List of leading goalscorers for the France national football team
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This List of leading goalscorers for the France national football team contains football players who have played for the France national team and is listed according to their number of goals scored. The France national football team (French: Equipe de France) represents the nation of France in international football. It is fielded by the French Football Federation (French: Fédération Française de Football) and competes as a member of UEFA.
As hundreds of players have played for the team since it started officially registering its players in 1904, only players with 10 or more official goals are included. The national team's record goal-scorer is Thierry Henry, who scored 51 total goals in 123 competitive appearances for the team between 1997–2010. Henry surpassed Michel Platini, the previous all-time leading goal-scorer, on 17 October 2007 in a match against Lithuania. Henry is the only player to have reach the half-century mark in goals for the national team.[1] Henry is followed by Platini who scored 41 goals, David Trézéguet, who netted 34 goals, and Zinedine Zidane, who scored 31.[2] Henry, Trézéguet, and Zidane were members of the team that won the 1998 FIFA World Cup, while Platini captained France to victory at UEFA Euro 1984.
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Players
- Goals and appearances are composed of FIFA World Cup, UEFA European Football Championship, and FIFA Confederations Cup matches, as well as numerous international friendly tournaments and matches. Players marked in bold are still active and eligible (meaning they have not retired) to play for the national team, while players who are italicized were members of the team that won the 1998 FIFA World Cup.
Statistics correct as of game against Switzerland on June 20 2014
Position key: GK – Goalkeeper; DF – Defender; MF – Midfielder; FW – Forward
# | Name | Position | National team career |
Goals | Caps | Average |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Thierry Henry | FW | 1997–2010 | 51 | 123 | 0.42 |
2 | Michel Platini | MF | 1976–1987 | 41 | 72 | 0.57 |
3 | David Trezeguet | FW | 1998–2008 | 34 | 71 | 0.47 |
4 | Zinedine Zidane | MF | 1994–2006 | 31 | 106 | 0.28 |
5 | Just Fontaine | FW | 1953–1960 | 30 | 21 | 1.42 |
= | Jean-Pierre Papin | FW | 1986–1995 | 30 | 54 | 0.55 |
7 | Youri Djorkaeff | MF | 1993–2002 | 28 | 82 | 0.34 |
8 | Sylvain Wiltord | FW | 1999–2006 | 26 | 92 | 0.28 |
9 | Karim Benzema | FW | 2007– | 25 | 76 | 0.33 |
10 | Jean Vincent | FW | 1953–1961 | 22 | 46 | 0.47 |
11 | Jean Nicolas | FW | 1933–1938 | 21 | 25 | 0.84 |
12 | Paul Nicolas | FW | 1920–1931 | 20 | 35 | 0.57 |
= | Eric Cantona | FW | 1987–1995 | 20 | 45 | 0.44 |
14 | Jean Baratte | FW | 1944–1952 | 19 | 32 | 0.59 |
15 | Roger Piantoni | FW | 1952–1961 | 18 | 37 | 0.48 |
= | Raymond Kopa | MF | 1952–1962 | 18 | 45 | 0.40 |
17 | Franck Ribéry | MF | 2006– | 16 | 81 | 0.20 |
= | Laurent Blanc | DF | 1989–2000 | 16 | 97 | 0.16 |
19 | Eugène Maës | FW | 1911–1913 | 15 | 11 | 1.36 |
= | Hervé Revelli | FW | 1966–1975 | 15 | 30 | 0.50 |
= | Dominique Rocheteau | FW | 1975–1986 | 15 | 49 | 0.30 |
22 | Émile Veinante | DF | 1929–1940 | 14 | 24 | 0.58 |
= | Nicolas Anelka | MF | 1998–2010 | 14 | 69 | 0.20 |
= | Robert Pirès | MF | 1996–2004 | 14 | 79 | 0.17 |
25 | Didier Six | MF | 1976–1984 | 13 | 52 | 0.25 |
= | Maryan Wisnieski | FW | 1955–1963 | 12 | 33 | 0.36 |
= | Bernard Lacombe | FW | 1973–1984 | 12 | 38 | 0.31 |
= | Jules Dewaquez | FW | 1920–1929 | 12 | 41 | 0.29 |
29 | Thadée Cisowski | FW | 1951–1958 | 11 | 13 | 0.84 |
= | Ernest Vaast | MF | 1945–1949 | 11 | 15 | 0.82 |
= | Yannick Stopyra | FW | 1980–1988 | 11 | 33 | 0.33 |
32 | Charly Loubet | FW | 1967–1974 | 10 | 13 | 0.76 |
= | Joseph Ujlaki | FW | 1952–1960 | 10 | 21 | 0.47 |
= | Roger Courtois | FW | 1933–1947 | 10 | 22 | 0.45 |
= | Sidney Govou | MF | 2002–2010 | 10 | 49 | 0.20 |
See also
References
- ↑ France 2–0 Lithuania: Henry smashes Platini record, ESPN Soccernet, 17 October 2007, accessed 18 October 2007
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
External links
- (French) FFF Player Database
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