Thierry Henry Thierry Daniel Henry (born 17 August 1977) is a French professional football coach, pundit, and former player who is an assistant coach for the Belgium national team. Considered one of the best strikers of all time and one of the best players ...

is a retired French international footballer, who held the record for the most goals scored for the France national team until being surpassed by

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 ...

in 2022. During his international career he played 123 games for France in which he scored 51 goals. Henry made his international debut against

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in a 2–1 victory in October 1997. His first international goal came in the

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against South Africa. He surpassed the previous all-time French goal-scoring record, held by

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, in October 2007 when he scored twice against

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, taking his tally to 43. Henry retired from international football in July 2010 after a 13-year career, making his final appearance as a substitute, against South Africa, in France's "disastrous" ( lowest ever Finals placement)

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campaign. Henry scored his 51st and final goal for France against

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the preceding October. Henry never scored an international

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, although he did score twice in a match on seven occasions. He scored more times against

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than any other team, with four goals, scored in back-to-back qualifiers for

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. More than half of Henry's goals came in home matches, 31 of his 51 goals being scored in France, including 20 at the

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. 16 of Henry's goals came in friendlies. A tally of four goals in the

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made Henry the tournament's top scorer and led to his being voted the "tournament's most outstanding player". He scored twelve goals in

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qualifiers, including six in the qualification phase of UEFA Euro 2004, where he finished as third-equal top scorer, behind Slovenia's

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and

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List of international goals

:''Scores and results list France's goal tally first. Score column indicates score after each Henry goal.'' Thierry Henry Rubin Kazan

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