This List of leading goalscorers for the France national football team contains football

Football (soccer)

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 players who have played for the France national team and is listed according to their number of goals scored. The France national football team

France national football team

The France national football team represents the nation of France in international football. It is fielded by the French Football Federation , the governing body of football in France, and competes as a member of UEFA, which encompasses the countries of Europe...

  represents the nation of France

France

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 in international football. It is fielded by the French Football Federation

French Football Federation

The French Football Federation is the governing body of association football in France, as well as the overseas departments and territories . It was formed in 1919 and is based in the capital Paris...

  and competes as a member of UEFA

UEFA

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.

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

Thierry Henry

Thierry Daniel Henry is a French professional footballer who plays for the New York Red Bulls in Major League Soccer.Henry was born in Les Ulis, Essonne where he played for an array of local sides as a youngster and showed great promise as a goal-scorer. He was spotted by AS Monaco in 1990 and...

, who scored 51 total goals in 123 competitive appearances for the team between 1997–2010. Henry surpassed Michel Platini

Michel Platini

Michel François Platini is a former French football player, manager and current president of UEFA. Platini was a member of the French national team that won the 1984 European Championship, a tournament in which he was the top goalscorer and voted the best player. He participated in the 1978, 1982...

, the previous all-time leading goal-scorer, on 17 October 2007 in a match against Lithuania

Lithuania national football team

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. Henry is the only player to have reach the half-century mark in goals for the national team. Henry is followed by Platini who scored 41 goals, David Trézéguet

David Trézéguet

David Sergio Trezeguet is a World Cup winning French international footballer who currently is a free agent after being released by Baniyas SC on 21 Nov 2011....

, who netted 34 goals, and Zinedine Zidane

Zinedine Zidane

Zinedine Yazid Zidane is a retired French footballer. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time. Zidane was a leading figure of a generation of French players that won the 1998 World Cup and 2000 European Championship...

, who scored 31. Henry, Trézéguet, and Zidane were members of the team that won the 1998 FIFA World Cup

1998 FIFA World Cup

The 1998 FIFA World Cup, the 16th FIFA World Cup, was held in France from 10 June to 12 July 1998. France was chosen as host nation by FIFA on 2 July 1992. The tournament was won by France, who beat Brazil 3-0 in the final...

, while Platini captained France to victory at UEFA Euro 1984.

Players

• Goals and appearances are composed of FIFA World Cup
  FIFA World Cup
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  , UEFA European Football Championship
  UEFA European Football Championship
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  , and FIFA Confederations Cup
  FIFA Confederations Cup
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   matches, as well as numerous international friendly tournaments and matches. Statistics correct as of 9 February 2011. 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.

Position key:
GK – Goalkeeper;
DF – Defender

Defender (football)

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;
MF – Midfielder

Midfielder

A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role...

;
FW – Forward

Striker

Forwards, also known as strikers, are the players on a team in association football who play nearest to the opposing team's goal, and are therefore principally responsible for scoring goals...

#	Name	Position	National team career	Goals	Caps	Average
1	Thierry Henry Thierry Henry Thierry Daniel Henry is a French professional footballer who plays for the New York Red Bulls in Major League Soccer.Henry was born in Les Ulis, Essonne where he played for an array of local sides as a youngster and showed great promise as a goal-scorer. He was spotted by AS Monaco in 1990 and...	FW	1997–2010	51	123	0.42
2	Michel Platini Michel Platini Michel François Platini is a former French football player, manager and current president of UEFA. Platini was a member of the French national team that won the 1984 European Championship, a tournament in which he was the top goalscorer and voted the best player. He participated in the 1978, 1982...	MF	1976–1987	41	72	0.57
3	David Trézéguet David Trézéguet David Sergio Trezeguet is a World Cup winning French international footballer who currently is a free agent after being released by Baniyas SC on 21 Nov 2011....	FW	1998–	34	71	0.47
4	Zinedine Zidane Zinedine Zidane Zinedine Yazid Zidane is a retired French footballer. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time. Zidane was a leading figure of a generation of French players that won the 1998 World Cup and 2000 European Championship...	MF	1994–2006	31	106	0.28
5	Just Fontaine Just Fontaine Just "Justo" Fontaine is a former French football player.-Football career:He holds the record for most goals scored in a single FIFA World Cup finals tournament, with 13 in 1958...	FW	1953–1960	30	21	1.42
=	Jean-Pierre Papin Jean-Pierre Papin Jean-Pierre Papin is a former French professional football player who was European Footballer of the Year in 1991.Papin achieved his greatest success while playing for Olympique Marseille between 1986 and 1992...	FW	1986–1995	30	54	0.55
7	Youri Djorkaeff Youri Djorkaeff Youri Raffi Djorkaeff is a former French international footballer who played as a forward or as an attacking midfielder. With the French national team, Djorkaeff won the 1998 FIFA World Cup and Euro 2000...	MF	1993–2002	28	82	0.34
8	Sylvain Wiltord Sylvain Wiltord Sylvain Claude Wiltord is a French footballer who currently plays for FC Nantes. With the French national team, Wiltord has won Euro 2000 and reached the final of the 2006 FIFA World Cup....	FW	1999–2006	26	92	0.28
9	Jean Vincent	FW	1953–1961	22	46	0.47
10	Jean Nicolas Jean Nicolas Jean Edouard Marie Nicolas was a French international footballer.Born in Nanterre, Nicolas played club soccer for FC Rouen, and appeared in the 1934 and 1938 World Cup squads for France, and scored two goals in the 1938 tournament.He scored a total of 21 goals in 25 international games between...	FW	1933–1938	21	25	0.84
11	Paul Nicolas Paul Nicolas Paul Nicolas was a French international footballer. He was part of France national football team squad at the 1920, 1924 and 1928 Summer Olympics.He was later part of France national football team selection committee....	FW	1920–1931	20	35	0.57
=	Eric Cantona Eric Cantona Eric Daniel Pierre Cantona is a French actor and former French international footballer. He played for Auxerre, Martigues, Marseille, Bordeaux, Montpellier, Nîmes and Leeds United before ending his professional footballing career at Manchester United, where he won four Premier League titles in...	FW	1987–1995	20	45	0.44
12	Jean Baratte Jean Baratte Jean Baratte was a French international footballer who played as striker, and manager. He is an historic player of Lille OSC and the twelfth goalscorer in Ligue 1.-Titles:As a player...	FW	1944–1952	19	32	0.59
13	Roger Piantoni Roger Piantoni Roger Piantoni is a former French international footballer.-Honors:* 3rd place at the 1958 FIFA World Cup with France.* Finalist of the European Champions Cup in 1959 with Reims....	FW	1952–1961	18	37	0.48
=	Raymond Kopa Raymond Kopa Raymond Kopa , is a former French football offensive midfielder, integral to the French national team of the 1950s....	MF	1952–1962	18	45	0.40
15	Laurent Blanc Laurent Blanc Laurent Robert Blanc is a French association football manager and former player. He is the head coach of the French national team, having replaced Raymond Domenech in the wake of the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. He was previously the manager of Bordeaux...	DF	1989–2000	16	97	0.16
=	Eugène Maës Eugène Maës Eugène Maës was a French footballer.-Career:A young prodigy of the Lost Generation, Maës is the first true goalscorer for the French national team...	FW	1911–1913	15	11	1.36
=	Hervé Revelli Hervé Revelli Hervé Revelli, is a French former footballer. He is well known for having won the French Championship the equal most amount of times of any player...	FW	1966–1975	15	30	0.50
=	Dominique Rocheteau Dominique Rocheteau Dominique Rocheteau is a former football striker from France, who is currently the head of the National Commission of Ethics of the French Football Association....	FW	1975–1986	15	49	0.30
19	Émile Veinante Émile Veinante Émile Veinante was a French footballer and coach.Veinante was primarily a forward. He began his club career in 1916 with the youth squad at FC Metz, which was at that time still in German-controlled Alsace-Lorraine...	DF	1929–1940	14	24	0.58
=	Nicolas Anelka Nicolas Anelka Abdul-Salam Bilal on 14 March 1979) is a French international footballer, who plays as a striker for English Premier League club Chelsea. Anelka was also a regular starter for the French national team...	MF	1998–2010	14	69	0.20
=	Robert Pirès Robert Pirès Robert Emmanuel Pirès is a former French international footballer. He is perhaps best known for his time with Arsenal, with whom he won three FA Cups and two FA Premier League titles including the club's famous unbeaten season of 2003–04...	MF	1996–2004	14	79	0.17
22	Didier Six Didier Six Didier Six is a former French international footballer. He played as a winger and he earned 52 caps and scored 13 goals for the France national football team. He played in the 1978 FIFA World Cup and the 1982 FIFA World Cup, and was also part of the winning team at Euro 84...	MF	1976–1984	13	52	0.25
23	Karim Benzema Karim Benzema Karim Benzema is a French international footballer who currently plays for Real Madrid in the Spanish La Liga. He primarily plays as a striker whose influence can extend out to the wings and is known for his technical ability, powerful style of play, and vast goal-scoring ability...	FW	2007–	12	33	0.36
=	Maryan Wisnieski	FW	1955–1963	12	33	0.36
=	Bernard Lacombe Bernard Lacombe Bernard Lacombe is a retired French football player. He played forward, mainly with Olympique Lyonnais, Girondins Bordeaux and the French national team.-Career:...	FW	1973–1984	12	38	0.31
=	Jules Dewaquez Jules Dewaquez Jules Dewaquez , was a French amateur footballer, who played for both club and country on the right wing. He was extremely short and renowned for his small moustache. By profession he was a technical draughtsman, but he became one of the most successful French players during the 1920s...	FW	1920–1929	12	41	0.29
27	Thadée Cisowski Thadée Cisowski Thadée Cisowski , originally Tadeusz Cisowski, is a former French footballer who played striker, son of Polish immigrants like Raymond Kopa and one of the best goalscorers in Championnat de France....	FW	1951–1958	11	13	0.84
=	Ernest Vaast Ernest Vaast Ernest Vaast was a French international football midfielder. He scored 11 goals in 15 matches for France and was a main player at RC Paris.-References:...	MF	1945–1949	11	15	0.82
=	Yannick Stopyra Yannick Stopyra Yannick Stopyra is a former French international footballer who played as striker, and who represented the France national football team in 33 matches between 1980 and 1988...	FW	1980–1988	11	33	0.33
30	Charly Loubet Charly Loubet Charly Loubet, is a retired French international footballer who played as striker.In 1962, he became the youngest professional football player in France by signing with AS Cannes.Then, he played all his career in France, playing for Stade Français, OGC Nice, Olympique Marseille, OGC Nice before...	FW	1967–1974	10	13	0.76
=	Joseph Ujlaki Joseph Ujlaki Joseph Ujlaki was a French footballer of Hungarian descent, one of the best strikers in Division 1 in the 1950s and 1960s.-Titles:* Division 1 in 1956 with OGC Nice....	FW	1952–1960	10	21	0.47
=	Roger Courtois Roger Courtois Roger Courtois was a French association football striker and manager.He was part of France national football team at the FIFA World Cup 1934 and 1938.- FC Sochaux-Montbéliard:* Division 1: 1935, 1938* Coupe de France: 1937...	FW	1933–1947	10	22	0.45
=	Sidney Govou Sidney Govou Sidney Rodrigue Noukpo Govou is a French international footballer of Beninese descent who currently plays for Évian Thonon Gaillard FC. Govou is a naturally attacking player but rarely plays as a striker, he is more commonly deployed as a winger. His main attribute is his pace...	MF	2002–	10	49	0.20

External links

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