France national football team statistics and records: oldest players

Competitions:

Oldest France players

France's oldest players, and their age in years and days on the occasion of their most recent appearance, starting or coming on as a substitute.

For each player age is given in days, and in years and days, from their date of birth.

Player Age (Y:d) Age (days) Match
Steve Mandanda 37:246 13761 30 Nov 2022
	
v Tunisia
Olivier Giroud 37:177 13692 26 Mar 2024
	
v Chile
Bernard Lama 37:148 13663 02 Sep 2000
	
v England
Auguste Jordan 36:288 13437 06 Dec 1945
	
v Austria
Lilian Thuram 36:164 13313 13 Jun 2008
	
v Netherlands
Hugo Lloris 35:357 13141 18 Dec 2022
	
v Argentina
Roger Marche 35:286 13070 17 Dec 1959
	
v Spain
Marcel Desailly 35:283 13067 17 Jun 2004
	
v Croatia
Patrice Evra 35:180 12964 11 Nov 2016
	
v Sweden
Grégory Coupet 35:168 12952 17 Jun 2008
	
v Italy
Claude Makélélé 35:119 12903 17 Jun 2008
	
v Italy
Julien Darui 35:85 12869 12 May 1951
	
v Ireland
Robert Jonquet 35:67 12851 09 Jul 1960
	
v Czechoslovakia
Fabien Barthez 35:11 12795 09 Jul 2006
	
v Italy
Roger Courtois 34:296 12715 23 Mar 1947
	
v Portugal
Laurent Blanc 34:287 12706 02 Sep 2000
	
v England
Bixente Lizarazu 34:198 12617 25 Jun 2004
	
v Greece
Karim Benzema 34:176 12595 13 Jun 2022
	
v Croatia
Henri Skiba 34:155 12574 16 Dec 1961
	
v Bulgaria
Frank Leboeuf 34:135 12554 06 Jun 2002
	
v Uruguay
Bruno Martini 34:124 12543 29 May 1996
	
v Finland
Dominique Baratelli 34:123 12542 28 Apr 1982
	
v Peru
Youri Djorkaeff 34:93 12512 11 Jun 2002
	
v Denmark
Eric Abidal 34:65 12484 15 Nov 2013
	
v Ukraine
Étienne Mattler 34:33 12452 28 Jan 1940
	
v Portugal
Zinédine Zidane 34:15 12434 09 Jul 2006
	
v Italy
Christophe Jallet 34:14 12433 14 Nov 2017
	
v Germany
Alfred Aston 33:353 12407 05 May 1946
	
v Austria
Trésor Tresor 33:300 12354 12 Nov 1983
	
v Yugoslavia
Alain Giresse 33:295 12349 25 Jun 1986
	
v West Germany
Oscar Heisserer 33:260 12314 04 Apr 1948
	
v Italy
Bakary Sagna 33:235 12289 07 Oct 2016
	
v Bulgaria
Louis Saha 33:204 12258 29 Feb 2012
	
v Germany
Jean Tigana 33:149 12203 19 Nov 1988
	
v Yugoslavia
Jules Vandooren 33:74 12128 15 Mar 1942
	
v Spain
Armand Penverne 33:16 12070 13 Dec 1959
	
v Austria
Anthony Reveillere 33:4 12058 14 Nov 2012
	
v Italy
Henri Michel 32:348 12036 11 Oct 1980
	
v Cyprus
Patrick Vieira 32:344 12032 02 Jun 2009
	
v Nigeria
Adil Rami 32:328 12016 20 Nov 2018
	
v Uruguay
Joel Bats 32:318 12006 18 Nov 1989
	
v Cyprus
Jean Djorkaeff 32:311 11999 02 Sep 1972
	
v Greece
William Gallas 32:309 11997 22 Jun 2010
	
v South Africa
Thierry Henry 32:309 11997 22 Jun 2010
	
v South Africa
Georges Carnus 32:279 11967 19 May 1973
	
v Republic of Ireland
Eric Di Meco 32:277 11965 10 Jun 1996
	
v Romania
Pierre Bernard 32:270 11958 24 Mar 1965
	
v Austria
Albert Rust 32:261 11949 28 Jun 1986
	
v Belgium
Luis Fernández 32:259 11947 17 Jun 1992
	
v Denmark
Vikash Dhorasoo 32:251 11939 18 Jun 2006
	
v Korea Republic
Antoine Griezmann 32:245 11933 21 Nov 2023
	
v Greece
Émile Veinante 32:230 11918 28 Jan 1940
	
v Portugal
Dominique Colonna 32:210 11898 02 Apr 1961
	
v Spain
Laurent Koscielny 32:198 11886 27 Mar 2018
	
v Russia
Sylvain Wiltord 32:189 11877 15 Nov 2006
	
v Greece
Blaise Matuidi 32:188 11876 14 Oct 2019
	
v Turkey
Jean-Marc Guillou 32:164 11852 02 Jun 1978
	
v Italy
Jeremy Mathieu 32:152 11840 29 Mar 2016
	
v Russia
Emmanuel Petit 32:143 11831 12 Feb 2003
	
v Czech Republic
Andre Lerond 32:143 11831 28 Apr 1963
	
v Brazil
Patrick Battiston 32:48 11736 29 Apr 1989
	
v Yugoslavia
Florent Malouda 32:10 11698 23 Jun 2012
	
v Spain
Jean-Philippe Durand 32:3 11691 14 Nov 1992
	
v Finland
Hector de Bourgoing 31:357 11680 15 Jul 1966
	
v Uruguay
Steven N'Zonzi 31:337 11660 17 Nov 2020
	
v Sweden
Didier Deschamps 31:322 11645 02 Sep 2000
	
v England
Bernard Lacombe 31:316 11639 27 Jun 1984
	
v Spain
Moussa Sissoko 31:316 11639 28 Jun 2021
	
v Switzerland
Michel Platini 31:312 11635 29 Apr 1987
	
v Iceland
Wissam Ben Yedder 31:298 11621 06 Jun 2022
	
v Croatia
Thadee Cisowski 31:252 11575 26 Oct 1958
	
v West Germany
Alain Boghossian 31:203 11526 18 May 2002
	
v Belgium
Dimitri Payet 31:196 11519 11 Oct 2018
	
v Iceland
Claude Abbes 31:193 11516 03 Dec 1958
	
v Greece
Jonathan Clauss 31:182 11505 26 Mar 2024
	
v Chile
Leon Deladerriere 31:160 11483 03 Dec 1958
	
v Greece
Dominique Rocheteau 31:158 11481 21 Jun 1986
	
v Brazil
Paul Le Guen 31:142 11465 22 Jul 1995
	
v Norway
Francois Remetter 31:130 11453 17 Dec 1959
	
v Spain
Christian Karembeu 31:114 11437 27 Mar 2002
	
v Scotland
Lucien Jasseron 31:100 11423 08 Apr 1945
	
v Switzerland
André Rey 31:100 11423 02 May 1979
	
v USA
Nicolas Anelka 31:95 11418 17 Jun 2010
	
v Mexico
Willy Sagnol 31:87 11410 13 Jun 2008
	
v Netherlands
Lassana Diarra 31:81 11404 30 May 2016
	
v Cameroon
Claude Quittet 31:75 11398 26 May 1973
	
v USSR
Jean-Pierre Papin 31:74 11397 18 Jan 1995
	
v Netherlands
Bernard Casoni 31:71 11394 14 Nov 1992
	
v Finland
N'Golo Kanté 31:66 11389 03 Jun 2022
	
v Denmark
Laurent Robuschi 31:52 11375 26 Nov 1966
	
v Luxembourg
Maurice Lafont 31:43 11366 26 Oct 1958
	
v West Germany
Jean Petit 31:33 11356 28 Oct 1980
	
v Republic of Ireland
Raymond Kopa 31:29 11352 11 Nov 1962
	
v Hungary
Léonard Specht 31:16 11339 02 May 1985
	
v Bulgaria
Mathieu Valbuena 31:12 11335 11 Oct 2015
	
v Denmark
Maxime Bossis 31:2 11325 28 Jun 1986
	
v Belgium
Robert Pirés 30:349 11307 13 Oct 2004
	
v Cyprus
Alou Diarra 30:339 11297 19 Jun 2012
	
v Sweden
Sidney Govou 30:333 11291 22 Jun 2010
	
v South Africa
Franck Ribéry 30:332 11290 05 Mar 2014
	
v Netherlands