Anthony Martial's Life and Career Journey in Football "Won the 2015 Golden Boy Award & Fan of Thiery Henry "

Anthony Joran Martial was born on December 5, 1995 in Massy, Essonne, France. Martial was born to the pair Joran Martial and Audrey Martial. He has two brothers named Johan and Dorian. Both of his brothers are professional footballers. Martial was born a Catholic.

The Martial Family are immigrants from Guadeloupe. His family moved to France in search of a better life. After settling down and having children, both of his parents saw that football became something promising there.

Little Martial has a shy and quiet personality. He prefers to spend time watching TV at home.

Please note that his family and Thierry Henry's family have a close relationship because they are from the same region, which is Guadeloupe. Thanks to that closeness, Martial began to like football and idolized Thierry Henry.

Thanks to the support of the family, right in 2001 Martial joined the academy of CO Les Ulis, an academy which is also a place to study Thierry Henry and Patrice Evra. In fact, Evra monitors Martial's development directly and lets Martial wear one of his shoes at the age of 12.

Martial is rated as an extraordinary talent thanks to his ability to cultivate the round skin. His reputation soared when performed neatly in domestic competition. After more or less eight years of studying there, Martial was sought after by Olympique Lyon.

Until precisely in 2009 when he turned 14 years old, he joined the Lyon academy. Thanks to his brilliant performances in the young Lyon youth team, Martial entered the French U-17 national team. He was included in the names that flew to Slovenia to take part in the U-17 European Cup.

After being judged to be able to compete in the senior team, Martial began his debut with Lyon on 6 December 2012. At that time, Lyon faced Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona in the Europa League. While in the French league, he debuted on 3 February 2013. He entered as a substitute in the 79th minute.

Judged to have extraordinary talent, Martial entered the radar of AS Monaco. At a cost of around 5 million euros, around 181 cm tall player officially joined AS Monaco on June 30, 2013. Martial signed a contract for three years and debuted on 24 November 2013 while replacing Falcao in the match against Nantes. His first goal for Monaco came in a 2-0 win over Rennes six days later.

When he began to shine and was known to many people, Martial was in a relationship with Samantha Helena Jacquelinet. Having been in love for several years, both of them were blessed with two children named Peyton and Toto. However, his story with Samantha foundered in 2016 after Martial was discovered having an affair with a television star, Melanie De Cruz.

Anthony Martial played brilliantly when defending Monaco. In his second season, he managed to score 9 goals in 36 matches in the French League. He scored his first goal in the Champions League competition on August 4, 2015 against BSC Young Boys. At that time, Monaco managed to win with a score of 4-0.

In the same year, precisely on 4 September Martial also debuted with the senior French national team when dealing with Portugal in Lisbon in a friendly match.

After his abilities began to be seen and in the spotlight of many parties, Anthony Martial attracted the interest of the English giant, Manchester United. Right on September 1, 2015, he signed a contract with United for four years. At a cost of 36 million euros, or around Rp 575 billion, the Frenchman officially landed at Old Trafford.

When trafficked by Manchester United, Martial was called the most expensive young player in the world. His transfer successfully stirred some French media before Kylian Mbappe emerged as a new star.

Together with United, Martial scored his goal at Old Trafford on 12 September 2015 when Manchester United won 3-1 against Liverpool. He even won the 2015 Golden Boy Award. As reported by United's official website, Martial won after he got more votes from Kingsley Coman (Juventus / Bayern Munich) and Hector Bellerin (Arsenal).

The election itself was based on voting conducted by journalists from 30 leading newspapers in Europe, including L’Equipe (France), Marca (Spain) and The Times (England).

In his first season, he scored a total of 17 goals from 49 matches and became Manchester United's top scorer. He also helped Manchester United win the FA trophy.

Playing brilliantly with Manchester United, Martial made it into the French national team which competed in the European Cup in 2016. Which he played three times.

However, his performance at Old Trafford was disrupted under the direction of Jose Mourinho. He even postponed contract talks with the club and had wanted to leave for free at the end of the 2018/19 season. However, Solskjaer's presence changed Martial's position. He is determined to stay at the club after gaining greater trust.

Together with Marcus Rashford and Jesse Lingard, Anthony Martial successfully formed a deadly line of attack. Martial has won four trophies with the red demon squad. Sharpness is still needed by Manchester United.