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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

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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. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
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]

Statistics

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Source:[2]

See also

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Notes

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  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]

References

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