeguet began his career at Platensein the Argentine Primera División, where he played his first professional game on June 12, 1994, in a 1-1 tie against Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata.

Trezeguet would shortly get his first goal of 2009 in a 2 – 0 win against Palermo in late February – a match where he received the captaincy for the first time in his professional career.

Trezeguet would later state that the adrenaline he gets while playing for River surpasses any other moment he experienced in his career, including winning the 1998 FIFA World Cup with France and scoring the golden goal in the finals of the 2000 EURO Cup: " I am feeling things that I have never felt before.

France won the tournament, defeating Italy 2 – 1 in the final with a golden goal by David Trezeguet after equalising with a last-minute goal, and became the first team to win the European championship while being world champion.

Trezeguet spent some time with Monaco B, the club's reserve-team, in order to gain match practice having made just 9 league appearances in total for the club's first-team during his first two seasons.

When Juventus were relegated to Serie B for the 2006 – 07 season, Trezeguet scored 15 goals in 31 league appearances helping the club gain promotion back to Serie A. Trezeguet had scored 135 goals in 245 league appearances for Juventus before transferring to La Liga club Hércules CF for the 2010 – 11 La Liga season, where he scored 12 goals in 31 appearances being partnered with Nelson Haedo Valdez upfront.

Soon after, in December 2011, Trezeguet signed a three-year contract with Primera B Nacional side River Plate.

Trezeguet is of Jewish ancestry and is married to Béatrice with whom he has two children: Aaron and Noraan.

Trezeguet spent two seaons with Monaco B, having made just 9 appearances in total for the club's first-team during his first two seasons.

In his second season at Juventus, Trezeguet scored 24 league goals in 34 league matches to finish as the Serie A top goalscorer along with Dario Hübner of Piacenza, as Juventus won the Serie A.

As one of the clubs star players, Trezeguet was heavily linked to a move away from Juventus, but he ultimately stayed with the Bianconeri to rescue them from the second division and help the shattered club return to Italy's top flight.

After scoring a goal in Juventus ' final match of the 2006 – 07 Serie B season against Spezia, Trezeguet made a gesture toward the club president, making a number 15 with his fingers – the number of goals he scored throughout the Serie B season – which was followed by a hand gesture which, in Italian, means " I'm out of here.

At the end of the 2009 – 10 season, Trezeguet ranked fourth among Juventus'all-time top goalscorers with 171 goals.

Trezeguet finished his first season at River Plate with 13 goals in 18 matches, finishing sixth behind the team's top goalscorer Fernando Cavenaghi.

The failure was then followed up by a quarter-final exit at Euro 2004 at the hands of unheralded Greece with Trezeguet scoring just one goal in the tournament in a 2 – 2 draw against Croatia.

Juventus coach Carlo Monetti replaces him with David Trezeguet ( David Tresaga in the anime ), who scores the winning goal as Juventus beat Parma 1-0.

Ibrahimović gained fame in Serie A, benefiting from his strike partnership with David Trezeguet.

Guivarc ' h was booked in the quarter-final against Italy and substituted in the 65th minute with Christian Karembeu for Thierry Henry and David Trezeguet.

David Sergio Trezeguet () ( born 15 October 1977 ) is a World Cup winning French-Argentinian footballer who plays for and captains Club Atlético River Plate in the Argentine Primera Division.

" On 19 January 2012 Trezeguet scored in his first appearance for River Plate in a friendly match against Racing Club de Avellaneda.

Trezeguet scored 34 goals in 71 appearances for the France national football team between 1998 and 2008, he also played for France at U-18, U-20 and U-21 levels.

Trezeguet represented France at the 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship, the 1998 FIFA World Cup, UEFA Euro 2000, the 2002 FIFA World Cup, UEFA Euro 2004 and the 2006 FIFA World Cup.

Despite France winning the 1998 World Cup and finishing runners-up at the 2006 tournament, Trezeguet is perhaps most famous for scoring the golden goal in the Euro 2000 final against Italy which gave France a 2 – 1 win in extra time.

Trezeguet is a childhood fan of River, having grown up in Buenos Aires, and upon arriving at the club spoke of it being his dream move, " Being here is a unique feeling, motivated by everything that River represents.

Trezeguet scored one goal in the tournament, in the 4 – 0 win over Saudi Arabia, as France went on to win the World Cup, defeating Brazil 3 – 0 in the final at the Stade de France.

Trezeguet scored 8 goals in 10 Champions League appearances as Juventus eventually lost 2 – 3 on penalties against AC Milan in the final.

8 Days later since his debut, Trezeguet scored his first goal for the club, from the penalty spot in a 2-1 loss against Valencia.

With 10 hat-tricks, Inzaghi is ahead of Giuseppe Signori ( 9 ), Hernán Crespo ( 8 ), Roberto Baggio, Marco van Basten, Gabriel Batistuta, Abel Balbo, Vincenzo Montella ( 7 ), and Antonio Di Natale and David Trezeguet ( 6 ).

In the 2003 UEFA Champions League Final, Trezeguet was one of three Juventus players to have their penalty saved by Milan keeper Dida, as Juventus lost 3 – 2 on penalty kicks after a 0 – 0 draw.

In the lead up to the 1998 World Cup in France, Aimé Jacquet gave younger players such as David Trezeguet, Thierry Henry, and Patrick Vieira the chance to display their talent, and all three were eventually selected for the World Cup ahead of experienced French players including David Ginola.

Trezeguet first competed internationally in the French youth squad alongside Thierry Henry, Willy Sagnol, and William Gallas, and played in the 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship.

Monaco were crowned champions of the 1996 – 97 season and qualified for the 1997 – 98 UEFA Champions League where Trezeguet scored 4 goals in 9 appearances.

In 2000, Trezeguet signed for Serie A club Juventus for a transfer fee of £ 20million, where he scored 14 goals in 25 league appearances during his first season.

Trezeguet scored the fifth goal which made the promotion mathematically possible.

Trezeguet finally made his return on 4 February 2009 against Napoli in the Coppa Italia and had a goal controversially disallowed.

On 11 September 2010, Trezeguet made his debut in a 2-0 victory the defending champions Barcelona.

Also in his debut, Trezeguet received a yellow card.

In 2000, France defeated Italy in extra time in the UEFA Euro 2000 Final when David Trezeguet scored a golden goal.

France, the reigning world champions, were favoured to win, and they lived up to expectations when they beat Italy 2 – 1 after extra time, having come from being 1 – 0 down: Sylvain Wiltord equalized in the very last minute of the game and David Trezeguet scored the winner in extra time.

In the 2003 UEFA Champions League Final the penalty-shoot out has caused controversy among many fans as replays showed that Dida was off his goal line when saving penalties from Trezeguet, Zalayeta and Montero.

Trezeguet scored 18 goals in 27 Ligue 1 appearances in the 1997 – 98 season, finishing as the league's second leading goal scorer.

Trezeguet left the club in 2000, having scored 52 goals in 93 Ligue 1 appearances and having claimed two Ligue 1 championships and the 1997 Trophée des champions.

On 30 August 2011, Trezeguet completed a move to UAE Pro-League side Baniyas SC on a one-year deal.

Trezeguet was born in Rouen, Upper Normandy, France, and grew up in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

He is the son of former French-Argentine footballer Jorge Trezeguet, who now works as his agent.