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Blues: Giroud enters the very select club of centenarians

10/7/2020, 7:21:01 PM


Holder and captain of the France team in the absence of Hugo Lloris and Raphaël Varane, spared, Olivier Giroud won his 100th selection this Wednesday evening against Ukraine in a friendly match. The 34-year-old striker, 3rd best in the history of the Blues, joins the very select club of players ...

Holder and captain of the France team in the absence of Hugo Lloris and Raphaël Varane, spared, Olivier Giroud won his 100th selection this Wednesday evening against Ukraine in a friendly match.

The 34-year-old striker, 3rd best in the history of the Blues, joins the very select club of players with more than 100 selections.

He is preceded by 1998 world champions, but not only.

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The players with more than 100 selections in the French team: Didier Deschamps (103), Patrick Vieira (107), Zinédine Zidane (108), Hugo Lloris and Marcel Desailly (116), Thierry Henry (123), Lilian Thuram (142) .

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