List of international goals scored by Thierry Henry

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Thierry Henry scored 51 goals for France in 123 appearances. Thierry Henry 2007.jpg
Thierry Henry scored 51 goals for France in 123 appearances.

Thierry Henry is a retired French international footballer, who held the record for the most goals scored for the France national team until being surpassed by Olivier Giroud in 2022. [1] During his international career he played 123 games for France in which he scored 51 goals. [2] Henry made his international debut against South Africa in a 2–1 victory in October 1997. [3] His first international goal came in the 1998 FIFA World Cup against South Africa. [3] He surpassed the previous all-time French goal-scoring record, held by Michel Platini, in October 2007 when he scored twice against Lithuania, taking his tally to 43. [4] Henry retired from international football in July 2010 after a 13-year career, making his final appearance as a substitute, against South Africa, in France's "disastrous" (lowest ever Finals placement) 2010 FIFA World Cup campaign. Henry scored his 51st and final goal for France against Austria the preceding October. [3]

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Henry never scored an international hat-trick, although he did score twice in a match on seven occasions. [2] He scored more times against Malta than any other team, with four goals, scored in back-to-back qualifiers for UEFA Euro 2004. [2] More than half of Henry's goals came in home matches, 31 of his 51 goals being scored in France, including 20 at the Stade de France. [2]

16 of Henry's goals came in friendlies. [2] A tally of four goals in the 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup made Henry the tournament's top scorer and led to his being voted the "tournament's most outstanding player". [5] He scored twelve goals in UEFA European Championship qualifiers, including six in the qualification phase of UEFA Euro 2004, where he finished as third-equal top scorer, behind Slovenia's Ermin Šiljak and Spain's Raúl. [6]

List of international goals

Scores and results list France's goal tally first. Score column indicates score after each Henry goal. [2] [7]
Henry playing club football for FC Barcelona in the 2008-09 season Thierry Henry Rubin Kazan.jpg
Henry playing club football for FC Barcelona in the 2008–09 season
List of international goals scored by Thierry Henry
No.DateVenueCapOpponentScoreResultCompetitionRef.
112 June 1998 Stade Vélodrome, Marseille, France4Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 3–03–0 1998 FIFA World Cup [8]
218 June 1998 Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France5Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia 1–04–01998 FIFA World Cup [9]
33–0
429 March 2000 Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland12Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 1–02–0 Friendly [10]
56 June 2000 Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca, Morocco16Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 1–05–1Friendly [11]
611 June 2000 Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges, Belgium17Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 2–03–0 UEFA Euro 2000 [12]
716 June 2000Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges, Belgium18Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 1–02–1UEFA Euro 2000 [13]
828 June 2000 King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium20Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 1–12–1UEFA Euro 2000 [14]
924 March 2001Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France27Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2–05–0Friendly [15]
1025 April 2001Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France29Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 3–04–0Friendly [16]
116 October 2001Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France32Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 3–04–1Friendly [17]
1227 March 2002Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France34Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 3–05–0Friendly [18]
1316 October 2002 National Stadium, Ta' Qali, Malta41Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 1–04–0 UEFA Euro 2004 qualification [19]
142–0
1529 March 2003 Stade Félix-Bollaert, Lens, France44Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 2–06–0UEFA Euro 2004 qualification [20]
163–0
1730 April 2003Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France46Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 1–05–0Friendly [21]
182–0
1918 June 2003 Stade de Gerland, Lyon, France47Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 1–01–0 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup [22]
2022 June 2003Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France49Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 2–05–02003 FIFA Confederations Cup [23]
2126 June 2003Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France50Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 1–03–22003 FIFA Confederations Cup [24]
2229 June 2003Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France51Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon 1–01–02003 FIFA Confederations Cup [25]
236 September 2003Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France53Flag of Cyprus (1960-2006).svg  Cyprus 4–05–0UEFA Euro 2004 qualification [26]
2411 October 2003Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France55Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 1–03–0UEFA Euro 2004 qualification [27]
2515 November 2003 Arena AufSchalke, Gelsenkirchen, Germany56Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1–03–0Friendly [28]
2621 June 2004 Estádio Cidade de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal62Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 2–13–1 UEFA Euro 2004 [29]
273–1
2813 October 2004 GSP Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus68Flag of Cyprus (1960-2006).svg  Cyprus 2–02–0 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification [30]
2917 August 2005 Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier, France71Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast 3–03–0Friendly [31]
307 September 2005 Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland73Flag of Ireland.svg  Republic of Ireland 1–01–02006 FIFA World Cup qualification [32]
319 November 2005 Stade d'Honneur de Dillon, Fort-de-France, France74Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 3–23–2Friendly [33]
3231 May 2006Stade Félix-Bollaert, Lens, France77Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 1–02–0Friendly [34]
337 June 2006 Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne, France78Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 3–13–1Friendly [35]
3418 June 2006 Zentralstadion, Leipzig, Germany80Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 1–01–1 2006 FIFA World Cup [36]
3523 June 2006 Müngersdorfer Stadion, Cologne, Germany81Flag of Togo.svg  Togo 2–02–02006 FIFA World Cup [37]
361 July 2006 Waldstadion, Frankfurt, Germany83Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 1–01–02006 FIFA World Cup [38]
376 September 2006Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France88Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2–03–1 UEFA Euro 2008 qualification [39]
3811 October 2006 Stade Auguste Bonal, Montbéliard, France90Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg  Faroe Islands 2–05–0UEFA Euro 2008 qualification [40]
3915 November 2006Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France91Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 1–01–0Friendly [41]
4022 August 2007 Štadión Antona Malatinského, Trnava, Slovakia93Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 1–01–0Friendly [42]
4113 October 2007 Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands95Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg  Faroe Islands 2–06–0UEFA Euro 2008 qualification [43]
4217 October 2007 Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes, France96Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 1–02–0UEFA Euro 2008 qualification [4]
432–0
4421 November 2007 Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex, Kyiv, Ukraine97Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 1–12–2UEFA Euro 2008 qualification [44]
4513 June 2008 Stade de Suisse, Bern, Switzerland101Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 1–21–4 UEFA Euro 2008 [45]
4610 September 2008Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France105Flag of Serbia (2004-2010).svg  Serbia 1–02–1 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification [46]
4714 October 2008Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France107Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 1–13–1Friendly [47]
482–1
495 September 2009Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France112Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 1–01–12010 FIFA World Cup qualification [48]
509 September 2009 Stadion FK Crvena Zvezda, Belgrade, Serbia113Flag of Serbia (2004-2010).svg  Serbia 1–11–12010 FIFA World Cup qualification [49]
5114 October 2009Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France115Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 2–03–12010 FIFA World Cup qualification [50]

Statistics

Source: [2]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Henry's 2000 statistics includes one appearance from the match against FIFA XI on 16 August 2000 which FIFA and the French Football Federation count as an official friendly match. [51]

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