Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema returned to his country, France, after an absence of 6 years. He was summoned by the coach of the roosters, Didier to participate in the European Nations Championship "Euro 2020", which begins on June 11 for a full month. .
Benzema has scored 27 goals during his participation in 81 previous international matches with the French national team in all tournaments since 2007 until now, to come the Real Madrid striker in tenth place on the list of top scorer for roosters throughout the ages.
Benzema opened his scoring record for the French national team during the friendly match against his Austrian counterpart, where the Roosters star scored the only goal in the match that was held in March 2007.
Benzema scored his last goal for his country against Armenia, where the Real Madrid star scored twice in the friendly match that France won by four goals without a response in October 2015.
Benzema's goals in the French national team varied in various tournaments, as he scored 15 goals in international friendly matches, 4 goals in World Cup qualifiers, 5 goals in European Nations Cup qualifiers, and 3 goals in the World Cup Finals.
The historical scorers' ranking in France was as follows.
1- Thierry Henry (51 goals - 123 matches).
2- Olivier Giroud (44 goals - 10 matches).
3- Michel Platini (41 goals - 72 matches).
4- Antoine Griezmann (35 goals - 89 matches).
5- David Trezeguet (34 goals - 71 matches).
6- Zinedine Zidane (31 goals - 108 matches).
7- Just Fontaine (30 goals - 21 matches).
8- Jean-Pierre Papin (30 goals - 54 matches).
9- Yuri Gorkaev (28 goals - 82 matches).
10- Karim Benzema (27 goals - 81 matches).
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