List Of International Goals Scored By Thierry Henry

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.

Scores and results list France's goal tally first. Score column indicates score after each Henry goal.

 

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
2	18 June 1998	Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France	5	Saudi Arabia	1–0	4–0	1998 FIFA World Cup
3					3–0
4	29 March 2000	Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland	12	Scotland	1–0	2–0	Friendly
5	6 June 2000	Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca, Morocco	16	Morocco	1–0	5–1	Friendly
6	11 June 2000	Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges, Belgium	17	Denmark	2–0	3–0	UEFA Euro 2000
7	16 June 2000	Jan Breydel Stadium, Bruges, Belgium	18	Czech Republic	1–0	2–1	UEFA Euro 2000
8	28 June 2000	King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium	20	Portugal	1–1	2–1	UEFA Euro 2000
9	24 March 2001	Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France	27	Japan	2–0	5–0	Friendly
10	25 April 2001	Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France	29	Portugal	3–0	4–0	Friendly
11	6 October 2001	Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France	32	Algeria	3–0	4–1	Friendly
12	27 March 2002	Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France	34	Scotland	3–0	5–0	Friendly
13	16 October 2002	National Stadium, Ta' Qali, Malta	41	Malta	1–0	4–0	UEFA Euro 2004 qualification
14					2–0
15	29 March 2003	Stade Félix-Bollaert, Lens, France	44	Malta	2–0	6–0	UEFA Euro 2004 qualification
16					3–0
17	30 April 2003	Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France	46	Egypt	1–0	5–0	Friendly
18					2–0
19	18 June 2003	Stade de Gerland, Lyon, France	47	Colombia	1–0	1–0	2003 FIFA Confederations Cup
20	22 June 2003	Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France	49	New Zealand	2–0	5–0	2003 FIFA Confederations Cup
21	26 June 2003	Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France	50	Turkey	1–0	3–2	2003 FIFA Confederations Cup
22	29 June 2003	Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France	51	Cameroon	1–0	1–0	2003 FIFA Confederations Cup
23	6 September 2003	Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France	53	Cyprus	4–0	5–0	UEFA Euro 2004 qualification
24	11 October 2003	Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France	55	Israel	1–0	3–0	UEFA Euro 2004 qualification
25	15 November 2003	Arena AufSchalke, Gelsenkirchen, Germany	56	Germany	1–0	3–0	Friendly
26	21 June 2004	Estádio Cidade de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal	62	Switzerland	2–1	3–1	UEFA Euro 2004
27					3–1
28	13 October 2004	GSP Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus	68	Cyprus	2–0	2–0	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
29	17 August 2005	Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier, France	71	Ivory Coast	3–0	3–0	Friendly
30	7 September 2005	Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland	73	Republic of Ireland	1–0	1–0	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
31	9 November 2005	Stade d'Honneur de Dillon, Fort-de-France, France	74	Costa Rica	3–2	3–2	Friendly
32	31 May 2006	Stade Félix-Bollaert, Lens, France	77	Denmark	1–0	2–0	Friendly
33	7 June 2006	Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne, France	78	China	3–1	3–1	Friendly
34	18 June 2006	Zentralstadion, Leipzig, Germany	80	South Korea	1–0	1–1	2006 FIFA World Cup
35	23 June 2006	Müngersdorfer Stadion, Cologne, Germany	81	Togo	2–0	2–0	2006 FIFA World Cup
36	1 July 2006	Waldstadion, Frankfurt, Germany	83	Brazil	1–0	1–0	2006 FIFA World Cup
37	6 September 2006	Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France	88	Italy	2–0	3–1	UEFA Euro 2008 qualification
38	11 October 2006	Stade Auguste Bonal, Montbéliard, France	90	Faroe Islands	2–0	5–0	UEFA Euro 2008 qualification
39	15 November 2006	Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France	91	Greece	1–0	1–0	Friendly
40	22 August 2007	Štadión Antona Malatinského, Trnava, Slovakia	93	Slovakia	1–0	1–0	Friendly
41	13 October 2007	Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands	95	Faroe Islands	2–0	6–0	UEFA Euro 2008 qualification
42	17 October 2007	Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes, France	96	Lithuania	1–0	2–0	UEFA Euro 2008 qualification
43					2–0
44	21 November 2007	Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex, Kyiv, Ukraine	97	Ukraine	1–1	2–2	UEFA Euro 2008 qualification
45	13 June 2008	Stade de Suisse, Bern, Switzerland	101	Netherlands	1–2	1–4	UEFA Euro 2008
46	10 September 2008	Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France	105	Serbia	1–0	2–1	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
47	14 October 2008	Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France	107	Tunisia	1–1	3–1	Friendly
48					2–1
49	5 September 2009	Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France	112	Romania	1–0	1–1	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
50	9 September 2009	Stadion FK Crvena Zvezda, Belgrade, Serbia	113	Serbia	1–1	1–1	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
51	14 October 2009	Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France	115	Austria	2–0	3–1	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification

Source:

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 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   China 1   Cameroon 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   Ireland 1   Romania 1   Slovakia 1   South Africa 1   South Korea 1   Togo 1   Turkey 1   Ukraine 1 Total 51

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