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

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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 ...

and is listed according to their number of goals scored. The France national football team (french: Equipe de France) represents the nation of

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in international football. It is fielded by the

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(french: Fédération Française de Football) and competes as a member of

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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 supporti ...

, 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 sys ...

, who netted 34 goals,

Kylian Mbappe Killian or Kilian, as a given name, is an Anglicized version of the Irish name Cillian. The name Cillian was borne by several early Irish saints including missionaries to Artois and Franconia and the author of the life of St Brigid. 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 mos ...

, with 31 goals. Henry, Trezeguet, and Zidane were members of the team that won the

1998 FIFA World Cup The 1998 FIFA World Cup was the 16th FIFA World Cup, the football world championship for men's national teams. The finals tournament was held in France from 10 June to 12 July 1998. The country was chosen as the host nation by FIFA for t ...

, Giroud and Griezmann featured in the team that won the

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, and Platini captained France to victory at

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. Olivier Giroud has scored 53 total goals in 117 competitive appearances for the team between 2011 - present. * ''Goals and appearances are composed of

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and

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matches and each competition's required qualification matches, as well as

UEFA Nations League The UEFA Nations League is a biennial international football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the member associations of UEFA, the sport's European governing body. The first tournament began in September 2018. The ...

matches,

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matches and numerous international friendly tournaments and matches.'' ''Statistics correct as of game against

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on 26 November 2022'' Olivier Giroud in 2017 (cropped)

Michel Platini in Wroclaw by Klearchos Kapoutsis tight crop

References

External links

FFF Player Database
{{Football in France

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