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No. of players 31
First team players 24
International players 8
Biggest purchase
Issa Diop
£15 million from West Ham - 10 Aug 2022
Biggest sale Louis Saha
£12.4 million to Man Utd - 23 Jan 2004
Total transfers paid £61,240,000
Total transfers sold £20,400,000


French players at Fulham[]

To date, there have been a total of thirty-one French players to have been at Fulham, with eight of these who have represented France at full international level. Twenty-four of these players have played for the first team. These numbers include those who have switched international allegiance either whilst at or since leaving the club.

Georges Crozier is believed to have been one of the first French players to have played professionally in England when he joined Fulham in 1904, and also gained full caps for France, but never played a first team match for Fulham.

The most notable Frenchman to have played for Fulham is Louis Saha, whose goalscoring exploits in the 2000-01 season led them to promotion to the top flight for the first time in 33 years. He was later sold to Manchester United for a then club record fee of £12.4 million, going on to win two Premier League titles, a League Cup and a Champions League winners medal.

Steve Marlet remains to date the most expensive French player to have signed for Fulham, with the club paying £11.5 million for the striker's services in 2001 at the start of their first Premier League campaign. However, it turned out to be poor business and he never reached the heights that many had hoped, spending a large portion of his Fulham career out on loan. A lawsuit between the club and former manager Jean Tigana over the excessive transfer fee would later be settled in the favour of Tigana.

In August 2022, Issa Diop became the most expensive French Fulham player in history when he was signed for £15 million from West Ham United.

First team[]

The following is a list of French players who have played at least one appearance for Fulham's first team.

F7E7E7 Highlighted red indicates that the player represented France when he joined Fulham, but switched international allegiance at a later date
E7E7E7 Highlighted grey indicates that the player previously represented France, but switched international allegiance before joining Fulham
*      indicates that the appearances/goals are subject to change
No. Name Fulham career Apps (gls) Debut From To Int. caps (gls)
1 François Keller 1998-1999 2 (0) 12 Dec 1998 Flag of France Strasbourg
£40,000
Flag of France Strasbourg
Free
 - 
2 Louis Saha 2000-2004 142 (63) 12 Aug 2000 Flag of France Metz
£2.1 million
Flag of England Man Utd
£12.4 million
20 (4)
3 Fabrice Fernandes 2000-2001 36 (4) 12 Aug 2000 Flag of France Rennes
Loan
Flag of France Rennes
Loan end
France U21
? (?)
4 Nicolas Sahnoun 2000-2001 9 (0) 18 Nov 2000 Flag of France Bordeaux
Loan
Flag of France Bordeaux
Loan end
France U21
? (?)
5 Alain Goma 2001-2006 151 (0) 21 Apr 2001 Flag of England Newcastle
£4 million
Released 2 (0)
6 Steed Malbranque 2001-2006 211 (44) 19 Aug 2001 Flag of France Lyon
£5 million
Flag of England Tottenham
£2 million
France U21
14 (4)
7 Sylvain Legwinski 2001-2006 164 (12) 25 Aug 2001 Flag of France Bordeaux
£3.3 million
Flag of England Ipswich
Free
France U21
4 (1)
8 Steve Marlet 2001-2005 164 (12) 15 Sept 2001 Flag of France Lyon
£11.5 million
Flag of Germany Wolfsburg
Free
23 (6)
9 Martin Djetou 2002-2004 66 (1) 23 Oct 2002 Flag of Italy Parma
Loan
Flag of Italy Parma
Loan end
6 (0)
10 Jérôme Bonnissel 2003-2005 16 (0) 16 Aug 2003 Flag of Scotland Rangers
Free
Released France U21
8 (0)
11 Philippe Christanval 2005-2008 40 (1) 17 Sept 2005 Flag of France Marseille
Free
Released 6 (0)
12 Franck Queudrue 2006-2007 32 (1) 20 Aug 2006 Flag of England Middlesbrough
£2 million
Flag of England Birmingham
£2.5 million
France B
1 (0)
13 Olivier Dacourt 2009 12 (0) 7 Feb 2009 Flag of Italy Inter
Loan
Flag of Italy Inter
Loan end
21 (1)
14 Gaël Kakuta 2011 7 (1) 2 Feb 2011 Flag of England Chelsea
Loan
Flag of England Chelsea
Loan end
DR Congo
11 (2)
15 Moussa Dembélé 2012-2016 64 (19) 30 Nov 2013 Flag of France PSG
£300,000
Flag of Scotland Celtic
£500,000
France U21
25 (13)
16 Ange-Freddy Plumain 2013-2016 2 (0) 4 Jan 2014 Flag of France Lens
Free
Flag of France Sedan
Free
France U18
2 (0)
17 Seko Fofana 2014-2015 25 (1) 29 Nov 2014 Flag of England Man City
Loan
Flag of England Man City
Loan end
Ivory Coast
6 (1)
Neeskens Kebano 2016-2023 160 (24) 27 Aug 2016 Flag of Belgium Genk
£3.8 million
Flag of United Arab Emirates Al Jaziri
Free
DR Congo
* (*)
18 Aboubakar Kamara 2017-2021 94 (17) 5 Aug 2017 Flag of France Amiens
£4 million
Flag of Greece Aris
£3 million
Mauritania
7 (2)
19 Yohan Mollo 2017-2018 6 (0) 9 Sept 2017 Flag of Russia Zenit
Free
Released France U21
8 (0)
20 Maxime Le Marchand 2018-2021 48 (0) 11 Aug 2018 Flag of France Nice
£3.5 million
Flag of France Strasbourg
Free
 - 
21 Anthony Knockaert 2019-2023 56 (4) 3 Aug 2019 Flag of England Brighton
£10.5 million
Flag of France Valenciennes
Free
France U21
3 (1)
22 Alphonse Areola 2020-2021 37 (0) 16 Sept 2020 Flag of France PSG
Loan
Flag of France PSG
Loan end
3 (0)
23 Issa Diop 2022-present * (*) 23 Aug 2022 Flag of England West Ham
£15 million
- France U21
6 (0)
24 Layvin Kurzawa 2022-2023 6 (2) 1 Oct 2022 Flag of France PSG
Loan
Flag of France PSG
Loan end
13 (1)
Fodé Ballo-Touré 2023-present * (*) 27 Sept 2023 Flag of Italy AC Milan Senegal
* (*)

Other[]

The following is a list of French players who have been at Fulham, but never made an appearance for the first team.

No. Name Fulham career From To Int. caps (gls)
1 Georges Crozier 1904-1906 Flag of England West Norwood Flag of France US Parisienne 2 (0)
2 Ismaël Ehui 2004-2006 Academy Flag of England Harrow Borough
Free
 - 
3 Ludovic Erhard 2009-2011 Flag of France US Torcy
Academy
Flag of England Hayes
Free
 - 
4 Richie Barroilhet 2010-2012 Flag of France Nice
Academy
Flag of Netherlands RKC Waalwijk
Free
France U19
3 (0)
5 Jean-Pierre Tiéhi 2018-2023 Flag of France Le Havre
Academy
Released
Free
 - 
6 Ziyad Larkèche 2020-2023 Flag of France PSG
Free
Released
Free
France U20
2 (0)
7 Macauley Zepa Adams 2024-present Flag of England Arsenal
Academy
 -   - 

French staff at Fulham[]

Managers[]

The following is a list of French managers who have been at Fulham.

No. Name Fulham career
1 Jean Tigana 2000-2003

Backroom staff[]

The following is a list of French backroom staff who have been at Fulham

No. Name Role Fulham career
1 Christian Damiano Assistant manager 2000-2003
2 Roger Propos Fitness coach 2000-2003

French opposition[]

Competitive[]

The following is a list of French football clubs that Fulham have faced in competitive competition.

# Season Date Competition Opposition Venue Result Score Other info
1 2002-03 Wed 31 Jul 2002 Intertoto Cup Sochaux Home Won 1-0
2 2002-03 Wed 7 Aug 2002 Intertoto Cup Sochaux Away Won 2-0

Friendlies[]

The following is a list of French football clubs that Fulham have faced in friendly matches.

# Season Date Opposition Venue Result Score Other info
1 1988-89 Wed 3 Aug 1988 Racing Club de Paris Home Won 1-0
2 2000-01 Wed 12 Jul 2000 Rennes Away Won 1-0
3 2000-01 Fri 6 Oct 2000 Bordeaux Away Won 1-0
4 2001-02 Fri 13 Jul 2001 Nancy Neutral Won 2-1 At Stade de la Colombière, Épinal, France
5 2001-02 Thu 26 Jul 2001 French XI Away Lost 0-2
6 2001-02 Sat 1 Sept 2001 Monaco Home Won 2-1
7 2001-02 Fri 9 Nov 2001 Sochaux Away Lost 0-2
8 2012-13 Sat 4 Aug 2012 Nice Away Won 4-0
9 2018-19 Sat 21 Jul 2018 Lyon Away Lost 0-4
10 2022-23 Sat 16 Jul 2022 Nice Neutral Won 2-0 Algarve Trophy; at Estádio Algarve, Portugal
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