List of international goals scored by Thierry Henry

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]

Thierry Henry smiling.
Thierry Henry scored 51 goals for France in 123 appearances.

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 edit

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
List of international goals scored by Thierry Henry
No.DateVenueCapOpponentScoreResultCompetitionRef.
112 June 1998Stade Vélodrome, Marseille, France4  South Africa3–03–01998 FIFA World Cup[8]
218 June 1998Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France5  Saudi Arabia1–04–01998 FIFA World Cup[9]
33–0
429 March 2000Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland12  Scotland1–02–0Friendly[10]
56 June 2000Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca, Morocco16  Morocco1–05–1Friendly[11]
611 June 2000Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges, Belgium17  Denmark2–03–0UEFA Euro 2000[12]
716 June 2000Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges, Belgium18  Czech Republic1–02–1UEFA Euro 2000[13]
828 June 2000King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium20  Portugal1–12–1UEFA Euro 2000[14]
924 March 2001Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France27  Japan2–05–0Friendly[15]
1025 April 2001Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France29  Portugal3–04–0Friendly[16]
116 October 2001Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France32  Algeria3–04–1Friendly[17]
1227 March 2002Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France34  Scotland3–05–0Friendly[18]
1316 October 2002National Stadium, Ta' Qali, Malta41  Malta1–04–0UEFA Euro 2004 qualification[19]
142–0
1529 March 2003Stade Félix-Bollaert, Lens, France44  Malta2–06–0UEFA Euro 2004 qualification[20]
163–0
1730 April 2003Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France46  Egypt1–05–0Friendly[21]
182–0
1918 June 2003Stade de Gerland, Lyon, France47  Colombia1–01–02003 FIFA Confederations Cup[22]
2022 June 2003Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France49  New Zealand2–05–02003 FIFA Confederations Cup[23]
2126 June 2003Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France50  Turkey1–03–22003 FIFA Confederations Cup[24]
2229 June 2003Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France51  Cameroon1–01–02003 FIFA Confederations Cup[25]
236 September 2003Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France53  Cyprus4–05–0UEFA Euro 2004 qualification[26]
2411 October 2003Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France55  Israel1–03–0UEFA Euro 2004 qualification[27]
2515 November 2003Arena AufSchalke, Gelsenkirchen, Germany56  Germany1–03–0Friendly[28]
2621 June 2004Estádio Cidade de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal62   Switzerland2–13–1UEFA Euro 2004[29]
273–1
2813 October 2004GSP Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus68  Cyprus2–02–02006 FIFA World Cup qualification[30]
2917 August 2005Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier, France71  Ivory Coast3–03–0Friendly[31]
307 September 2005Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland73  Republic of Ireland1–01–02006 FIFA World Cup qualification[32]
319 November 2005Stade d'Honneur de Dillon, Fort-de-France, France74  Costa Rica3–23–2Friendly[33]
3231 May 2006Stade Félix-Bollaert, Lens, France77  Denmark1–02–0Friendly[34]
337 June 2006Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne, France78  China3–13–1Friendly[35]
3418 June 2006Zentralstadion, Leipzig, Germany80  South Korea1–01–12006 FIFA World Cup[36]
3523 June 2006Müngersdorfer Stadion, Cologne, Germany81  Togo2–02–02006 FIFA World Cup[37]
361 July 2006Waldstadion, Frankfurt, Germany83  Brazil1–01–02006 FIFA World Cup[38]
376 September 2006Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France88  Italy2–03–1UEFA Euro 2008 qualification[39]
3811 October 2006Stade Auguste Bonal, Montbéliard, France90  Faroe Islands2–05–0UEFA Euro 2008 qualification[40]
3915 November 2006Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France91  Greece1–01–0Friendly[41]
4022 August 2007Štadión Antona Malatinského, Trnava, Slovakia93  Slovakia1–01–0Friendly[42]
4113 October 2007Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands95  Faroe Islands2–06–0UEFA Euro 2008 qualification[43]
4217 October 2007Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes, France96  Lithuania1–02–0UEFA Euro 2008 qualification[4]
432–0
4421 November 2007Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex, Kyiv, Ukraine97  Ukraine1–12–2UEFA Euro 2008 qualification[44]
4513 June 2008Stade de Suisse, Bern, Switzerland101  Netherlands1–21–4UEFA Euro 2008[45]
4610 September 2008Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France105  Serbia1–02–12010 FIFA World Cup qualification[46]
4714 October 2008Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France107  Tunisia1–13–1Friendly[47]
482–1
495 September 2009Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France112  Romania1–01–12010 FIFA World Cup qualification[48]
509 September 2009Stadion FK Crvena Zvezda, Belgrade, Serbia113  Serbia1–11–12010 FIFA World Cup qualification[49]
5114 October 2009Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France115  Austria2–03–12010 FIFA World Cup qualification[50]

Statistics edit

Source:[2]

See also edit

Notes edit

  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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