Olivier Giroud is now France’s all-time top scorer

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Olivier Giroud scored France’s opening goal against Poland at the 2022 World Cup to become his nation’s all-time leading goalscorer.

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Giroud, 36, has now scored 52 international goals in 116 appearances for France.

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The record was previously held by Thierry Henry, who scored 51 goals in 123 games.

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Antoine Griezmann, another current France player, has 42 goals in 108 games. 

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Michel Platini managed 41 in 72, while  Karim Benzema — who has missed the 2022 World Cup with a thigh injury — has 37 in 97.

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Giroud’s 23-year-old team-mate Kylian Mbappe already has 31 goals in 61 appearances.

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Giroud also possesses a better goals-per-game average than Henry and Griezmann.

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The AC Milan striker’s 52 goals in 116 games means he possesses an average of 0.46, which is higher than Henry’s 0.41 and Griezmann’s 0.39 

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Giroud moved to AC Milan from Chelsea and is also Arsenal’s eighteenth-highest all-time goalscorer.

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