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. During his international career he played 123 games for France in which he scored 51 goals. Henry made his international debut against South Africa in a 2–1 victory in October 1997. His first international goal came in the 1998 FIFA World Cup against South Africa. 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. 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.

Henry never scored an international hat-trick, although he did score twice in a match on seven occasions. He scored more times against Malta than any other team, with four goals, scored in back-to-back qualifiers for UEFA Euro 2004. 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.

16 of Henry's goals came in friendlies. 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". 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.

List of international goals Scores and results list France's goal tally first. Score column indicates score after each Henry goal. + List of international goals scored by Thierry HenryDateVenueCapOpponentScoreResultCompetition112 June 1998Stade Vélodrome, Marseille, France43–03–01998 FIFA World Cup218 June 1998Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France51–04–01998 FIFA World Cup33–0429 March 2000Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland 121–02–0Friendly56 June 2000Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca, Morocco161–05–1Friendly611 June 2000Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges, Belgium172–03–0UEFA Euro 2000716 June 2000Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges, Belgium181–02–1UEFA Euro 2000828 June 2000King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium201–12–1 UEFA Euro 2000924 March 2001Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France272–05–0Friendly1025 April 2001Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France293–04–0Friendly116 October 2001Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France323–0 4–1Friendly1227 March 2002Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France343–05–0Friendly1316 October 2002National Stadium, Ta' Qali, Malta411–04–0UEFA Euro 2004 qualification142–01529 March 2003Stade Félix-Bollaert, Lens, France442–06–0UEFA Euro 2004 qualification163–01730 April 2003Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France 461–05–0Friendly182–01918 June 2003Stade de Gerland, Lyon, France471–0 1–02003 FIFA Confederations Cup2022 June 2003Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France492–05–02003 FIFA Confederations Cup2126 June 2003Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France50 1–03–22003 FIFA Confederations Cup2229 June 2003Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France511–01–02003 FIFA Confederations Cup236 September 2003Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France534–05–0UEFA Euro 2004 qualification2411 October 2003Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France551–03–0UEFA Euro 2004 qualification2515 November 2003Arena AufSchalke, Gelsenkirchen, Germany561–03–0Friendly2621 June 2004Estádio Cidade de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal622–13–1UEFA Euro 2004273–12813 October 2004GSP Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus682–02–02006 FIFA World Cup qualification2917 August 2005Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier, France713–03–0Friendly307 September 2005Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland731–01–02006 FIFA World Cup qualification319 November 2005Stade d'Honneur de Dillon, Fort-de-France, France743–23–2Friendly3231 May 2006Stade Félix-Bollaert, Lens, France 771–02–0Friendly337 June 2006Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne, France783–1 3–1Friendly3418 June 2006Zentralstadion, Leipzig, Germany801–0 1–12006 FIFA World Cup3523 June 2006Müngersdorfer Stadion, Cologne, Germany812–02–02006 FIFA World Cup361 July 2006Waldstadion, Frankfurt, Germany831–01–02006 FIFA World Cup376 September 2006Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France882–03–1UEFA Euro 2008 qualification3811 October 2006Stade Auguste Bonal, Montbéliard, France902–05–0UEFA Euro 2008 qualification3915 November 2006Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France911–01–0Friendly4022 August 2007Štadión Antona Malatinského, Trnava, Slovakia931–01–0Friendly4113 October 2007Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands952–06–0UEFA Euro 2008 qualification4217 October 2007Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes, France961–02–0UEFA Euro 2008 qualification432–04421 November 2007Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex, Kyiv, Ukraine971–12–2UEFA Euro 2008 qualification4513 June 2008Stade de Suisse, Bern, Switzerland1011–21–4UEFA Euro 20084610 September 2008Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France1051–02–12010 FIFA World Cup qualification4714 October 2008Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France1071–13–1Friendly482–1495 September 2009Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France1121–01–12010 FIFA World Cup qualification509 September 2009Stadion FK Crvena Zvezda, Belgrade, Serbia1131–11–12010 FIFA World Cup qualification5114 October 2009Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France1152–03–12010 FIFA World Cup qualification

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+ Goals by yearYearAppsGoals19971019981031999002000145200173200210320031411200413320056320061682007652008114200993201060Total12351

+ Goals by competitionCompetitionGoalsUEFA European Championship qualification12Friendlies17UEFA European Championship tournaments6FIFA World Cup qualification6FIFA World Cup tournaments6FIFA Confederations Cup4Total51

+ Goals by opponent Opponent Goals 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Total 51

See also List of leading goalscorers for the France national football team List of top international men's football goal scorers by country List of men's footballers with 50 or more international goals List of international goals scored by Zinedine Zidane List of international goals scored by Kylian Mbappé List of international goals scored by Olivier Giroud List of footballers with 100 or more caps

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