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List of Olympique Lyonnais players

This article is about Olympique Lyonnais players with at least 50 appearances. For a list of all Olympique Lyonnais players with a Wikipedia article, see Category:Olympique Lyonnais players. For the current Olympique Lyonnais first-team squad, see Olympique Lyonnais § Players#Current squad.

Olympique Lyonnais is a French professional association football club based in Lyon, Rhône-Alpes, playing in Ligue 1, the top level of the French football league system, as of the 2010–11 season. The club was formed in 1899 as the football section of sports club Lyon Olympique Universitaire. In 1950, the section split from the club and formed the club that exists today. Lyon played their first competitive match in August 1950. The club's first major honor was winning the 1963–64 edition of the Coupe de France. Lyon won their first ever Ligue 1 title in the 2001–02 season. The title started a national record-breaking streak of seven successive league championships. Since playing their first competitive match, more than 500 players have made a competitive first-team appearance for the club.

Serge Chiesa is the most capped player for Lyon with 542 games in all competitions, including 475 league appearances.
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Grégory Coupet appeared in 518 matches for Lyon, second-most in the club's history.

Olympique Lyonnais' record appearance-maker is Serge Chiesa, who made 542 total competitive appearances between 1969–1983.[1][2] In 1981, Chiesa surpassed Fleury Di Nallo who was the first player in the club's history to make 400 competitive appearances. Di Nallo is the club's all-time leading goalscorer with 222 and finished his career at Lyon with 495 total appearances.[2] Only six other players have made over 400 appearances for Lyon.[3] Goalkeepers Grégory Coupet and Yves Chauveau made 519 and 490 competitive appearances, respectively, while Sidney Govou appeared in 412.[4][5] Coupet and Govou, alongside Juninho Pernambucano, are the only players to have played on all seven of the club's league-winning championship teams.[4][6][7] Aimé Mignot is the defender with the most appearances for the club with 424 caps.[8] Anthony Réveillère rounds out the list having made exactly 400 appearances for Lyon.[9] Portuguese international Anthony Lopes is currently the only active player with more than 400 appearances for the club.

Players with 300 or more appearances edit

Position key: GK – Goalkeeper; DF – Defender; MF – Midfielder; FW – Forward

 
Fleury Di Nallo is Lyon's all-time top goalscorer, with 222 goals.
 
Anthony Lopes is the only active player to appear in over 450 club matches.
 
Sidney Govou spent 10 years at the club and won eight league titles.
 
Alexandre Lacazette has scored 167 goals for Lyon, making him the club's second highest all-time goalscorer.
 
Raymond Domenech spent seven seasons at Lyon and later went on to manage the France national team.
 
Vikash Dhorasoo had two stints at Lyon and amassed over 200 appearances.
 
Hugo Lloris made 202 appearances for Lyon and later captained the France national team to a World Cup win in 2018.
 
Mahamadou Diarra made 198 appearances for Lyon and captained the Mali national team.
 
Nabil Fekir was club captain between 2017 and 2021.
 
Karim Benzema, the 2022 Ballon d'Or winner, scored 66 goals in 148 appearances for Lyon.
 
Jacek Bąk appeared in over 100 club matches.
 
On 16 October 2021, Rayan Cherki became the youngest player to reach 50 appearances in Lyon's history, at 18 years old and 60 days.
 
Jean Tigana spent four seasons at Lyon and later managed the club.
 
Michael Essien made 96 appearances for Lyon and is the former captain of the Ghana national team.
 
Lucas Paquetá appeared in 80 games for Lyon, scoring 21 goals.
Name Nationality[nb 1] Position Lyon career Appearances Goals
Serge Chiesa   France MF 1969–1983 542 132
Grégory Coupet   France GK 1997–2008 519 0
Fleury Di Nallo   France FW 1960–1974 494 222
Yves Chauveau   France GK 1966–1975
1978–1982		 490 0
Anthony Lopes   Portugal GK 2012– 481 0
Aimé Mignot   France DF 1955–1966 425 1
Sidney Govou   France FW 1999–2010 412 77
Anthony Réveillère   France DF 2003–2013 400 6
Ángel Rambert   France MF 1960–1970 380 67
Juninho   Brazil MF 2001–2009 344 100
Alexandre Lacazette   France FW 2010–2017
2022–		 339 174
Maxime Gonalons   France MF 2009–2017 334 12
Marcel Le Borgne   France MF 1956–1960
1961–1969		 324 8
Cris   Brazil DF 2004–2012 310 27

Players with 200 or more appearances edit

Name Nationality[nb 2] Position Lyon career Appearances Goals
Bernard Lhomme   France DF 1966–1976 294 4
Lucien Degeorges   France DF 1960–1969 294 8
Raymond Domenech   France DF 1970–1977 293 11
Alain Olio   France DF 1976–1984
1985–1986		 290 14
Camille Ninel   France MF 1950–1961 283 7
Kim Källström   Sweden MF 2006–2012 281 22
Ljubomir Mihajlović   Serbia DF 1970–1977 279 2
Philippe Violeau   France MF 1997–2004 269 11
Florent Laville   France DF 1993–2003 268 4
Pascal Fugier   France DF 1985–1993 261 5
Laurent Fournier   France MF 1980–1988 261 28
Bernard Lacombe   France FW 1969–1978 258 149
Bruno Ngotty   France DF 1987–1995 256 13
Maxwel Cornet   Ivory Coast FW 2015–2021 252 51
André Lerond   France DF 1951–1959 246 3
Bafétimbi Gomis   France FW 2009–2014 244 95
Steed Malbranque   France MF 1997–2001
2012–2016		 238 19
Houssem Aouar   Algeria MF 2017–2023 233 41
André Ferri   France MF 1980–1987 229 13
Vikash Dhorasoo   France MF 1993–1998
2002–2004		 224 13
Christophe Delmotte   France MF 1997–2004 222 16
Daniel Ravier   France MF 1969–1974 222 21
Patrick Müller   Switzerland DF 2000–2004
2006–2008		 220 7
Corentin Tolisso   France MF 2013–2017
2022–		 215 31
Jordan Ferri   France MF 2011–2019 213 12
Jérémy Toulalan   France MF 2006–2011 210 1
David Linarès   France DF 1996–2002 206 5
Slobodan Topalović   Serbia GK 1981–1987 203 0
Sylvain Deplace   France DF 1991–1997 203 4
Hugo Lloris   France GK 2008–2012 202 0
Robert Cacchioni   Italy DF 1970–1977 202 5

Players with 100 or more appearances edit

Name Nationality[nb 3] Position Lyon career Appearances Goals
Mahamadou Diarra   Mali MF 2002–2006 198 14
Thadée Polak   France DF 1961–1967 195 3
Nabil Fekir   France FW 2013–2019 193 69
Florent Malouda   France MF 2003–2007 193 33
Jean Djorkaeff   France DF 1957–1966 193 23
Jean Baeza   France DF 1969–1974 192 12
Marcel Aubour   France GK 1960–1966 184 0
Émile Antonio   France MF 1954–1961 183 23
Joël Fréchet   France MF 1981–1982
1983–1989		 179 17
Memphis Depay   Netherlands FW 2017–2021 178 76
Ernest Schultz   France FW 1952–1957 176 91
Moussa Dembélé   France FW 2018–2023 172 70
Marcel Nowak   France DF 1953–1957
1962–1963		 171 12
Samuel Umtiti   France DF 2011–2016 170 5
Jérémie Bréchet   France DF 1998–2003 169 0
Bruno Génésio   France MF 1984–1987
1988–1993
1994–1995		 169 11
Lisandro López   Argentina FW 2009–2013 168 82
Sima Nikolić   Bosnia and Herzegovina FW 1980–1985 168 78
Marcelo   Brazil DF 2017–2021 167 8
Lucas Tousart   France MF 2015–2020 165 6
Stéphane Roche   France MF 1988–1992
1993–1996
1997–1998		 164 24
Nestor Combin   France FW 1959–1964 164 94
Rémi Garde   France MF 1984–1993 162 23
Maxence Caqueret   France MF 2018– 160 7
Jimmy Briand   France FW 2010–2014 160 34
Sonny Anderson   Brazil FW 1999–2003 160 94
André Perrin   France FW 1966–1967
1968–1971		 159 25
Edmilson   Brazil MF 2000–2004 157 5
Franck Gava   France MF 1992–1997 157 29
Jacek Bąk   Poland DF 1995–2002 154 7
Clément Grenier   France MF 2009–2018 152 18
Gilbert Bonvin   France DF 1951–1955 151 6
Robert Mouynet   France DF 1955–1959 149 5
Karim Benzema   France FW 2004–2009 148 66
Jean-François Jodar   France DF 1975–1979 148 5
Pascal Olmeta   France GK 1993–1997 146 0
Thiago Mendes   Brazil MF 2019–2023 143 2
Georges Prost   France MF 1965–1973 143 9
Michel Bastos   Brazil MF 2009–2013 142 35
Florian Maurice   France FW 1992–1997 142 51
Bakary Koné   Burkina Faso DF 2011–2016 141 8
Guy Hatchi   France MF 1961–1965 140 16
Rafael   Brazil DF 2015–2020 139 2
Jérémy Morel   Madagascar DF 2015–2019 139 1
Jason Denayer   Belgium DF 2018–2022 137 8
Alain Caveglia   France FW 1996–2000 137 61
Yves Mariot   France FW 1973–1977 137 20
Aly Cissokho   France DF 2009–2013 136 2
Ali Bouafia   Algeria FW 1988–1992 135 26
Dejan Lovren   Croatia DF 2010–2013
2023–		 134 4
Rayan Cherki   France FW 2019– 131 17
Robert Nouzaret   France MF 1963–1969 130 2
Léo Dubois   France DF 2018–2022 129 5
Ludovic Giuly   France FW 1994–1998 129 32
Marcelo Djian   Brazil DF 1993–1998 129 1
André Guy   France FW 1967–1971 129 76
Yoann Gourcuff   France MF 2010–2015 128 19
Éric Roy   France MF 1993–1996 128 12
Dominique Marais   France DF 1976–1981 127 2
Peguy Luyindula   France FW 2001–2004 126 46
Eric Deflandre   Belgium DF 2000–2004 126 0
Robert Valette   France DF 1969–1976 126 5
Fred   Brazil FW 2005–2009 125 43
Bertrand Traoré   Burkina Faso FW 2017–2020 123 33
Émile Daniel   France FW 1961–1965 123 16
René Bocchi   France MF 1956–1957
1958–1961		 123 10
Miralem Pjanić   Bosnia and Herzegovina MF 2008–2011 121 16
Patrice Carteron   France DF 1997–2000 120 10
Rachid Ghezzal   Algeria FW 2014–2017 119 14
Romarin Billong   Cameroon DF 1989–1995 115 5
Karl Toko Ekambi   Cameroon FW 2020–2023 114 38
Ederson   Brazil MF 2008–2012 114 11
François Clerc   France DF 2004–2010 114 2
Sylvain Wiltord   France FW 2004–2007 114 32
Eric Carrière   France FW 2001–2004 114 16
François Lemasson   France GK 1987–1990 114 0
Henri Zambelli   France DF 1982–1985 114 6
Patrick Paillot   France DF 1975–1980 114 0
Christophe Cocard   France MF 1996–1999 113 14
Franck Durix   France MF 1982–1988 113 33
Jacques Glyczinski   France DF 1963–1969 113 3
Rémy Vercoutre   France GK 2002–2014 112 0
Caçapa   Brazil DF 2000–2007 112 7
Cédric Bardon   France FW 1994–1998 112 15
Jean-Paul Bernad   France MF 1972–1978 112 20
Hector Maison   Argentina MF 1966–1969 112 9
Tanguy Ndombele   France MF 2017–2019
2022		 111 5
Jean Tigana   France MF 1978–1981 111 17
Claude Hugues   France GK 1957–1958
1959–1962		 111 0
Ghislain Anselmini   France DF 1991–1993
1994–1998		 109 0
Éric Boucher   France DF 1983–1986 108 0
Pierre Laigle   France MF 1999–2002 107 11
Ildo Maneiro   Uruguay MF 1973–1976 106 18
Jean Makoun   Cameroon MF 2008–2010 105 12
Eric Abidal   France DF 2004–2007 105 2
Gueïda Fofana   France MF 2011–2015 104 9
Jean-Luc Sassus   France DF 1994–1997 104 2
Gilles Rousset   France GK 1990–1993 104 0
Lucien Cossou   France FW 1956–1959 103 47
Henri Bedimo   Cameroon DF 2013–2016 103 1
Milan Bisevac   Serbia DF 2012–2015 103 1
Jean-Pierre Knayer   France MF 1953–1957 102 4
César Delgado   Argentina MF 2008–2011 101 9
Tiago Mendes   Portugal MF 2005–2007 101 14
Christophe Desbouillons   France DF 1976–1981 101 5
Jacky Colin   France MF 1988–1991 100 11

Players with 50 or more appearances edit

Name Nationality[nb 4] Position Lyon career Appearances Goals
Jérémy Berthod   France DF 2003–2007 99 2
Tony Vairelles   France FW 1999–2001
2001–2002
2002–2003		 98 22
Daniel Xuereb   France FW 1977–1981 98 21
Gilles De Rocco   France GK 1975–1979 98 0
Pierre Beetschen   Switzerland GK 1955–1960
1961-1967		 98 0
Jacques Fatton   Switzerland FW 1954–1957 98 43
Eugène Kabongo   Democratic Republic of the Congo FW 1987–1990 97 65
Michael Essien   Ghana MF 2003–2005 96 13
Michel Maillard   France FW 1971–1976 96 34
Marcel Duval   France GK 1950–1955 94 0
Laurent Lassagne   France DF 1988–1992 93 0
Éric Spadiny   France FW 1981–1986 93 22
Christophe Jallet   France DF 2014–2017 92 4
Hatem Ben Arfa   France MF 2004–2008 92 12
Laurent Delamontagne   France FW 1992–1995 92 7
Constantinho Pirès   Brazil MF 1956–1959 92 17
Mouhamadou Dabo   France DF 2011–2015 91 1
Mathieu Bodmer   France MF 2007–2010 91 8
Marc-Vivien Foé   Cameroon MF 2000–2002 91 8
Jean-Alain Boumsong   France DF 2008–2010 89 4
Laurent Debrosse   France DF 1992–1995 89 2
Jean-Marc Knapp   France DF 1988–1992 89 0
Sébastien Squillaci   France DF 2006–2008 87 3
Sinaly Diomandé   Ivory Coast DF 2020– 85 0
Milan Grobarcik   France DF 1959–1961 85 1
Arnold Mvuemba   Democratic Republic of the Congo MF 2012–2016 83 3
Jean-Marc Chanelet   France DF 2000–2003 83 3
Mario Corian   France DF 1987–1991 83 1
Jean-Pierre Orts   France FW 1986–1988 83 50
Robert Salen   France FW 1955–1960
1961-1962		 82 18
Hubert Fournier   France DF 1998–2000 81 0
Claude-Arnaud Rivenet   France MF 1991–1996 81 5
Jean-Marc Furlan   France DF 1980–1982 81 1
Lucas Paquetá   Brazil MF 2020–2022 80 21
Kenny Tete   Netherlands DF 2017–2020 80 1
James Debbah   Liberia FW 1992–1995 80 18
Daniel Lubin   France FW 1979–1983 80 11
René Rocco   France MF 1966-1968 80 1
Ferland Mendy   France DF 2017–2019 79 3
Raymond Dutto   France DF 1951–1961 79 0
Martin Terrier   France FW 2018–2020 77 17
Fabio Grosso   Italy DF 2007–2009 77 2
Mathieu Valbuena   France MF 2015–2017 76 12
Fernando Marçal   Brazil DF 2017–2020 75 0
Jean-Christophe Devaux   France DF 1994–2000 75 1
Guy Garrigues   France DF 1975–1979 75 0
Jean-Jacques N'Domba   Republic of the Congo FW 1986-1988 74 15
Abdelhamid Kermali   Algeria DF 1954–1959 74 17
Sergi Darder   Spain MF 2015–2017 73 5
Alain Moizan   France MF 1980-1982 73 11
Erik Kuld Jensen   Denmark FW 1953–1955 73 26
Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa   France DF 2015–2020 72 2
Abdul Kader Keïta   Ivory Coast FW 2007–2009 72 8
Cédric Uras   France DF 1997–2000 72 0
Raymond Schwinn   France MF 1966–1968 72 3
Bruno Guimarães   Brazil MF 2020–2022 71 3
Manuel Amoros   France DF 1993–1995 70 4
Antoine Jurilli   France DF 1950–1953 70 1
Albert Emon   France FW 1981–1983 69 19
Castello Lukeba   France DF 2021–2023 68 4
Frédéric Zago   France DF 1987–1989 68 15
Franck Priou   France FW 1986–1988 68 23
Philippe N'Dioro   Cameroon FW 1980–1984 68 18
Jean Gallice   France FW 1977–1979 68 12
Karim Maroc   Algeria FW 1976–1979
1980-1981		 67 17
Henri Lewandowicz   France FW 1957–1959 67 22
Claudio García   Argentina FW 1988–1990 66 16
Yves Flohic   France MF 1967–1970 66 0
Georges Dupraz   France FW 1950–1952 66 32
Jean-Louis Rivoire   France FW 1959–1965 65 9
Tino Kadewere   Zimbabwe FW 2020– 64 11
Dobrivoje Trivić   Serbia MF 1971–1973 64 5
Alphonse Rolland   France FW 1950–1952 64 14
Nicolás Tagliafico   Argentina DF 2022– 63 3
Jean-Marc Valadier   France FW 1978–1980 63 15
Antoine Dalla Cieca   France MF 1958–1960 63 12
Guillaume Masson   France FW 1990–1993 62 6
Philippe Vargoz   France DF 1980–1984 62 0
Henri Alberto   Italy GK 1954–1956 62 0
Malo Gusto   France DF 2021–2023 61 0
Samassi Abou   France FW 1992–1996 61 4
Alexandre Bès   France DF 1989–1994 60 0
Aziz Bouderbala   Morocco MF 1990–1992 60 11
Joël Müller   France DF 1979–1981 60 1
Michel Margottin   France FW 1964–1966 60 8
Christian Bassila   France DF 1996–1999 59 2
Jean-Marc Martinez   France MF 1977–1980 59 6
Guy Genet   France DF 1976–1980 59 5
Roger Duffez   France DF 1960–1964 59 0
Bernard Roubaud   France MF 1960–1962 59 9
Eugène N'Jo Léa   Cameroon FW 1959–1961 59 29
Frédéric Woelh   France FW 1950–1952 59 12
Christophe Deguerville   France DF 1995–1997 58 1
José Pasqualetti   France FW 1982–1984 57 4
Erwin Kuffer   Luxembourg DF 1966–1969 57 0
Marcel Lergenmuller   France GK 1950–1952 57 0
Jérémy Pied   France DF 2010–2012 56 4
Maxence Flachez   France DF 1992–1995 56 2
Rajko Aleksić   Serbia DF 1977–1979 56 2
Mouctar Diakhaby   Guinea DF 2016–2018 55 7
Frédéric Kanouté   Mali FW 1997–2000 55 11
Ake Hjalmarsson   Sweden MF 1953–1955 55 24
John Carew   Norway FW 2005–2007 54 17
Yassine Benzia   Algeria FW 2012–2015 54 6
Jérémy Clément   France MF 2004–2006 54 1
Christophe Breton   France GK 1985–1989
1991-1997		 54 0
Steve Marlet   France FW 2000–2002 53 19
Joseph-Désiré Job   Cameroon FW 1997–1999 53 18
Émile Jullard   France MF 1950–1952 53 5
Albert Domenech   France DF 1971–1975 52 1
Ján Popluhár   Slovakia DF 1968–1970 52 1
Lucien Genet   France FW 1951–1955 52 15
Pierre-Alain Frau   France FW 2004–2005 51 9
Mohamed Lekkak   Algeria FW 1959–1964 51 18
Kaj Christiansen   Denmark FW 1952–1954 51 15
Yannick Bajeot   France DF 1986–1988 50 3
Olivier Rouyer   France FW 1980–1984 50 12
Stéphane Bruey   France FW 1964–1966 50 12
Michel Bossy   France MF 1959–1964 50 0
François Konrady   France MF 1953–1957 50 10
Antonín Tichý   Czech Republic MF 1950–1953 50 5

Notes edit

  1. ^ Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
  2. ^ Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
  3. ^ Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
  4. ^ Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

References edit

  1. ^ "Chiesa Serge" (in French). Olympique Lyonnais. Archived from the original on 11 April 2012. Retrieved 17 July 2010.
  2. ^ a b "Les Scores Records" (in French). Olympique Lyonnais. Archived from the original on 1 January 2011. Retrieved 17 July 2010.
  3. ^ "Di Nallo Fleury" (in French). Olympique Lyonnais. Archived from the original on 3 October 2009. Retrieved 17 July 2010.
  4. ^ a b "Coupet Grégory" (in French). Olympique Lyonnais. Archived from the original on 3 October 2009. Retrieved 17 July 2010.
  5. ^ "Govou signs for Panathinaikos". Sporting Greece. 3 July 2010. Retrieved 17 July 2010.
  6. ^ "Sidney Govou Bio". ESPN. Retrieved 17 July 2010.
  7. ^ "Juninho Pernambucano" (in French). Olympique Lyonnais. Archived from the original on 2 January 2011. Retrieved 17 July 2010.
  8. ^ "Mignot Aimé" (in French). Olympique Lyonnais. Archived from the original on 3 July 2009. Retrieved 17 July 2010.
  9. ^ "Anthony RÉVEILLÈRE career statistics" (in French).
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