List of France international footballers

The France national football team represents the nation of France in international association football. It is fielded by the French Football Federation, the governing body of football in France, and competes as a member of the Union of European Football Associations, which encompasses the countries of Europe. The team played its first official international match on 1 May 1904 against Belgium. Since its first competitive match, more than 800 players have made at least one international appearance for the team. As hundreds of players have played for the team since it started officially registering its players in 1904, only players with 20 or more official caps are included.
Jean Ducret became the first French international to reach 20 caps, doing so on 29 March 1914 in a 2–0 defeat to Italy. He was also one of the first permanent captains of the national team. Ducret was later surpassed by defender Raymond Dubly and goalkeeper Pierre Chayriguès, who both played with the national team until 1925. Dubly finished his international career with 31 caps. Three years after retiring from the national team, Dubly's amount was exceeded by Jules Dewaquez, who went on to finish his career with 41 appearances. Dewaquez's record stood for nearly a decade before his amount was equaled by Edmond Delfour in 1938 and later surmounted by Étienne Mattler a year later. Similar to Dubly, Mattler's amount was exceeded, however after two decades, by former Stade de Reims defenders Roger Marche and Robert Jonquet. It was the former player who took over the record outperforming Jonquet by just five caps. Marche's 63 appearances remained the France national team record for appearance-making for 28 years, the longest time between the record being broken and set again. Marche was surpassed by Marius Trésor, who set the record after appearing in an October 1983 friendly match against Spain.
Trésor represented France only once afterward and his 65-cap output was subsequently passed by defender Maxime Bossis and midfielder Michel Platini. Bossis surpassed Trésor during qualifying for the 1986 FIFA World Cup, while Platini went beyond the former Marseille and Bordeaux player at the tournament itself, in which France finished in third place. Both players retired within months of each other as Bossis finished his career occupying the record, which was now at 76 caps, four more than Platini. After appearing at the 1986 FIFA World Cup, Bossis acquired the record of appearing in the most FIFA World Cup matches for France. He was surpassed by goalkeeper Fabien Barthez in 2006. Bossis was passed just six years later by former international teammate Manuel Amoros, who finished his international career with 82 appearances. The 1992–93 UEFA Champions League winner was eventually equaled or outperformed by 13 different players. Of the 13 players, 10 of them played on the team that won the 1998 FIFA World Cup and seven of them went on to become members of the FIFA Century Club, which consists of association football players who have accumulated 100 or more caps. Following the conclusion of UEFA Euro 2000, the record for France national team appearances was held by Didier Deschamps who also became the first French international to reach 100 caps. He was eventually surpassed by defender Marcel Desailly in 2003 who retired at the end of UEFA Euro 2004 with 116 caps. As a result, Desailly became the first player not born in France or the overseas departments and territories to occupy the record. The current record holder for appearances with the national team is Lilian Thuram, who made 142 total competitive appearances for the team between 1994 and 2008. Thuram broke Desailly's record at the 2006 FIFA World Cup in the team's final group stage match against Togo. He is the second player born in an overseas department to hold the record, the first being Trésor. Both players were born in Guadeloupe.

Players

Appearances and goals are composed of FIFA World Cup and UEFA European Championship matches and each competition's required qualification matches, as well as UEFA Nations League matches, FIFA Confederations Cup matches and numerous international friendly tournaments and matches. Players are listed by number of caps, then number of goals scored. If number of goals are equal, the players are then listed alphabetically.
is the most-capped male France international having appeared in 142 matches.|alt=A dark-skinned man wearing a teal shirt, black pants, and blue, deep red socks.
is the fifth most capped French footballer of all time and captained France to the 2006 FIFA World Cup Final.|alt=A balding man wearing a white shirt with white shorts and the number "10" and "Zidane" on the back.
captained France to victory at UEFA Euro 1984.|alt=A young man wearing a blue shirt.
captained the France national team to victories at the 1998 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2000 and was the first French player to reach 100 caps.|alt=A middle-aged man with white hair wearing a white jacket.
captained France to victory at the 2018 FIFA World Cup.|alt=Black haired man wearing blue sweater looking into the distance
was the fifth player to reach 100 caps for France.|alt=A dark-skinned man wearing a black and blue striped shirt.
represented France at seven major international tournaments, including four as captain.|alt=A dark-skinned man wearing a black jacket.
was declared the fourth best French player of all time by magazine France Football.|alt=A white-haired man wearing a grey suit.
is the national team's all-time leading goal-scorer.|alt=A dark-skinned man wearing all white with the number "12" displayed on the lower right thigh and right chest.
held the France national team record for appearance-making for 28 years, the longest time between the record being broken and set again.|alt=A black and white photography of a light-skinned man wearing a shirt with a rooster on the left chest.
was the first player to reach 20 caps for France.|alt=A black and white photography of a light-skinned man.

#	Name	Position	National team career	Caps	Goals	Ref
1		DF	1994–2008	142	2
2		FW	1997–2010	123	51
3		DF	1993–2004	116	3
4	^§	GK	2008–	114	0
5		MF	1994–2006	108	31
6		MF	1997–2009	107	6
7		MF	1989–2000	103	4
8	^§	FW	2011–	97	39
=		DF	1989–2000	97	16
=		DF	1992–2004	97	2
11		FW	1999–2006	92	26
12		GK	1994–2006	87	0
13		DF	2002–2010	84	5
=	^§	MF	2010–	84	9
15		FW	1993–2002	82	28
=		DF	1982–1992	82	1
17	^§	FW	2007–	81	27
=		MF	2006–2014	81	16
=		DF	2004–2016	81	0
20		MF	2004–2012	80	9
21		FW	1996–2004	79	14
22	^§	FW	2014–	78	30
23		DF	1976–1986	76	1
24		MF	1976–1987	72	41
25		FW	1998–2008	71	34
=		MF	1995–2008	71	0
27		FW	1998–2010	69	14
=	^§	MF	2013–	69	10
29		DF	2004–2013	67	0
30		DF	1971–1983	65	4
=		DF	2007–2016	65	0
32	^§	DF	2013–	64	5
33		MF	1990–2003	63	6
=		DF	1947–1959	63	1
35	^§	MF	2009–	62	2
36		MF	1982–1992	60	6
37		MF	1967–1980	58	4
=		DF	1948–1960	58	0
=		DF	2000–2008	58	0
40		DF	1977–1989	56	3
41		FW	1994–2002	55	8
42		FW	1986–1995	54	30
43		MF	1992–2002	53	1
44		MF	1976–1984	52	13
=		MF	2010–2015	52	8
=		MF	1980–1988	52	1
47		DF	2011–2018	51	1
48		DF	1995–2002	50	4
=		GK	1983–1989	50	0
50		FW	1975–1986	49	15
=		MF	2002–2010	49	10
52	^§	MF	2010–	48	4
=		DF	1964–1972	48	3
54		MF	1974–1986	47	6
55		FW	1953–1961	46	22
=		DF	1930–1940	46	0
57		FW	1987–1995	45	20
=		MF	1952–1962	45	18
=		DF	1986–1993	45	1
60		FW	1967–1975	44	4
=		DF	1953–1961	44	3
=		MF	2004–2012	44	0
=		GK	1993–2000	44	0
64		DF	1964–1972	42	3
65		FW	1920–1929	41	12
=		FW	2002–2011	41	9
=		MF	2007–2013	41	5
=		FW	1929–1938	41	2
69		DF	1996–2002	40	2
=		DF	2001–2006	40	2
=		DF	1975–1982	40	0
72		MF	1988–1993	39	9
=		DF	1952–1959	39	2
=	^§	MF	2016–	39	1
=		DF	1975–1982	39	1
76		FW	1973–1984	38	12
=	^§	MF	2010–	38	8
78		FW	1952–1961	37	18
=		MF	1982–1990	37	3
=		DF	1990–1996	37	1
81		FW	1967–1974	36	10
=		FW	2009–2016	36	7
=		DF	2010–	36	1
=		GK	1963–1973	36	0
=		MF	2006–2010	36	0
86		FW	1920–1931	35	20
=		FW	1963–1973	35	7
=		DF	1954–1960	35	1
89	^§	FW	2017–	34	13
=		FW	1981–1988	34	2
=		GK	2001–2008	34	0
=		MF	2007–2016	34	0
93		FW	1955–1963	33	12
=		FW	1980–1988	33	11
95		FW	1944–1952	32	19
=	^§	GK	2008–	32	0
97		FW	1934–1946	31	5
=		FW	1913–1935	31	4
=		MF	2008–2013	31	4
=	^§	DF	2016–	31	4
=		DF	1957–1963	31	0
=		GK	1987–1996	31	0
=		GK	1927–1935	31	0
104		FW	1966–1975	30	15
=		FW	1927–1937	30	7
=		DF	1988–1992	30	0
=	^§	FW	2009–	30	7
=	^§	DF	2014–	30	0
109	^§	DF	2010–	29	2
=		DF	2002–2012	29	1
111		DF	1983–1989	28	1
112		MF	1980–1986	27	6
=		DF	2011–2018	27	2
=		DF	2003–2009	27	1
=		MF	1946–1954	27	1
=	^§	DF	2017–	27	1
117		FW	1993–1997	26	7
=		MF	1997–2002	26	2
=		MF	1988–1992	26	0
=		GK	1953–1959	26	0
=		DF	1959–1963	26	0
122		FW	1933–1938	25	21
=		MF	1936–1948	25	8
=		MF	1993–1996	25	4
=		DF	1988–1996	25	1
=		MF	1962–1969	25	1
=		GK	1939–1951	25	0
=		DF	1969–1973	25	0
=		MF	1926–1930	25	0
130		FW	1929–1940	24	14
=	^§	FW	2015–	24	2
=		MF	2010–2013	24	2
=		MF	1919–1927	24	1
=		DF	1960–1966	24	0
=		MF	1958–1964	24	0
136		MF	2000–2004	23	6
=		MF	1949–1954	23	4
=		MF	1960–1968	23	3
=		MF	1920–1927	23	0
=		DF	1989–1996	23	0
141		FW	1933–1947	22	10
=	^§	FW	2015–	22	4
=	^§	FW	2016–	22	4
=		FW	1988–1992	22	2
=		MF	2010–2012	22	1
=		FW	1990–1994	22	1
=		DF	1972–1976	22	0
=		MF	2002–2005	22	0
=		MF	1977–1986	22	0
=		DF	1933–1942	22	0
151		FW	1953–1960	21	30
=		FW	1952–1960	21	10
=	^§	FW	2016–	21	2
=		DF	1963–1966	21	1
=		MF	2001–2004	21	1
=	^§	FW	2017–	21	1
=		GK	1969–1982	21	0
=		GK	1960–1965	21	0
=		GK	1911–1925	21	0
=		DF	1960–1963	21	0
=		DF	2004–2010	21	0
=		DF	1925–1929	21	0
162		MF	1975–1982	20	4
=		FW	1957–1965	20	4
=		FW	2004–2012	20	4
=		MF	1910–1914	20	3
=		DF	2003–2012	20	1
=		DF	1964–1968	20	0
=		DF	1983–1988	20	0
=		DF	2008–2013	20	0
=		DF	1922–1928	20	0
=		DF	1969–1972	20	0

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