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List of Olympique Lyonnais players

List of Olympique Lyonnais players

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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.

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.
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

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.
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Players with 200 or more appearances

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Players with 100 or more appearances

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Notes

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

References

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