# List of international goals scored by Thierry Henry

Thierry Henry 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 in 2022. During his international career he played 123 games for France in which he scored 51 goals. Henry made his international debut against South Africa in a 2–1 victory in October 1997. His first international goal came in the 1998 FIFA World Cup against South Africa. He surpassed the previous all-time French goal-scoring record, held by Michel Platini, in October 2007 when he scored twice against Lithuania, 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) 2010 FIFA World Cup campaign. Henry scored his 51st and final goal for France against Austria the preceding October.
Henry never scored an international hat-trick, although he did score twice in a match on seven occasions. He scored more times against Malta than any other team, with four goals, scored in back-to-back qualifiers for UEFA Euro 2004. More than half of Henry's goals came in home matches, 31 of his 51 goals being scored in France, including 20 at the Stade de France.
16 of Henry's goals came in friendlies. A tally of four goals in the 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup made Henry the tournament's top scorer and led to his being voted the "tournament's most outstanding player". He scored twelve goals in UEFA European Championship qualifiers, including six in the qualification phase of UEFA Euro 2004, where he finished as third-equal top scorer, behind Slovenia's Ermin Šiljak and Spain's Raúl.

## List of international goals

    Scores and results list France's goal tally first. Score column indicates score after each Henry goal.
List of international goals scored by Thierry Henry :
| No. | Date | Venue | Cap | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
| 1 | 12 June 1998 | Stade Vélodrome, Marseille, France | 4 | South Africa | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1998 FIFA World Cup |
| 2 | 18 June 1998 | Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France | 5 | Saudi Arabia | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1998 FIFA World Cup |
| 3 | 18 June 1998 | Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France | 5 | Saudi Arabia | 3–0 | 4–0 | 1998 FIFA World Cup |
| 4 | 29 March 2000 | Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland | 12 | Scotland | 1–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
| 5 | 6 June 2000 | Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca, Morocco | 16 | Morocco | 1–0 | 5–1 | Friendly |
| 6 | 11 June 2000 | Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges, Belgium | 17 | Denmark | 2–0 | 3–0 | UEFA Euro 2000 |
| 7 | 16 June 2000 | Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges, Belgium | 18 | Czech Republic | 1–0 | 2–1 | UEFA Euro 2000 |
| 8 | 28 June 2000 | King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium | 20 | Portugal | 1–1 | 2–1 | UEFA Euro 2000 |
| 9 | 24 March 2001 | Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France | 27 | Japan | 2–0 | 5–0 | Friendly |
| 10 | 25 April 2001 | Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France | 29 | Portugal | 3–0 | 4–0 | Friendly |
| 11 | 6 October 2001 | Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France | 32 | Algeria | 3–0 | 4–1 | Friendly |
| 12 | 27 March 2002 | Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France | 34 | Scotland | 3–0 | 5–0 | Friendly |
| 13 | 16 October 2002 | National Stadium, Ta' Qali, Malta | 41 | Malta | 1–0 | 4–0 | UEFA Euro 2004 qualification |
| 14 | 16 October 2002 | National Stadium, Ta' Qali, Malta | 41 | Malta | 2–0 | 4–0 | UEFA Euro 2004 qualification |
| 15 | 29 March 2003 | Stade Félix-Bollaert, Lens, France | 44 | Malta | 2–0 | 6–0 | UEFA Euro 2004 qualification |
| 16 | 29 March 2003 | Stade Félix-Bollaert, Lens, France | 44 | Malta | 3–0 | 6–0 | UEFA Euro 2004 qualification |
| 17 | 30 April 2003 | Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France | 46 | Egypt | 1–0 | 5–0 | Friendly |
| 18 | 30 April 2003 | Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France | 46 | Egypt | 2–0 | 5–0 | Friendly |
| 19 | 18 June 2003 | Stade de Gerland, Lyon, France | 47 | Colombia | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup |
| 20 | 22 June 2003 | Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France | 49 | New Zealand | 2–0 | 5–0 | 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup |
| 21 | 26 June 2003 | Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France | 50 | Turkey | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup |
| 22 | 29 June 2003 | Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France | 51 | Cameroon | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup |
| 23 | 6 September 2003 | Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France | 53 | Cyprus | 4–0 | 5–0 | UEFA Euro 2004 qualification |
| 24 | 11 October 2003 | Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France | 55 | Israel | 1–0 | 3–0 | UEFA Euro 2004 qualification |
| 25 | 15 November 2003 | Arena AufSchalke, Gelsenkirchen, Germany | 56 | Germany | 1–0 | 3–0 | Friendly |
| 26 | 21 June 2004 | Estádio Cidade de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal | 62 | Switzerland | 2–1 | 3–1 | UEFA Euro 2004 |
| 27 | 21 June 2004 | Estádio Cidade de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal | 62 | Switzerland | 3–1 | 3–1 | UEFA Euro 2004 |
| 28 | 13 October 2004 | GSP Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus | 68 | Cyprus | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 29 | 17 August 2005 | Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier, France | 71 | Ivory Coast | 3–0 | 3–0 | Friendly |
| 30 | 7 September 2005 | Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland | 73 | Republic of Ireland | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 31 | 9 November 2005 | Stade d'Honneur de Dillon, Fort-de-France, France | 74 | Costa Rica | 3–2 | 3–2 | Friendly |
| 32 | 31 May 2006 | Stade Félix-Bollaert, Lens, France | 77 | Denmark | 1–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
| 33 | 7 June 2006 | Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne, France | 78 | China | 3–1 | 3–1 | Friendly |
| 34 | 18 June 2006 | Zentralstadion, Leipzig, Germany | 80 | South Korea | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2006 FIFA World Cup |
| 35 | 23 June 2006 | Müngersdorfer Stadion, Cologne, Germany | 81 | Togo | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2006 FIFA World Cup |
| 36 | 1 July 2006 | Waldstadion, Frankfurt, Germany | 83 | Brazil | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2006 FIFA World Cup |
| 37 | 6 September 2006 | Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France | 88 | Italy | 2–0 | 3–1 | UEFA Euro 2008 qualification |
| 38 | 11 October 2006 | Stade Auguste Bonal, Montbéliard, France | 90 | Faroe Islands | 2–0 | 5–0 | UEFA Euro 2008 qualification |
| 39 | 15 November 2006 | Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France | 91 | Greece | 1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly |
| 40 | 22 August 2007 | Štadión Antona Malatinského, Trnava, Slovakia | 93 | Slovakia | 1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly |
| 41 | 13 October 2007 | Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands | 95 | Faroe Islands | 2–0 | 6–0 | UEFA Euro 2008 qualification |
| 42 | 17 October 2007 | Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes, France | 96 | Lithuania | 1–0 | 2–0 | UEFA Euro 2008 qualification |
| 43 | 17 October 2007 | Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes, France | 96 | Lithuania | 2–0 | 2–0 | UEFA Euro 2008 qualification |
| 44 | 21 November 2007 | Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex, Kyiv, Ukraine | 97 | Ukraine | 1–1 | 2–2 | UEFA Euro 2008 qualification |
| 45 | 13 June 2008 | Stade de Suisse, Bern, Switzerland | 101 | Netherlands | 1–2 | 1–4 | UEFA Euro 2008 |
| 46 | 10 September 2008 | Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France | 105 | Serbia | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 47 | 14 October 2008 | Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France | 107 | Tunisia | 1–1 | 3–1 | Friendly |
| 48 | 14 October 2008 | Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France | 107 | Tunisia | 2–1 | 3–1 | Friendly |
| 49 | 5 September 2009 | Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France | 112 | Romania | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 50 | 9 September 2009 | Stadion FK Crvena Zvezda, Belgrade, Serbia | 113 | Serbia | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 51 | 14 October 2009 | Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France | 115 | Austria | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification |

## Statistics

    Source:
Goals by year :
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 10 | 3 |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 14 | 5 |
| 2001 | 7 | 3 |
| 2002 | 10 | 3 |
| 2003 | 14 | 11 |
| 2004 | 13 | 3 |
| 2005 | 6 | 3 |
| 2006 | 16 | 8 |
| 2007 | 6 | 5 |
| 2008 | 11 | 4 |
| 2009 | 9 | 3 |
| 2010 | 6 | 0 |
| Total | 123 | 51 |
Goals by competition :
| Competition | Goals |
| UEFA European Championship qualification | 12 |
| Friendlies | 17 |
| UEFA European Championship tournaments | 6 |
| FIFA World Cup qualification | 6 |
| FIFA World Cup tournaments | 6 |
| FIFA Confederations Cup | 4 |
| Total | 51 |
Goals by opponent :
| Opponent | Goals |
| Malta | 4 |
| Cyprus | 2 |
| Denmark | 2 |
| Egypt | 2 |
| Faroe Islands | 2 |
| Lithuania | 2 |
| Portugal | 2 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2 |
| Scotland | 2 |
| Serbia | 2 |
| Switzerland | 2 |
| Tunisia | 2 |
| Algeria | 1 |
| Austria | 1 |
| Brazil | 1 |
| Cameroon | 1 |
| China | 1 |
| Colombia | 1 |
| Costa Rica | 1 |
| Czech Republic | 1 |
| Greece | 1 |
| Italy | 1 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 |
| Japan | 1 |
| Morocco | 1 |
| Netherlands | 1 |
| New Zealand | 1 |
| Republic of Ireland | 1 |
| Romania | 1 |
| Slovakia | 1 |
| South Africa | 1 |
| South Korea | 1 |
| Togo | 1 |
| Turkey | 1 |
| Ukraine | 1 |
| Total | 51 |