France foreign-born international players
International football players born outside France who went on to represent the France national team.
89 players
AllActiveRetired
Player
POS
DoB
Nationality
Club
Intl. caps
Intl. goals
Years active
LT
Lilian Thuram
DF
01.01.1972 (54)
FRAFrance
Retired
142
2
1994-2008
MD
Marcel Desailly
DF
07.09.1968 (58)
FRAFrance
Retired
116
3
1993-2004
PV
Patrick Vieira
MF
23.06.1976 (50)
FRAFrance
Retired
107
6
1997-2009
PE
Patrice Evra
DF
15.05.1981 (45)
FRAFrance
Retired
81
0
2004-2016
FM
Florent Malouda
MF
13.06.1980 (46)
FRAFrance
Retired
80
9
2004-2012
CM
Claude Makélélé
MF
18.02.1973 (53)
FRAFrance
Retired
71
0
1995-2008
MT
Marius Trésor
DF
15.01.1950 (76)
FRAFrance
Retired
65
4
1971-1983
LF
Luis Fernández
DF
02.10.1959 (67)
FRAFrance
Retired
60
6
1982-1992
CK
Christian Karembeu
MF
03.12.1970 (56)
FRAFrance
Retired
53
1
2005-2006
JT
Jean Tigana
MF
23.06.1955 (71)
FRAFrance
Retired
52
1
1980-1988
BB
Basile Boli
DF
02.01.1967 (59)
FRAFrance
Retired
45
1
1986-1993
GJ
Gérard Janvion
DF
21.08.1953 (73)
FRAFrance
Retired
40
0
1975-1982
CL
Christian Lopez
DF
15.03.1953 (73)
FRAFrance
Retired
39
1
1975-1982
DP
Dimitri Payet
MF
29.03.1987 (39)
FRAFrance
Free Agent
38
8
2010-2018
SM
Steve Mandanda
DF
28.03.1985 (41)
FRAFrance
Retired
35
0
2008-2022
SU
Samuel Umtiti
DF
14.11.1993 (33)
FRAFrance
Retired
31
4
2016-2019
MT
Marcus Thuram
FW
06.08.1997 (29)
FRAFrance
ITA Internazionale
30
2
2020-
JB
Jean-Alain Boumsong
DF
14.12.1979 (47)
FRAFrance
Retired
27
1
2003-2009
EC
Eduardo Camavinga
MF
10.11.2002 (24)
FRAFrance
ESP Real Madrid
26
2
2020-
AV
Alexandre Villaplane
MF
12.09.1905 (†)
FRAFrance
Deceased
25
0
1926-1930
JD
Julien Darui
GK
16.02.1916 (†)
FRAFrance
Deceased
25
0
1939-1951
JA
Jean-Pierre Adams
DF
10.03.1948 (†)
FRAFrance
Deceased
22
0
1972-1976
MM
Mike Maignan
GK
03.07.1995 (31)
FRAFrance
ITA AC Milan
22
0
2020-
PV
Pascal Vahirua
MF
09.06.1966 (60)
FRAFrance
Retired
22
1
1990-1994
RC
Roger Courtois
FW
30.05.1912 (†)
FRAFrance
Deceased
22
10
1933-1947
JU
Joseph Ujlaki
FW
10.08.1929 (†)
FRAFrance
Deceased
21
10
1952-1960
JF
Just Fontaine
FW
18.08.1933 (†)
FRAFrance
Deceased
21
30
1953-1960
RH
Rodolphe Hiden
GK
09.03.1909 (†)
AUTAustria
Deceased
20
0
1928-1933
WA
William Ayache
DF
10.01.1961 (65)
FRAFrance
Retired
20
0
1983-1988
EL
Ernest Libérati
FW
22.03.1906 (†)
FRAFrance
Deceased
19
4
1930-1934
LB
Larbi Benbarek
MF
16.06.1914 (†)
FRAFrance
Deceased
19
3
1938-1954
RD
Raoul Diagne
DF
10.11.1910 (†)
FRAFrance
Deceased
18
0
1931-1940
JL
Jean-François Larios
MF
27.08.1956 (70)
FRAFrance
Retired
17
5
1978-1982
AJ
Auguste Jordan
MF
21.02.1909 (†)
FRAFrance
Deceased
16
1
1938-1945
GS
Gérard Soler
FW
29.03.1954 (72)
FRAFrance
Retired
16
4
1974-1983
MA
Manuel Anatol
DF
08.05.1903 (†)
FRAFrance
Deceased
16
1
1929-1934
JK
Joseph Kaucsar
MF
20.09.1904 (†)
FRAFrance
Deceased
15
0
1931-1934
JA
Jocelyn Angloma
MF
07.08.1965 (61)
GLPGuadeloupe
Retired
14
4
2006-2007
JZ
Jacques Zimako
FW
28.12.1951 (†)
FRAFrance
Deceased
13
2
1977-1981
TC
Thadée Cisowski
FW
16.02.1927 (†)
FRAFrance
Deceased
13
11
1951-1958
MZ
Mustapha Zitouni
DF
19.10.1928 (†)
ALGAlgeria
Deceased
12
1
1963-1964
SC
Serge Chiesa
MF
25.12.1950 (76)
FRAFrance
Retired
12
3
1969-1974
XL
Xercès Louis
MF
31.10.1926 (†)
FRAFrance
Deceased
12
0
1954-1956
JB
Jean-Paul Bertrand-Demanes
GK
23.05.1952 (74)
FRAFrance
Retired
11
0
1973-1978
JA
Joseph Alcazar
FW
15.06.1911 (†)
FRAFrance
Deceased
11
2
1931-1935
ÉK
Édouard Kargu
FW
16.12.1925 (†)
FRAFrance
Deceased
11
3
1950-1953
RM
Rachid Mekhloufi
FW
12.08.1936 (†)
ALGAlgeria
Deceased
10
5
1963-1969
FP
Frédéric Piquionne
FW
08.12.1978 (48)
MTQMartinique
Retired
9
2
2012-2014
LR
Laurent Robert
MF
21.05.1975 (51)
FRAFrance
Retired
9
1
1999-2001
LS
Luc Sonor
DF
15.09.1962 (64)
FRAFrance
Retired
9
0
1987-1989
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