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Marcel Desailly (116 caps, 3 goals) represented France at seven major international tournaments, including four as captain. Patrick Vieira (107 caps, 6 goals) was the fifth player to reach 100 caps for France. Defender Laurent Blanc (97 caps, 16 goals) was declared the fourth best French player of all time by magazine France Football. [25]
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.
Longest France career Karim Benzema, 15 years, 86 days, 28 March 2007 — 13 June 2022 Shortest France career Franck Jurietti, 5 seconds, 12 October 2005 v. Cyprus Oldest player Larbi Ben Barek, 40 years and 150 days, 6 October 1954 v. West Germany Youngest player Julien Verbrugghe, 16 years and 306 days, 1 November 1906 v. England Amateurs
France was one of the four European teams that participated at the inaugural World Cup in 1930 and have appeared in sixteen FIFA World Cups as of 2022. [92] [93] The national team is one of eight sides to have won the World Cup. [94] France won their first World Cup title in 1998 on home soil by defeating Brazil 3–0 in the final match. [95]
The first player to captain France in a major international competition while playing under FIFA was André François. He led the team at the football tournament in the 1908 Summer Olympics and captained France to the worst loss in national team and competition history, a 17–1 loss to Denmark . [ 13 ]
France contesting a match against Portugal at the 2006 FIFA World Cup. The list shown below shows the France national football team all-time international record against opposing nations . The stats are composed of FIFA World Cup , UEFA European Championship , UEFA Nations League , FIFA Confederations Cup , and Summer Olympics matches, as well ...
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 .
In association football, a cap is traditionally awarded in international football to a player making an official appearance for their national team. This article lists all men's football players who have played in 100 or more official international matches for a national football team according to association football's world governing body FIFA.