Quiz! Can you name every Frenchman to score at a World Cup since 1998?

Thierry Henry #12 (R) of France is congratulated by teammate William Gallas, after scoring the opening goal during the FIFA World Cup Germany 2006 Quarter-final match between Brazil and France at the Stadium Frankfurt on July 1, 2006 in Frankfurt, Germany.
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You have 10 minutes to guess 52 players

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THEN TRY Quiz! Can you name every member of a Brazil World Cup squad since 1994?

Incredibly, France went two whole decades without winning a single match on home soil. And not back in the days of Uruguay, Italy and Hungary all looking like the best teams on Earth – oh, no. We mean much more recently.

Yep, Les Bleus had the likes of Eric Cantona at their disposal between 1986 and 2006 among others (we'd give you more examples but that would be giving you too many answers) and they still only managed to net at France '98 in all that time, before breakthrough in Germany. They then went on to the final of that tournament. 

Since then, they've gone and won the World Cup once more – and while the class of 2010 were a colossal disappointment, they were exciting once more in 2014 with goals aplenty in Brazil before they were knocked out by eventual winners, Germany.

So who have lit up the French side in the past 24 years? You tell us…

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Mark White is the Digital Content Editor at FourFourTwo. During his time on the brand, Mark has written three cover features on Mikel Arteta, Martin Odegaard and the Invincibles, and has written pieces on subjects ranging from Sir Bobby Robson’s time at Barcelona to the career of Robinho. An encyclopedia of football trivia and collector of shirts, he first joined the team back in 2020 as a staff writer.