List of international goals scored by Thierry Henry

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Thierry Henry is a French former professional 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 with France against Italy at the 2006 FIFA World Cup final. He has 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

Scores and results list France's goal tally first. Score column indicates score after each Henry goal.[2][7]
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List of international goals scored by Thierry Henry
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1 12 June 1998Stade Vélodrome, Marseille, France4 South Africa3–03–01998 FIFA World Cup[8]
2 18 June 1998Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France5 Saudi Arabia1–04–01998 FIFA World Cup[9]
3 3–0
4 29 March 2000Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland12 Scotland1–02–0Friendly[10]
5 6 June 2000Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca, Morocco16 Morocco1–05–1Friendly[11]
6 11 June 2000Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges, Belgium17 Denmark2–03–0UEFA Euro 2000[12]
7 16 June 2000Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges, Belgium18 Czech Republic1–02–1UEFA Euro 2000[13]
8 28 June 2000King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium20 Portugal1–12–1UEFA Euro 2000[14]
9 24 March 2001Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France27 Japan2–05–0Friendly[15]
10 25 April 2001Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France29 Portugal3–04–0Friendly[16]
11 6 October 2001Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France32 Algeria3–04–1Friendly[17]
12 27 March 2002Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France34 Scotland3–05–0Friendly[18]
13 16 October 2002National Stadium, Ta' Qali, Malta41 Malta1–04–0UEFA Euro 2004 qualification[19]
14 2–0
15 29 March 2003Stade Félix-Bollaert, Lens, France44 Malta2–06–0UEFA Euro 2004 qualification[20]
16 3–0
17 30 April 2003Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France46 Egypt1–05–0Friendly[21]
18 2–0
19 18 June 2003Stade de Gerland, Lyon, France47 Colombia1–01–02003 FIFA Confederations Cup[22]
20 22 June 2003Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France49 New Zealand2–05–02003 FIFA Confederations Cup[23]
21 26 June 2003Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France50 Turkey1–03–22003 FIFA Confederations Cup[24]
22 29 June 2003Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France51 Cameroon1–01–02003 FIFA Confederations Cup[25]
23 6 September 2003Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France53 Cyprus4–05–0UEFA Euro 2004 qualification[26]
24 11 October 2003Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France55 Israel1–03–0UEFA Euro 2004 qualification[27]
25 15 November 2003Arena AufSchalke, Gelsenkirchen, Germany56 Germany1–03–0Friendly[28]
26 21 June 2004Estádio Cidade de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal62  Switzerland2–13–1UEFA Euro 2004[29]
27 3–1
28 13 October 2004GSP Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus68 Cyprus2–02–02006 FIFA World Cup qualification[30]
29 17 August 2005Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier, France71 Ivory Coast3–03–0Friendly[31]
30 7 September 2005Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland73 Republic of Ireland1–01–02006 FIFA World Cup qualification[32]
31 9 November 2005Stade d'Honneur de Dillon, Fort-de-France, France74 Costa Rica3–23–2Friendly[33]
32 31 May 2006Stade Félix-Bollaert, Lens, France77 Denmark1–02–0Friendly[34]
33 7 June 2006Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne, France78 China3–13–1Friendly[35]
34 18 June 2006Zentralstadion, Leipzig, Germany80 South Korea1–01–12006 FIFA World Cup[36]
35 23 June 2006Müngersdorfer Stadion, Cologne, Germany81 Togo2–02–02006 FIFA World Cup[37]
36 1 July 2006Waldstadion, Frankfurt, Germany83 Brazil1–01–02006 FIFA World Cup[38]
37 6 September 2006Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France88 Italy2–03–1UEFA Euro 2008 qualification[39]
38 11 October 2006Stade Auguste Bonal, Montbéliard, France90 Faroe Islands2–05–0UEFA Euro 2008 qualification[40]
39 15 November 2006Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France91 Greece1–01–0Friendly[41]
40 22 August 2007Štadión Antona Malatinského, Trnava, Slovakia93 Slovakia1–01–0Friendly[42]
41 13 October 2007Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands95 Faroe Islands2–06–0UEFA Euro 2008 qualification[43]
42 17 October 2007Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes, France96 Lithuania1–02–0UEFA Euro 2008 qualification[4]
43 2–0
44 21 November 2007Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex, Kyiv, Ukraine97 Ukraine1–12–2UEFA Euro 2008 qualification[44]
45 13 June 2008Stade de Suisse, Bern, Switzerland101 Netherlands1–21–4UEFA Euro 2008[45]
46 10 September 2008Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France105 Serbia1–02–12010 FIFA World Cup qualification[46]
47 14 October 2008Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France107 Tunisia1–13–1Friendly[47]
48 2–1
49 5 September 2009Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France112 Romania1–01–12010 FIFA World Cup qualification[48]
50 9 September 2009Stadion FK Crvena Zvezda, Belgrade, Serbia113 Serbia1–11–12010 FIFA World Cup qualification[49]
51 14 October 2009Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France115 Austria2–03–12010 FIFA World Cup qualification[50]
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  1. [a]
    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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