page_title: List of foreign Serie A players
section_title: France
hierarchical_section_title: List of foreign Serie A players / France
caption_attribution_description: Arsenal youth team coach Thierry Henry after the game against Olympiacos.
context_page_description: This is a list of foreign players in Serie A. The following players:
  have played at least one Serie A game for the respective club.
  have not been capped for the Italian national team on any level, independently from the birthplace, except for players born in San Marino and active in the Italian national team before the first official match of the Sammarinese national team played on 14 November 1990 and players of Italian formation born abroad from Italian parents.
  have been born in Italy and were capped by a foreign national team. This includes players who have dual citizenship with Italy.
  Players are sorted by the State:
  they played for in a national team on any level. For footballers that played for two or more national teams it prevails:
  the one he played for on A level.
  the national team of birth.
  If they never played for any national team on any level, it prevails the state of birth. For footballers born in dissolved states prevails the actual state of birth.
  These are all the teams that have had at least a foreign player while playing in a Serie A season and in bold are the ones currently playing for the 2020–21 season:
context_section_description: Michel Adopo – Torino – 2019–
  Lucien Agoumé – Inter – 2019–
  Jimmy Algerino – Venezia – 2001–02
  Nicolas Anelka – Juventus – 2012–13
  Florian Ayé – Brescia – 2019–20
  Ibrahim Ba – Milan, Perugia – 1997–2003
  Jean-Christophe Bahebeck – Pescara – 2016–17
  Tiémoué Bakayoko – Milan – 2018–19
  Anthony Basso – Udinese – 2000–01
  Jonathan Biabiany – Parma, Inter, Sampdoria – 2009–17, 2018–19
  Jean-Claude Billong – Benevento – 2017–18
  Philippe Billy – Lecce – 2001–02, 2003–04, 2005–06
  Laurent Blanc – Napoli, Inter – 1991–92, 1999–2001
  Jocelyn Blanchard – Juventus – 1998–99
  Alain Boghossian – Napoli, Sampdoria, Parma – 1994–2002
  Emile Bongiorni – Torino – 1948–49
  Antoine Bonifaci – Inter, Bologna, Torino, Vicenza – 1954–59, 1960–61
  Daniel Bravo – Parma – 1996–97
  Jérémie Bréchet – Inter – 2003–04
  Zoumana Camara – Empoli – 1998–99
  Grégory Noel Campi – Bari – 1997–99 dual Monaco international
  Vincent Candela – Roma, Udinese, Siena, Messina – 1996–2007
  Benoît Cauet – Inter, Torino, Como – 1997–2003
  Michaël Ciani – Lazio – 2012–15
  Djibril Cissé – Lazio – 2011–12
  Kingsley Coman – Juventus – 2014–16
  Nestor Combin – Juventus, Varese, Torino, Milan – 1964–71
  Jean-Christophe Coubronne – Novara – 2011–12
  Jean-Pierre Cyprien – Torino, Lecce – 1994–95, 1997–98
  Ousmane Dabo – Inter, Vicenza, Parma, Atalanta, Lazio – 1998–2006, 2007–10
  Olivier Dacourt – Roma, Inter – 2002–09
  Stéphane Dalmat – Inter – 2000–03
  Sebastian De Maio – Brescia, Genoa, Fiorentina, Bologna, Udinese – 2010–11, 2013–
  Grégoire Defrel – Parma, Cesena, Sassuolo, Roma, Sampdoria – 2010–11, 2014–
  Marcel Desailly – Milan – 1993–98
  Didier Deschamps – Juventus – 1994–99
  Vikash Dhorasoo – Milan – 2004–05
  Moussa Diaby – Crotone – 2017–18
  Modibo Diakité – Lazio, Fiorentina, Cagliari, Frosinone, Sampdoria – 2006–12, 2013–16
  Oumar Dieng – Sampdoria – 1996–98
  Lucas Digne – Roma – 2015–16
  Martin Djetou – Parma – 2001–02
  Youri Djorkaeff – Inter – 1996–99
  Bruce Dombolo – Ancona – 2003–04
  Christophe Dugarry – Milan – 1996–97
  Patrice Evra – Juventus – 2014–17
  Valentin Eysseric – Fiorentina, Verona – 2017–
  Joachim Fernandez – Udinese – 1997–98
  Mathieu Flamini – Milan – 2008–13
  Nicolas Frey – Chievo – 2008–17, 2018–19
  Sébastien Frey – Inter, Verona, Parma, Fiorentina, Genoa – 1998–2013
  Gaël Genevier – Perugia, Siena – 2003–04, 2009–10
  Ludovic Giuly – Roma – 2007–08
  Eddy Gnahoré – Crotone – 2016–17
  Maxime Gonalons – Roma – 2017–18
  Yoann Gourcuff – Milan – 2006–08
  Andrew Gravillon – Benevento – 2017–18
  Clément Grenier – Roma – 2016–17
  Thierry Henry – Juventus – 1998–99
  Theo Hernández – Milan – 2019–
  Thomas Heurtaux – Udinese, Verona – 2012–18
  Olivier Kapo – Juventus – 2004–05
  Yann Karamoh – Inter, Parma – 2017–
  Ibrahim Karamoko – Chievo – 2018–19
  Christian Karembeu – Sampdoria – 1995–97
  Abdoulay Konko – Siena, Genoa, Lazio, Atalanta – 2006–08, 2010–17
  Alban Lafont – Fiorentina – 2018–19
  Pierre Laigle – Sampdoria – 1996–99
  Sabri Lamouchi – Parma, Inter – 2000–04
  Vincent Laurini – Empoli, Fiorentina, Parma – 2014–
  Lucien Leduc – Venezia – 1949–50
  Mehdi Léris – Chievo, Sampdoria – 2017–
  Yann M'Vila – Inter – 2014–15
  Thomas Mangani – Chievo – 2014–15
  Blaise Matuidi – Juventus – 2017–20
  Soualiho Meïté – Torino – 2018–
  Jérémy Ménez – Roma, Milan – 2008–11, 2014–16
  Philippe Mexès – Roma, Milan – 2004–16
  Johan Micoud – Parma – 2000–02
  François Modesto – Cagliari – 1999–2000
  Anthony Mounier – Bologna, Atalanta – 2015–17
  Lilian Nalis – Chievo – 2002–03
  Bruno N'Gotty – Milan, Venezia – 1998–2000
  Olivier Ntcham – Genoa – 2015–17
  Ferenc Nyers – Lazio – 1948–50
  Steven Nzonzi – Roma – 2018–19
  Jean-Pierre Papin – Milan – 1992–94
  Reynald Pedros – Parma, Napoli – 1996–98
  Marc Pfertzel – Livorno – 2004–07
  Michel Platini – Juventus – 1982–87
  Paul Pogba – Juventus – 2012–16
  William Prunier – Napoli – 1997–98
  Adrien Rabiot – Juventus – 2019–
  Adil Rami – Milan – 2013–15
  Julien Rantier – Atalanta – 2002–03
  Anthony Réveillère – Napoli – 2013–14
  Frank Ribéry – Fiorentina – 2019–
  Bacary Sagna – Benevento – 2017–18
  Louis Saha – Lazio – 2012–13
  Christophe Sanchez – Bologna – 1998–2000
  Franck Sauzée – Atalanta – 1993–94
  Mikaël Silves
caption: Thierry Henry
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