France men's international footballers

René Auguste Gardien (10 February 1928 – 1 February 2006) was a French footballer who played as a forward, most notably at FC Sochaux, and scored 122 league goals and 2 international goals. He later became a manager.

Jacques Foix (French pronunciation: [ʒak fwa]; 26 November 1930 – 14 June 2017) was a French footballer who played striker. His playing career spanned from 1951 to 1964. Foix made seven appearances for the France national team between 1953 and 1956, scoring three goals and was a member of two French League championship squads in 1959 and 1964.
Foix died 14 June 2017 at age 86.

Robert Défossé (19 June 1909 – 30 August 1973) was a French footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Georges Dard (28 June 1918 – 2 May 2001) was a French footballer who played midfielder.
Dard was the son of a former Olympique de Marseille president, Gabriel Dard. He began his football career with Marseille, helping the club win the 1943 Coupe de France Final and 1947–48 French Division 1 title. After a disagreement with club leadership, Dard joined Spain's Sevilla FC in October 1948, joining his brother, Roger, who was a striker for the club. One season later, he returned to Marseille where he would spend most of his remaining seasons.Dard scored 65 Ligue 1 goals for Marseille, placing him in the all-time top ten.

Lucien Cossou (born 29 January 1936) is a former professional French footballer.

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.