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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 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 ...
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]
This list of leading goalscorers for the France national football team contains football players who have played for the France national football team and is listed according to their number of goals scored. The France national football team (French: Equipe de France) represents the nation of France in international football.
David Ginola won the inaugural award in 1994. Kylian Mbappé has the most wins by a single player in the history of the awards, with five.. This award has been presented 29 times as of 2023, with all winners being different aside from Pauleta who was the first two-time winner in 2001–02 and 2002–03, as well as the only other multiple-time winners Eden Hazard (in 2010–11 and 2011–12 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Under the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) governing body, Allemane is the only French player to wear the armband in all of his national team appearances. [8] Aside from Canelle and Allemane, Gaston Barreau , René Bonnet , Étienne Jourde , and Robert Lemaître are the only other players to ever captain the national ...