International Eligibility & Player Data
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France foreign-born international players
International football players born outside France who went on to represent the France national team.
90 players
AllActiveRetired
NAT
Player
POS
DoB
Club
Intl. caps
Intl. goals
Years active
FRAFRA
Lilian Thuram
DF
01.01.1972 (54)
Retired
142
2
1994-2008
FRAFRA
Marcel Desailly
DF
07.09.1968 (57)
Retired
116
3
1993-2004
FRAFRA
Patrick Vieira
MF
23.06.1976 (50)
Retired
107
6
1997-2009
FRAFRA
Patrice Evra
DF
15.05.1981 (45)
Retired
81
0
2004-2016
FRAFRA
Florent Malouda
MF
13.06.1980 (46)
Retired
80
9
2004-2012
FRAFRA
Claude Makélélé
MF
18.02.1973 (53)
Retired
71
0
1995-2008
FRAFRA
Marius Trésor
DF
15.01.1950 (76)
Retired
65
4
1971-1983
FRAFRA
Luis Fernández
DF
02.10.1959 (66)
Retired
60
6
1982-1992
FRAFRA
Christian Karembeu
MF
03.12.1970 (55)
Retired
53
1
2005-2006
FRAFRA
Jean Tigana
MF
23.06.1955 (71)
Retired
52
1
1980-1988
FRAFRA
Basile Boli
DF
02.01.1967 (59)
Retired
45
1
1986-1993
FRAFRA
Gérard Janvion
DF
21.08.1953 (72)
Retired
40
0
1975-1982
FRAFRA
Mike Maignan
GK
03.07.1995 (31)
ITA AC Milan
40
0
2020-
FRAFRA
Christian Lopez
DF
15.03.1953 (73)
Retired
39
1
1975-1982
FRAFRA
Dimitri Payet
MF
29.03.1987 (39)
Free Agent
38
8
2010-2018
FRAFRA
Steve Mandanda
DF
28.03.1985 (41)
Retired
35
0
2008-2022
FRAFRA
Marcus Thuram
FW
06.08.1997 (28)
ITA Internazionale
34
3
2020-
FRAFRA
Samuel Umtiti
DF
14.11.1993 (32)
Retired
31
4
2016-2019
FRAFRA
Eduardo Camavinga
MF
10.11.2002 (23)
ESP Real Madrid
29
2
2020-
FRAFRA
Jean-Alain Boumsong
DF
14.12.1979 (46)
Retired
27
1
2003-2009
FRAFRA
Alexandre Villaplane
MF
12.09.1905 (†)
Deceased
25
0
1926-1930
FRAFRA
Julien Darui
GK
16.02.1916 (†)
Deceased
25
0
1939-1951
FRAFRA
Jean-Pierre Adams
DF
10.03.1948 (†)
Deceased
22
0
1972-1976
FRAFRA
Pascal Vahirua
MF
09.06.1966 (60)
Retired
22
1
1990-1994
FRAFRA
Roger Courtois
FW
30.05.1912 (†)
Deceased
22
10
1933-1947
FRAFRA
Joseph Ujlaki
FW
10.08.1929 (†)
Deceased
21
10
1952-1960
FRAFRA
Just Fontaine
FW
18.08.1933 (†)
Deceased
21
30
1953-1960
AUTAUT
Rodolphe Hiden
GK
09.03.1909 (†)
Deceased
20
0
1928-1933
FRAFRA
William Ayache
DF
10.01.1961 (65)
Retired
20
0
1983-1988
FRAFRA
Ernest Libérati
FW
22.03.1906 (†)
Deceased
19
4
1930-1934
FRAFRA
Larbi Benbarek
MF
16.06.1914 (†)
Deceased
19
3
1938-1954
FRAFRA
Raoul Diagne
DF
10.11.1910 (†)
Deceased
18
0
1931-1940
FRAFRA
Jean-François Larios
MF
27.08.1956 (69)
Retired
17
5
1978-1982
FRAFRA
Michael Olise
MF
12.12.2001 (24)
GER Bayern München
17
7
2024-
FRAFRA
Auguste Jordan
MF
21.02.1909 (†)
Deceased
16
1
1938-1945
FRAFRA
Gérard Soler
FW
29.03.1954 (72)
Retired
16
4
1974-1983
FRAFRA
Manuel Anatol
DF
08.05.1903 (†)
Deceased
16
1
1929-1934
FRAFRA
Joseph Kaucsar
MF
20.09.1904 (†)
Deceased
15
0
1931-1934
GLPGLP
Jocelyn Angloma
MF
07.08.1965 (60)
Retired
14
4
2006-2007
FRAFRA
Jacques Zimako
FW
28.12.1951 (†)
Deceased
13
2
1977-1981
FRAFRA
Thadée Cisowski
FW
16.02.1927 (†)
Deceased
13
11
1951-1958
ALGALG
Mustapha Zitouni
DF
19.10.1928 (†)
Deceased
12
1
1963-1964
FRAFRA
Serge Chiesa
MF
25.12.1950 (75)
Retired
12
3
1969-1974
FRAFRA
Xercès Louis
MF
31.10.1926 (†)
Deceased
12
0
1954-1956
FRAFRA
Jean-Paul Bertrand-Demanes
GK
23.05.1952 (74)
Retired
11
0
1973-1978
FRAFRA
Joseph Alcazar
FW
15.06.1911 (†)
Deceased
11
2
1931-1935
FRAFRA
Édouard Kargu
FW
16.12.1925 (†)
Deceased
11
3
1950-1953
ALGALG
Rachid Mekhloufi
FW
12.08.1936 (†)
Deceased
10
5
1963-1969
MTQMTQ
Frédéric Piquionne
FW
08.12.1978 (47)
Retired
9
2
2012-2014
FRAFRA
Laurent Robert
MF
21.05.1975 (51)
Retired
9
1
1999-2001
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