List of France international footballers
Players

List of France international footballers

Section Title: Players
Table Section Text: None

#	Name	Position	National team career	Caps	Goals	Ref

1	Lilian Thuram	DF	1994–2008	142	2

2	Thierry Henry	FW	1997–2010	123	51

3	Marcel Desailly	DF	1993–2004	116	3

4	Hugo Lloris§	GK	2008–	110	0

5	Zinedine Zidane	MF	1994–2006	108	31

6	Patrick Vieira	MF	1997–2009	107	6

7	Didier Deschamps	MF	1989–2000	103	4

8	Laurent Blanc	DF	1989–2000	97	16

=	Bixente Lizarazu	DF	1992–2004	97	2

10	Sylvain Wiltord	FW	1999–2006	92	26

11	Olivier Giroud§	FW	2011–	89	35

12	Fabien Barthez	GK	1994–2006	87	0

13	William Gallas	DF	2002–2010	84	5

14	Youri Djorkaeff	FW	1993–2002	82	28

=	Manuel Amoros	DF	1982–1992	82	1

16	Karim Benzema§	FW	2007–	81	27

=	Franck Ribéry	MF	2006–2014	81	16

=	Patrice Evra	DF	2004–2016	81	0

19	Florent Malouda	MF	2004–2012	80	9

20	Robert Pires	FW	1996–2004	79	14

=	Blaise Matuidi§	MF	2010–	79	9

22	Maxime Bossis	DF	1976–1986	76	1

23	Michel Platini	MF	1976–1987	72	41

24	David Trezeguet	FW	1998–2008	71	34

=	Claude Makelele	MF	1995–2008	71	0

27	Antoine Griezmann§	FW	2014–	69	28

=	Nicolas Anelka	FW	1998–2010	69	14

28	Eric Abidal	DF	2004–2013	67	0

29	Paul Pogba§	MF	2013–	66	10

30	Marius Trésor	DF	1971–1983	65	4

=	Bacary Sagna	DF	2007–2016	65	0

32	Emmanuel Petit	MF	1990–2003	63	6

=	Roger Marche	DF	1947–1959	63	1

34	Luis Fernández	MF	1982–1992	60	6

35	Henri Michel	MF	1967–1980	58	4

=	Robert Jonquet	DF	1948–1960	58	0

=	Willy Sagnol	DF	2000–2008	58	0

38	Raphaël Varane§	DF	2013–	56	4

=	Patrick Battiston	DF	1977–1989	56	3

=	Moussa Sissoko§	MF	2009–	56	2

41	Christophe Dugarry	FW	1994–2002	55	8

42	Jean-Pierre Papin	FW	1986–1995	54	30

43	Christian Karembeu	MF	1992–2002	53	1

44	Didier Six	MF	1976–1984	52	13

=	Mathieu Valbuena	MF	2010–2015	52	8

=	Jean Tigana	MF	1980–1988	52	1

47	Laurent Koscielny	DF	2011–2018	51	1

48	Frank Leboeuf	DF	1995–2002	50	4

=	Joël Bats	GK	1983–1989	50	0

50	Dominique Rocheteau	FW	1975–1986	49	15

=	Sidney Govou	MF	2002–2010	49	10

52	Yohan Cabaye§	MF	2010–	48	4

=	Jean Djorkaeff	DF	1964–1972	48	3

54	Alain Giresse	MF	1974–1986	47	6

55	Jean Vincent	FW	1953–1961	46	22

=	Étienne Mattler	DF	1930–1940	46	0

57	Eric Cantona	FW	1987–1995	45	20

=	Raymond Kopa	MF	1952–1962	45	18

=	Basile Boli	DF	1986–1993	45	1

60	Georges Bereta	FW	1967–1975	44	4

=	Jean-Jacques Marcel	DF	1953–1961	44	3

=	Alou Diarra	MF	2004–2012	44	0

=	Bernard Lama	GK	1993–2000	44	0

64	Bernard Bosquier	DF	1964–1972	42	3

65	Jules Dewaquez	FW	1920–1929	41	12

=	Djibril Cissé	FW	2002–2011	41	9

=	Samir Nasri	MF	2007–2013	41	5

=	Edmond Delfour	FW	1929–1938	41	2

69	Vincent Candela	DF	1996–2002	40	2

=	Mikaël Silvestre	DF	2001–2006	40	2

=	Gérard Janvion	DF	1975–1982	40	0

72	Franck Sauzée	MF	1988–1993	39	9

=	Armand Penverne	DF	1952–1959	39	2

=	Christian Lopez	DF	1975–1982	39	1

75	Bernard Lacombe	FW	1973–1984	38	12

=	Dimitri Payet§	MF	2010–	38	8

=	N'Golo Kanté§	MF	2016–	38	1

78	Roger Piantoni	FW	1952–1961	37	18

=	Jean-Marc Ferreri	MF	1982–1990	37	3

=	Jocelyn Angloma	DF	1990–1996	37	1

81	Charly Loubet	FW	1967–1974	36	10

=	André-Pierre Gignac	FW	2009–2016	36	7

=	Adil Rami	DF	2010–	36	1

=	Georges Carnus	GK	1963–1973	36	0

=	Jérémy Toulalan	MF	2006–2010	36	0

86	Paul Nicolas	FW	1920–1931	35	20

=	Georges Lech	FW	1963–1973	35	7

=	Raymond Kaelbel	DF	1954–1960	35	1

89	Bruno Bellone	FW	1981–1988	34	2

=	Grégory Coupet	GK	2001–2008	34	0

=	Lassana Diarra	MF	2007–2016	34	0

92	Maryan Wisnieski	FW	1955–1963	33	12

=	Yannick Stopyra	FW	1980–1988	33	11

94	Jean Baratte	FW	1944–1952	32	19

95	Loïc Rémy§	FW	2009–	31	7

=	Alfred Aston	FW	1934–1946	31	5

=	Raymond Dubly	FW	1913–1935	31	4

=	Yoann Gourcuff	MF	2008–2013	31	4

=	André Lerond	DF	1957–1963	31	0

=	Bruno Martini	GK	1987–1996	31	0

=	Alex Thépot	GK	1927–1935	31	0

102	Hervé Revelli	FW	1966–1975	30	15

=	Kylian Mbappé§	FW	2017–	30	12

=	Marcel Langiller	FW	1927–1937	30	7

=	Bernard Casoni	DF	1988–1992	30	0

106	Samuel Umtiti§	DF	2016–	29	4

=	Mamadou Sakho§	DF	2010–	29	2

=	Philippe Mexès	DF	2002–2012	29	1

109	Yvon Le Roux	DF	1983–1989	28	1

=	Steve Mandanda§	GK	2008–	28	0

111	Bernard Genghini	DF	1980–1986	27	6

=	Mathieu Debuchy	DF	2011–2018	27	2

=	Jean-Alain Boumsong	DF	2003–2009	27	1

=	Antoine Cuissard	MF	1946–1954	27	1

115	Patrice Loko	FW	1993–1997	26	7

=	Alain Boghossian	MF	1997–2002	26	2

=	Jean-Philippe Durand	MF	1988–1992	26	0

=	François Remetter	GK	1953–1959	26	0

=	Jean Wendling	DF	1959–1963	26	0

120	Jean Nicolas	FW	1933–1938	25	21

=	Oscar Heisserer	MF	1936–1948	25	8

=	Reynald Pedros	MF	1993–1996	25	4

=	Alain Roche	DF	1988–1996	25	1

=	Joseph Bonnel	MF	1962–1969	25	1

=	Julien Darui	GK	1939–1951	25	0

=	Jean-Paul Rostagni	DF	1969–1973	25	0

=	Alexandre Villaplane	MF	1926–1930	25	0

128	Émile Veinante	FW	1929–1940	24	14

=	Jérémy Ménez	MF	2010–2013	24	2

=	François Hugues	MF	1919–1927	24	1

=	André Chorda	DF	1960–1966	24	0

=	René Ferrier	MF	1958–1964	24	0

133	Steve Marlet	MF	2000–2004	23	6

=	André Strappe	MF	1949–1954	23	4

=	Robert Herbin	MF	1960–1968	23	3

=	Philippe Bonnardel	MF	1920–1927	23	0

=	Éric Di Meco	DF	1989–1996	23	0

=	Lucas Digne§	DF	2014–	23	0

139	Roger Courtois	FW	1933–1947	22	10

=	Christian Perez	FW	1988–1992	22	2

=	Yann M'Vila	MF	2010–2012	22	1

=	Pascal Vahirua	FW	1990–1994	22	1

=	Jean-Pierre Adams	DF	1972–1976	22	0

=	Benoît Pedretti	MF	2002–2005	22	0

=	Thierry Tusseau	MF	1977–1986	22	0

=	Jules Vandooren	DF	1933–1942	22	0

147	Just Fontaine	FW	1953–1960	21	30

=	Joseph Ujlaki	FW	1952–1960	21	10

=	Ousmane Dembélé§	FW	2016–	21	2

=	Nabil Fekir§	FW	2015–	21	2

=	Marcel Artelesa	DF	1963–1966	21	1

=	Olivier Dacourt	DF	2001–2004	21	1

=	Dominique Baratelli	GK	1969–1982	21	0

=	Pierre Bernard	GK	1960–1965	21	0

=	Pierre Chayriguès	GK	1911–1925	21	0

=	Bruno Rodzik	DF	1960–1963	21	0

=	Sébastien Squillaci	DF	2004–2010	21	0

=	Urbain Wallet	DF	1925–1929	21	0

159	Dominique Bathenay	DF	1975–1982	20	4

=	Yvon Douis	FW	1957–1965	20	4

=	Louis Saha	FW	2004–2012	20	4

=	Jean Ducret	MF	1910–1914	20	3

=	Benjamin Pavard§	DF	2017–	20	1

=	Anthony Réveillère	MF	2003–2012	20	1

=	Marcel Aubour	DF	1964–1968	20	0

=	William Ayache	DF	1983–1988	20	0

=	Gaël Clichy	MF	2008–2013	20	0

=	Marcel Domergue	DF	1922–1928	20	0

=	Jacky Novi	DF	1969–1972	20	0

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Jean Edouard Marie Nicolas was a French international footballer.
Jean Edouard Marie Nicolas was a French international footballer who played as a striker.
Jean Edouard Marie Nicolas was a French international footballer.

final_sentence: Jean Edouard Marie Nicolas was a French international footballer.
final_sentence: Jean Edouard Marie Nicolas was a French international footballer who played as a striker.
final_sentence: Jean Edouard Marie Nicolas was a French international footballer.