page_title: Mathieu Debuchy
section_title: International career
hierarchical_section_title: Mathieu Debuchy / International career
caption_attribution_description: English: UEFA Euro 2012 match between France and England played in Donetsk at Donbas Arena. Final result was 1:1 (Nasri, Lescott).
context_page_description: Mathieu Debuchy is a French professional footballer who plays for Ligue 1 club Saint-Étienne. He is often deployed as a right back, but began his career playing as a midfielder usually acting as a deep-lying playmaker.
  Debuchy started his senior career at Lille, where he won a Ligue 1 and Coupe de France double in 2010–11. He played in Ligue 1 for 10 seasons for Lille. He joined Newcastle United in January 2013 and stayed there for 18 months. He played for Arsenal from July 2014 until January 2018.
  Debuchy made his debut for the France national team on 7 October 2011. He has since earned 27 caps, playing in the final tournaments of the Euro 2012 and the 2014 World Cup.
context_section_description: Debuchy has been capped with the under-21 team. On 5 August 2010, Debuchy was called up to the senior team for the first time by new manager Laurent Blanc for the team's friendly match against Norway on 11 August 2010 but did not play that match. He finally earned his first cap on 7 October 2011, playing every minute of the Euro 2012 qualifying 3–0 home win over Albania. Debuchy scored his first goal for France in a friendly against Iceland in Valenciennes on 27 May 2012.
  Blanc selected Debuchy in his final 23-man squad for the European Championships in Poland and Ukraine on 29 May 2012. He started the match and played every minute as a right back in Les Bleus' opening group match against England, helping his side to a 1–1 draw, in which his performance was hailed as "terrific". He played the full 90 minutes of France's second group match, a 2–0 win over co-hosts Ukraine on 15 June. Debuchy also played the full 90 minutes of France's last group match against Sweden, which France lost 2–0. He started in the quarterfinal match against Spain (the French lost the match 2–0), but was replaced by Jérémy Ménez in the 64th minute.
  Debuchy was named in Didier Deschamps' French squad for the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. Debuchy played every minute of four of France's five matches as they reached the quarterfinals. He did not play France's final group match against Ecuador, remaining on the substitutes' bench throughout the match, with Bacary Sagna playing in his place.
  On 17 May 2018, he was named on the standby list for the 23-man French squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.
  On 10 November 2018, Debuchy announced his retirement from international football.
caption: Debuchy playing for France at UEFA Euro 2012
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