French men's footballers

Richard Boucher (1 March 1932 – 26 September 2017) was a French football player and coach with Toulouse FC.

Antoine Bonifaci (4 September 1931 – 29 December 2021) was a French professional footballer who played in France with Nice and Stade Français, and in Italy with Inter Milan, Bologna, Torino and Vicenza. He played for the France national team from 1951 to 1953.
In 1952, he was transferred from Nice to Inter Milan for a fee of around 30 million francs.The football stadium of Villefranche-sur-Mer bears his name.
Bonifaci died in Villefranche-sur-Mer on 29 December 2021, at the age of 90.

Émile Bongiorni (19 March 1921 – 4 May 1949) was a French association football striker of Italian descent.
He played for RC Paris where he was capped 5 times for France. In 1948, he moved to Torino F.C., with another Frenchman of Italian descent, Roger Grava of CO Roubaix-Tourcoing. They both died in the Superga air disaster on 4 May 1949.

Alfred Aston (16 May 1912 – 8 February 2003) was a French football winger and manager. He was part of France national team at the FIFA World Cup 1934 and 1938. He was capped 31 times for his country.
He played football until the age of 44, at FC Tours where he was both player and coach.
He was born to an English father and a French mother.

Marian Wisniewski (1 February 1937 – 3 March 2022), known as Maryan Wisniewski, was a French footballer who played as a forward.

Jean Wendling (born 29 April 1934 in Bischheim, Bas-Rhin) is a French former football defender. He played for France in the Euro 1960.

Roger Gaston Louis Marche (5 March 1924 – 1 November 1997) was a French footballer who played as a defender. He was part of the France national team during the 1954 and 1958 World Cup tournaments. He was nicknamed Le Sanglier des Ardennes ("the Boar of the Ardenne") for the region from which he came.

Joël Cantona (born 26 October 1967) is a French former professional footballer who played as a defender. He is the younger brother of Eric Cantona. Since retiring he has had some minor acting roles.