List of Olympique Lyonnais players

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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.
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 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.

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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