This list of leading goalscorers for the France national football team contains
football
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players who have played for the
France national football team
The France national football team (french: Équipe de France de football) represents France in men's international football matches. It is governed by the French Football Federation (FFF; ), the governing body for football in France. It is a ...
and is listed according to their number of goals scored. The France national football team (french: Equipe de France) represents the nation of
France
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in international football. It is fielded by the
French Football Federation
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(french: Fédération Française de Football) and competes as a member of
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
Olivier Giroud
Olivier Jonathan Giroud (born 30 September 1986) is a French professional footballer who plays as a striker for club AC Milan and the France national team. Regarded for his work-rate, strength, acrobatic strikes, shot power, consistent goal-s ...
with 53 goals, followed by Thierry Henry with 51
goals, Platini, who scored 41 goals,
Antoine Griezmann
Antoine Griezmann (; born 21 March 1991) is a French professional footballer who plays as a forward for La Liga club Atlético Madrid and the France national team. A versatile player, Griezmann is known for his attacking, passing, and supportiv ...
, who has scored 38 goals,
David Trezeguet
David Sergio Trezeguet (born 15 October 1977) is a French former professional footballer who played as a striker.
Trezeguet began his career in Argentina with Club Atlético Platense at the age of eight, progressing through their youth system ...
, who netted 34 goals,
Kylian Mbappe
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The name is s ...
, who has scored 33 goals, is currently the youngest French player to reach 30 goals for the French national team and
Zinedine Zidane
Zinedine Yazid Zidane (; born 23 June 1972), popularly known as Zizou, is a French professional football manager and former player who played as an attacking midfielder. He most recently coached Spanish club Real Madrid and is one of the most ...
, with 31 goals.
Henry, Trezeguet, and Zidane were members of the team that won the
1998 FIFA World Cup
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, Giroud and Griezmann featured in the team that won the
2018 FIFA World Cup
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, and Platini
captained France to victory at
UEFA Euro 1984
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At the time, only eight countries ...
.
Olivier Giroud has scored 53 total goals in 117 competitive appearances for the team between 2011 - present.
* ''Goals and appearances are composed of
FIFA World Cup
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and
UEFA European Championship
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matches and each competition's required qualification matches, as well as
UEFA Nations League
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The first tournament began in September 2018. The ...
matches,
FIFA Confederations Cup
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matches and numerous international friendly tournaments and matches.''
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Denmark
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on 26 November 2022''
See also
*
List of France international footballers
The France national football team (french: Equipe de France) represents the nation of France in international association football. It is fielded by the French Football Federation (french: Fédération Française de Football), the governing bo ...
References
External links
FFF Player Database
{{Football in France
goal
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