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.
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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 541 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 182 and finished his career at Lyon with 489 total appearances.[2] Only four other players have made over 400 appearances for Lyon.[3] Goalkeepers Grégory Coupet and Yves Chauveau made 518 and 438 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 rounds out the list having made exactly 400 appearances for Lyon.[8]

Players with 50 or more appearances[]

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

Juninho Pernambucano appeared in over 300 matches for Lyon.
Raymond Domenech spent seven seasons at Lyon and later went on to manage the France national team.
Vikash Dhorasoo had two stints at Lyon amassing over 200 appearances.
Mahamadou Diarra made 170 appearances for Lyon and captained the Mali national team.
Karim Benzema is the eighth on the list of the club's all-time leading goalscorers.
Jacek Bąk appeared in over 100 matches for Lyon.
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.
Hugo Lloris, now of Tottenham Hotspur, made 146 appearances for Lyon and captained the France national team to a World Cup title in 2018.
Name Nationality[nb 1] Position Lyon career Appearances Goals
Serge Chiesa  France MF 1969–1983 541 134
Grégory Coupet  France GK 1997–2008 518 0
Fleury Di Nallo  France FW 1960–1974 495 222
Yves Chauveau  France GK 1966–1975
1978–1982		 438 0
Sidney Govou  France FW 1999–2010 412 77
Aimé Mignot  France DF 1955–1966 400 1
Juninho  Brazil MF 2001–2009 344 100
Anthony Lopes  Portugal GK 2011– 349 0
Maxime Gonalons  France MF 2009–2017 334 13
Ángel Rambert  France MF 1960–1970 316 56
 France DF 1960–1969 294 8
Raymond Domenech  France DF 1970–1977 293 11
Alexandre Lacazette  France FW 2010–2017 275 129
Anthony Réveillère  France DF 2003–2013 272 3
Cris  Brazil DF 2004–2012 264 24
Pascal Fugier  France DF 1985–1993 256 4
 France DF 1966–1976 256 2
Kim Källström  Sweden MF 2006–2012 246 17
Bafétimbi Gomis  France FW 2009–2014 244 95
Steed Malbranque  France MF 1997–2001
2012–2016		 232 17
Philippe Violeau  France MF 1997–2004 232 10
Bernard Lacombe  France FW 1969–1978 230 128
 France MF 1980–1987 224 13
Laurent Fournier  France MF 1980–1988 224 22
Jordan Ferri  France MF 2011–2019 213 12
Vikash Dhorasoo  France MF 1993–1998
2002–2004		 210 12
Maxwel Cornet  Ivory Coast FW 2014– 222 47
Florent Laville  France DF 1993–2003 204 35
Jean Djorkaeff  France DF 1957–1966 200 23
Patrick Müller   Switzerland DF 2000–2004
2006–2008		 199 3
 France DF 1961–1967 197 3
Florent Malouda  France MF 2003–2007 193 30
Nabil Fekir  France FW 2013–2019 193 69
Jérémy Toulalan  France MF 2006–2011 191 1
Christophe Delmotte  France MF 1997–2004 187 15
Émile Antonio  France MF 1954–1961 184 23
Sylvain Deplace  France DF 1991–1997 180 2
 France MF 1981–1982
1983–1989		 174 16
David Linarès  France DF 1996–2002 173 5
Mahamadou Diarra  Mali MF 2002–2006 170 14
Samuel Umtiti  France DF 2011–2016 170 5
Bruno Génésio  France MF 1984–1987
1988–1993
1994–1995		 169 11
Lisandro López  Argentina FW 2009–2013 168 82
Lucas Tousart  France MF 2015–2020 165 6
Jérémie Bréchet  France DF 1998–2003 163 0
Rémi Garde  France MF 1984–1993 162 23
Corentin Tolisso  France MF 2013–2017 160 29
Jimmy Briand  France FW 2010–2014 160 34
Franck Gava  France MF 1992–1997 157 29
Sonny Anderson  Brazil FW 1999–2003 161 94
André Lerond  France DF 1951–1959 153 3
Marcel Aubour  France GK 1960–1966 153 0
Clément Grenier  France MF 2009–2018 152 18
Karim Benzema  France FW 2004–2009 148 66
Michel Bastos  Brazil MF 2009–2013 141 35
Bakary Koné  Burkina Faso DF 2011-2016 141 8
Edmilson  Brazil MF 2000–2004 140 4
Jérémy Morel  France DF 2015–2019 139 1
Rafael  Brazil DF 2015–2020 139 2
 France MF 1988–1992
1993–1996
1997–1998		 138 18
Aly Cissokho  France DF 2009–2013 136 2
Memphis Depay  Netherlands FW 2017– 149 59
Houssem Aouar  France MF 2017– 145 26
Nestor Combin  France FW 1959–1964 131 78
Jean-François Jodar  France DF 1979–1983 131 0
Ludovic Giuly  France FW 1994–1998 130 33
Yoann Gourcuff  France MF 2010–2015 128 19
Peguy Luyindula  France FW 2001–2004 126 46
Florian Maurice  France FW 1992–1997 126 44
Eric Deflandre  Belgium DF 2000–2004 126 0
Fred  Brazil FW 2005–2009 125 43
Marcelo  Brazil DF 2017– 138 5
Bertrand Traoré  Burkina Faso FW 2017–2020 125 33
Hugo Lloris  France GK 2008–2012 122 0
Miralem Pjanić  Bosnia and Herzegovina MF 2008–2011 121 16
Rachid Ghezzal  Algeria FW 2014–2017 119 14
Sylvain Wiltord  France FW 2004–2007 114 32
Éric Carrière  France FW 2001–2004 114 16
Jacek Bąk  Poland DF 1995–2002 114 3
François Clerc  France DF 2004–2010 114 2
François Lemasson  France GK 1987–1990 114 0
Franck Durix  France MF 1982–1988 113 33
Alain Caveglia  France FW 1996–2000 112 47
Caçapa  Brazil DF 2000–2007 112 7
Romarin Billong  Cameroon DF 1989–1995 111 5
Ghislain Anselmini  France DF 1991–1993
1994–1998		 111 0
Marcelo Djian  Brazil DF 1993–1998 108 1
Rémy Vercoutre  France GK 2002–2014 106 0
Jean Makoun  Cameroon MF 2008–2010 105 12
Eric Abidal  France DF 2004–2007 105 2
Jean Tigana  France MF 1978–1981 104 15
Gueïda Fofana  France MF 2011–2015 104 9
Lucien Cossou  France FW 1956–1959 103 47
Henri Bedimo  Cameroon DF 2013–2016 103 1
Dejan Lovren  Croatia DF 2010–2013 102 3
Christophe Desbouillons  France DF 1976–1981 101 5
Milan Bisevac  Serbia DF 2012–2015 101 1
Gilles Rousset  France GK 1990–1993 98 0
Gilles De Rocco  France GK 1975–1979 98 0
Michael Essien  Ghana MF 2003–2005 96 13
Tanguy Ndombele  France MF 2017–2019 96 3
Patrice Carteron  France DF 1997–2000 95 12
Pierre Laigle  France MF 1999–2002 92 7
 France DF 1988–1992 92 0
Hatem Ben Arfa  France MF 2004–2008 92 12
Christophe Jallet  France DF 2014–2017 92 4
Tony Vairelles  France FW 1999–2001
2001–2002
2002–2003		 91 16
Mathieu Bodmer  France MF 2007–2010 91 8
Mouhamadou Dabo  France DF 2011–2015 91 1
 Argentina MF 1966–1969 90 7
 France MF 1962–1965 89 10
Jean-Alain Boumsong  France DF 2008–2010 89 4
Moussa Dembélé  France FW 2018– 103 44
Christophe Cocard  France MF 1996–1999 87 11
Sébastien Squillaci  France DF 2006–2008 87 3
Ederson  Brazil MF 2008–2012 84 7
 France FW 1954–1957 84 4
Arnold Mvuemba  Democratic Republic of the Congo MF 2012–2016 83 3
Eugène Kabongo Zaire Zaire FW 1987–1990 83 48
César Delgado  Argentina MF 2008–2011 83 8
Jason Denayer  Belgium DF 2018– 95 3
Cédric Bardon  France FW 1994–1998 82 12
Laurent Debrosse  France DF 1992–1995 82 2
James Debbah  Liberia FW 1992–1995 80 18
Ferland Mendy  France DF 2017–2019 79 3
Martin Terrier  France FW 2018–2020 77 17
 Brazil MF 1956–1959 77 14
Fabio Grosso  Italy DF 2007–2009 77 2
 France DF 1951–1961 77 0
Mathieu Valbuena  France MF 2015–2017 76 12
Kenny Tete  Netherlands DF 2017–2020 80 1
Samassi Abou  France DF 1992–1996 75 4
 France DF 1987–1991 75 0
 France DF 1975–1979 75 0
Abdelhamid Kermali  Algeria DF 1954–1959 74 17
Sergi Darder  Spain MF 2015–2017 73 5
Abdul Kader Keïta  Ivory Coast FW 2007–2009 72 8
Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa  France DF 2015–2020 72 2
Joseph-Désiré Job  Cameroon FW 1997–1999 71 22
Fernando Marçal  Brazil DF 2017–2020 75 0
Jean-Marc Chanelet  France DF 2000–2003 70 3
Jérémy Berthod  France DF 2003–2007 69 1
Hubert Fournier  France DF 1998–2000 68 0
Manuel Amoros  France DF 1993–1995 66 3
Jean-Christophe Devaux  France DF 1994–2000 63 1
Albert Emon  France MF 1981–1983 60 17
 France DF 1976–1980 59 6
Christian Bassila  France DF 1996–1999 59 2
 France DF 1988–1992 59 0
Léo Dubois  France DF 2018– 72 4
Jérémy Pied  France DF 2010–2012 56 4
Frédéric Kanouté  Mali FW 1997–2000 55 11
Maxence Flachez  France DF 1992–1995 55 2
 France DF 1989–1994 55 0
Yassine Benzia  Algeria FW 2012–2015 54 6
Aziz Bouderbala  Morocco MF 1990–1992 54 10
John Carew  Norway FW 2005–2007 53 18
Pierre-Alain Frau  France FW 2004–2005 51 9
 France MF 1953–1957 50 10

Notes[]

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

References[]

  1. ^ "Chiesa Serge" (in French). Olympique Lyonnais. Archived from the original on 11 April 2012. Retrieved 17 July 2010.
  2. ^ Jump up to: 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. ^ Jump up to: 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.
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