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Olivier Giroud (137 caps, 57 goals) is the national team's all-time leading goalscorer. Michel Platini (72 caps, 41 goals) captained France to victory at UEFA Euro 1984. Playmaker Zinedine Zidane (108 caps, 31 goals) is the seventh most capped French footballer of all time and captained France to the 2006 FIFA World Cup Final.
The first French football champions of the professional era were Olympique Lillois, a predecessor of Lille, who defeated Cannes 4–3 on 14 May 1933 at the Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir in Colombes. [5] Sète were crowned champions the following season and, in 1939, became the first professional club in France to win two titles. [5]
The following is the list of players who scored over 100 goals in French Ligue 1, during its history starting from the 1932–33 season. Roger Courtois was the first player to reach both 100 and 200 goals in Ligue 1. Hervé Revelli became the all-time top scorer in 1975–76 before Delio Onnis overtook him in 1980–81 and has held the honour ...
Olivier Giroud (57 goals) is the all-time leading goalscorer of the national team. Michel Platini (41 goals) captained France to victory at UEFA Euro 1984. Laurent Blanc (16 goals) is the highest-scoring defender in national team history.
The French Player of the Year is an association football award presented annually by the French magazine France Football since 1959. Originally, only French players playing in France were eligible, but starting in 1996 French players playing abroad were in contention to win the trophy. Since 2001, former winners have elected the Player of the ...
The France national football team represents the nation of France in international football. It is fielded by the French Football Federation and competes as a member of UEFA. The team played its first official match on 1 May 1904 against Belgium. France and Belgium have since contested 75 official matches against each other, the most all-time ...
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This category contains past and present players of the senior France national football team (but not players who have only been capped at Olympic, Under-21 or other junior levels). Players in this category should also be left in category:French men's footballers.