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]
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]
No. | Date | Venue | Cap | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
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1 | 12 June 1998 | Stade Vélodrome, Marseille, France | 4 | South Africa | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1998 FIFA World Cup | [8] |
2 | 18 June 1998 | Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France | 5 | Saudi Arabia | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1998 FIFA World Cup | [9] |
3 | 3–0 | |||||||
4 | 29 March 2000 | Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland | 12 | Scotland | 1–0 | 2–0 | Friendly | [10] |
5 | 6 June 2000 | Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca, Morocco | 16 | Morocco | 1–0 | 5–1 | Friendly | [11] |
6 | 11 June 2000 | Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges, Belgium | 17 | Denmark | 2–0 | 3–0 | UEFA Euro 2000 | [12] |
7 | 16 June 2000 | Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges, Belgium | 18 | Czech Republic | 1–0 | 2–1 | UEFA Euro 2000 | [13] |
8 | 28 June 2000 | King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium | 20 | Portugal | 1–1 | 2–1 | UEFA Euro 2000 | [14] |
9 | 24 March 2001 | Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France | 27 | Japan | 2–0 | 5–0 | Friendly | [15] |
10 | 25 April 2001 | Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France | 29 | Portugal | 3–0 | 4–0 | Friendly | [16] |
11 | 6 October 2001 | Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France | 32 | Algeria | 3–0 | 4–1 | Friendly | [17] |
12 | 27 March 2002 | Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France | 34 | Scotland | 3–0 | 5–0 | Friendly | [18] |
13 | 16 October 2002 | National Stadium, Ta' Qali, Malta | 41 | Malta | 1–0 | 4–0 | UEFA Euro 2004 qualification | [19] |
14 | 2–0 | |||||||
15 | 29 March 2003 | Stade Félix-Bollaert, Lens, France | 44 | Malta | 2–0 | 6–0 | UEFA Euro 2004 qualification | [20] |
16 | 3–0 | |||||||
17 | 30 April 2003 | Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France | 46 | Egypt | 1–0 | 5–0 | Friendly | [21] |
18 | 2–0 | |||||||
19 | 18 June 2003 | Stade de Gerland, Lyon, France | 47 | Colombia | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup | [22] |
20 | 22 June 2003 | Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France | 49 | New Zealand | 2–0 | 5–0 | 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup | [23] |
21 | 26 June 2003 | Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France | 50 | Turkey | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup | [24] |
22 | 29 June 2003 | Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France | 51 | Cameroon | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup | [25] |
23 | 6 September 2003 | Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France | 53 | Cyprus | 4–0 | 5–0 | UEFA Euro 2004 qualification | [26] |
24 | 11 October 2003 | Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France | 55 | Israel | 1–0 | 3–0 | UEFA Euro 2004 qualification | [27] |
25 | 15 November 2003 | Arena AufSchalke, Gelsenkirchen, Germany | 56 | Germany | 1–0 | 3–0 | Friendly | [28] |
26 | 21 June 2004 | Estádio Cidade de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal | 62 | Switzerland | 2–1 | 3–1 | UEFA Euro 2004 | [29] |
27 | 3–1 | |||||||
28 | 13 October 2004 | GSP Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus | 68 | Cyprus | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification | [30] |
29 | 17 August 2005 | Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier, France | 71 | Ivory Coast | 3–0 | 3–0 | Friendly | [31] |
30 | 7 September 2005 | Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland | 73 | Republic of Ireland | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification | [32] |
31 | 9 November 2005 | Stade d'Honneur de Dillon, Fort-de-France, France | 74 | Costa Rica | 3–2 | 3–2 | Friendly | [33] |
32 | 31 May 2006 | Stade Félix-Bollaert, Lens, France | 77 | Denmark | 1–0 | 2–0 | Friendly | [34] |
33 | 7 June 2006 | Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne, France | 78 | China | 3–1 | 3–1 | Friendly | [35] |
34 | 18 June 2006 | Zentralstadion, Leipzig, Germany | 80 | South Korea | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2006 FIFA World Cup | [36] |
35 | 23 June 2006 | Müngersdorfer Stadion, Cologne, Germany | 81 | Togo | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2006 FIFA World Cup | [37] |
36 | 1 July 2006 | Waldstadion, Frankfurt, Germany | 83 | Brazil | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2006 FIFA World Cup | [38] |
37 | 6 September 2006 | Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France | 88 | Italy | 2–0 | 3–1 | UEFA Euro 2008 qualification | [39] |
38 | 11 October 2006 | Stade Auguste Bonal, Montbéliard, France | 90 | Faroe Islands | 2–0 | 5–0 | UEFA Euro 2008 qualification | [40] |
39 | 15 November 2006 | Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France | 91 | Greece | 1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly | [41] |
40 | 22 August 2007 | Štadión Antona Malatinského, Trnava, Slovakia | 93 | Slovakia | 1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly | [42] |
41 | 13 October 2007 | Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands | 95 | Faroe Islands | 2–0 | 6–0 | UEFA Euro 2008 qualification | [43] |
42 | 17 October 2007 | Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes, France | 96 | Lithuania | 1–0 | 2–0 | UEFA Euro 2008 qualification | [4] |
43 | 2–0 | |||||||
44 | 21 November 2007 | Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex, Kyiv, Ukraine | 97 | Ukraine | 1–1 | 2–2 | UEFA Euro 2008 qualification | [44] |
45 | 13 June 2008 | Stade de Suisse, Bern, Switzerland | 101 | Netherlands | 1–2 | 1–4 | UEFA Euro 2008 | [45] |
46 | 10 September 2008 | Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France | 105 | Serbia | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification | [46] |
47 | 14 October 2008 | Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France | 107 | Tunisia | 1–1 | 3–1 | Friendly | [47] |
48 | 2–1 | |||||||
49 | 5 September 2009 | Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France | 112 | Romania | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification | [48] |
50 | 9 September 2009 | Stadion FK Crvena Zvezda, Belgrade, Serbia | 113 | Serbia | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification | [49] |
51 | 14 October 2009 | Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France | 115 | Austria | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification | [50] |
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