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 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]

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

Source:^[2]

Goals by year Year Apps Goals 1997 1 0 1998 10 3 1999 0 0 2000 14 5 2001 7 3 2002 10 3 2003 14 11 2004 13 3 2005 6 3 2006 16 8 2007 6 5 2008 11 4 2009 9 3 2010 6 0 Total 123 51

Goals by competition Competition Goals UEFA European Championship qualification 12 Friendlies[lower-alpha 1] 17 UEFA European Championship tournaments 6 FIFA World Cup qualification 6 FIFA World Cup tournaments 6 FIFA Confederations Cup 4 Total 51

Goals by opponent Opponent Goals  Malta 4  Cyprus 2  Denmark 2  Egypt 2  Faroe Islands 2  Lithuania 2  Portugal 2  Saudi Arabia 2  Scotland 2  Serbia 2   Switzerland 2  Tunisia 2  Algeria 1  Austria 1  Brazil 1  Cameroon 1  China 1  Colombia 1  Costa Rica 1  Czech Republic 1  Greece 1  Italy 1  Ivory Coast 1  Japan 1  Morocco 1  Netherlands 1  New Zealand 1  Republic of Ireland 1  Romania 1  Slovakia 1  South Africa 1  South Korea 1  Togo 1  Turkey 1  Ukraine 1 Total 51

See also

• List of international goals scored by Zinedine Zidane
• List of top international men's association football goal scorers by country
• List of men's footballers with 50 or more international goals

Notes

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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