Sidney Govou

Retired
Last club: FC Limonest Most games for: Olympique Lyon Retired since: Jul 1, 2017

Date of birth/Age: Jul 27, 1979 (44)
Place of birth: Le Puy-en-Velay
Citizenship: France

Height: 1,77 m
Position: Right Winger

Former International: France
Caps/Goals: 49 / 10

National team career

#	National team		Debut			Coach at debut	Age at debut
	France
7		France	Aug 21, 2002	49	10	Jacques Santini	23 years 25 days
	France U21
-		France U21	-	15	4

Stats of Sidney Govou

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Competition		wettbewerb
Total :			49	10	1	-	27	17	4	-	-	-	224'	2.239'
	International Friendlies	19	4	-	-	11	7	-	-	-	-	224'	896'
	European Qualifiers	9	4	-	-	6	2	1	-	-	-	79'	317'
	World Cup qualification	9	1	1	-	4	3	1	-	-	-	494'	494'
	World Cup	7	-	-	-	5	2	-	-	-	-	-	222'
	Confederations Cup	3	1	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	169'	169'
	EURO	2	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	141'

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	Matchday	Venue	Date			Result	Pos.
	International Friendlies
		Tunis	Aug 21, 2002	Tunisia	France	1:1						63'	63'
	European Qualifiers
	Group 1	Nicosia	Sep 7, 2002	Cyprus	France	1:2					70'		20'
	Group 1	Saint Denis	Oct 12, 2002	France	Slovenia	5:0		1			80'		10'
	Group 1	Attard	Oct 16, 2002	Malta	France	0:4	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		Saint Denis	Nov 20, 2002	France	Yugoslavia	3:0	Not in squad
		Saint Denis	Feb 12, 2003	France	Czechia	0:2	Not in squad
	European Qualifiers
	Group 1	Lens	Mar 29, 2003	France	Malta	6:0					75'		15'
	Group 1	Palermo	Apr 2, 2003	Israel	France	1:2					66'		24'
	International Friendlies
		Saint Denis	Apr 30, 2003	France	Egypt	5:0	Not in squad
	Confederations Cup 2003
	Group A	Lyon	Jun 18, 2003	France	Colombia	1:0					77'		13'
	Group A	Saint-Etienne	Jun 20, 2003	France	Japan	2:1	SS	1		21'			90'
	Group A	Saint Denis	Jun 22, 2003	France	New Zealand	5:0	on the bench
	Semi-Finals	Saint Denis	Jun 26, 2003	France	Türkiye	3:2	RW					66'	66'
	Final	Saint Denis	Jun 29, 2003	Cameroon	France	0:1 AET	on the bench
	International Friendlies
		Carouge	Aug 20, 2003	Switzerland	France	0:2	Not in squad
	European Qualifiers
	Group 1	Saint Denis	Sep 6, 2003	France	Cyprus	5:0	Not in squad
	Group 1	Ljubljana	Sep 10, 2003	Slovenia	France	0:2	Not in squad
	Group 1	Saint Denis	Oct 11, 2003	France	Israel	3:0	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		Gelsenkirchen	Nov 15, 2003	Germany	France	0:3					82'		8'
		Brüssel	Feb 18, 2004	Belgium	France	0:2		1				46'	45'
		Rotterdam	Mar 31, 2004	Netherlands	France	0:0	CF					46'	45'
		Saint Denis	May 20, 2004	France	Brazil	0:0	on the bench
		Montpellier	May 28, 2004	France	Andorra	4:0	Not in squad
		Saint Denis	Jun 6, 2004	France	Ukraine	1:0	Not in squad
	EURO 2004
	Group B	Lissabon	Jun 13, 2004	France	England	2:1	on the bench
	Group B	Leiria	Jun 17, 2004	Croatia	France	2:2	on the bench
	Group B	Coimbra	Jun 21, 2004	Switzerland	France	1:3	on the bench
	Quarter-Finals	Lissabon	Jun 25, 2004	France	Greece	0:1	on the bench
	International Friendlies
		Saint Denis	Aug 18, 2004	France	Bosnia	1:1					46'		45'
	World Cup qualification Europe
	Group 4	Saint Denis	Sep 4, 2004	France	Israel	0:0	Not in squad
	Group 4	Tórshavn	Sep 8, 2004	Faroe Islands	France	0:2	Not in squad
	Group 4	Saint Denis	Oct 9, 2004	France	Ireland	0:0					82'		8'
	Group 4	Nicosia	Oct 13, 2004	Cyprus	France	0:2	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		Saint Denis	Nov 17, 2004	France	Poland	0:0					26'		64'
		Saint Denis	Feb 9, 2005	France	Sweden	1:1	Not in squad
	World Cup qualification Europe
	Group 4	Saint Denis	Mar 26, 2005	France	Switzerland	0:0					82'		8'
	Group 4	Ramat Gan, Tel Aviv	Mar 30, 2005	Israel	France	1:1	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		Longeville-lès-Metz	May 31, 2005	France	Hungary	2:1					59'		31'
		Montpellier	Aug 17, 2005	France	Ivory Coast	3:0	Not in squad
	World Cup qualification Europe
	Group 4	Lens	Sep 3, 2005	France	Faroe Islands	3:0	Not in squad
	Group 4	Dublin	Sep 7, 2005	Ireland	France	0:1	Not in squad
	Group 4	Bern	Oct 8, 2005	Switzerland	France	1:1					90'		1'
	Group 4	Saint Denis	Oct 12, 2005	France	Cyprus	4:0						90'	90'
	International Friendlies
			Nov 9, 2005	France	Costa Rica	3:2					64'		26'
		Saint Denis	Nov 12, 2005	France	Germany	0:0	on the bench
		Saint Denis	Mar 1, 2006	France	Slovakia	1:2	Not in squad
		Saint Denis	May 27, 2006	France	Mexico	1:0	Not in squad
		Lens	May 31, 2006	France	Denmark	2:0	Not in squad
		Saint-Etienne	Jun 7, 2006	France	China	3:1	Not in squad
	World Cup 2006
	Group G	Stuttgart	Jun 13, 2006	France	Switzerland	0:0	on the bench
	Group G	Leipzig	Jun 18, 2006	France	South Korea	1:1	on the bench
	Group G	Köln	Jun 23, 2006	Togo	France	0:2	RW				77'		13'
	Round of 16	Hannover	Jun 27, 2006	Spain	France	1:3	RW				74'		16'
	Quarter-Finals	Frankfurt (Main)	Jul 1, 2006	France	Brazil	1:0	RW				76'		14'
	Semi-Finals	München	Jul 5, 2006	Portugal	France	0:1	RW				72'		18'
	Final	Berlin	Jul 9, 2006	Italy	France	6:4 on pens	on the bench
	International Friendlies
		Sarajevo	Aug 16, 2006	Bosnia	France	1:2	Not in squad
	European Qualifiers
	Group B	Tbilisi	Sep 2, 2006	Georgia	France	0:3					69'		21'
	Group B	Saint Denis	Sep 6, 2006	France	Italy	3:1	SS	2				75'	75'
	Group B	Glasgow	Oct 7, 2006	Scotland	France	1:0	Not in squad
	Group B	Montbéliard	Oct 11, 2006	France	Faroe Islands	5:0	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		Saint Denis	Nov 15, 2006	France	Greece	1:0	Not in squad
		Saint Denis	Feb 7, 2007	France	Argentina	0:1	RW				46'		45'
	European Qualifiers
	Group B	Kaunas	Mar 24, 2007	Lithuania	France	0:1						62'	62'
	International Friendlies
		Saint Denis	Mar 28, 2007	France	Austria	1:0	Not in squad
	European Qualifiers
	Group B	Saint Denis	Jun 2, 2007	France	Ukraine	2:0	on the bench
	Group B	Auxerre	Jun 6, 2007	France	Georgia	1:0					90'		1'
	International Friendlies
		Trnava	Aug 22, 2007	Slovakia	France	0:1	Not in squad
	European Qualifiers
	Group B	Milano	Sep 8, 2007	Italy	France	0:0	on the bench
	Group B	Saint Denis	Sep 12, 2007	France	Scotland	0:1	Not in squad
	Group B	Tórshavn	Oct 13, 2007	Faroe Islands	France	0:6	on the bench
	Group B	Nantes	Oct 17, 2007	France	Lithuania	2:0	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		Saint Denis	Nov 16, 2007	France	Morocco	2:2	RW	1				75'	75'
	European Qualifiers
	Group B	Kiew	Nov 21, 2007	Ukraine	France	2:2	RW	1		53'			90'
	International Friendlies
		Málaga	Feb 6, 2008	Spain	France	1:0	Not in squad
		Saint Denis	Mar 26, 2008	France	England	1:0					63'		27'
		Grenoble	May 27, 2008	France	Ecuador	2:0	Not in squad
		Toulouse	May 31, 2008	France	Paraguay	0:0					46'		45'
		Saint Denis	Jun 3, 2008	France	Colombia	1:0	Not in squad
	EURO 2008
	Group C	Zürich	Jun 9, 2008	Romania	France	0:0	on the bench
	Group C	Bern	Jun 13, 2008	Netherlands	France	4:1	RW					75'	75'
	Group C	Zürich	Jun 17, 2008	France	Italy	0:2	RW			47'		66'	66'
	International Friendlies
		Göteborg	Aug 20, 2008	Sweden	France	2:3	RW	2					90'
	World Cup qualification Europe
	Group G	Wien	Sep 6, 2008	Austria	France	3:1	RM	1					90'
	Group G	Saint Denis	Sep 10, 2008	France	Serbia	2:1	RW		1			82'	82'
	Group G	Constanta	Oct 11, 2008	Romania	France	2:2	Ankle injury
	International Friendlies
		Saint Denis	Oct 14, 2008	France	Tunisia	3:1	Ankle injury
		Saint Denis	Nov 19, 2008	France	Uruguay	0:0	Not in squad
		Marseille	Feb 11, 2009	France	Argentina	0:2	Achilles tendon rupture
	World Cup qualification Europe
	Group G	Kaunas	Mar 28, 2009	Lithuania	France	0:1	Achilles tendon rupture
	Group G	Saint Denis	Apr 1, 2009	France	Lithuania	1:0	Achilles tendon rupture
	International Friendlies
		Saint-Etienne	Jun 2, 2009	France	Nigeria	0:1					70'		20'
		Lyon	Jun 5, 2009	France	Türkiye	1:0	RW				58'		32'
	World Cup qualification Europe
	Group G	Tórshavn	Aug 12, 2009	Faroe Islands	France	0:1	Not in squad
	Group G	Saint Denis	Sep 5, 2009	France	Romania	1:1	Not in squad
	Group G	Belgrad	Sep 9, 2009	Serbia	France	1:1	Not in squad
	Group G	Guingamp	Oct 10, 2009	France	Faroe Islands	5:0	RW					62'	62'
	Group G	Saint Denis	Oct 14, 2009	France	Austria	3:1	RW						90'
	World Cup qualification Playoffs
	Qualifying Round 1st leg		Nov 14, 2009	Ireland	France	0:1	on the bench
	Qualifying Round 2nd leg	Saint Denis	Nov 18, 2009	France	Ireland	1:1 AET				106'	56'		64'
	International Friendlies
		Saint Denis	Mar 3, 2010	France	Spain	0:2	RW				65'		25'
		Lens	May 26, 2010	France	Costa Rica	2:1	RW					65'	65'
		Tunis	May 30, 2010	Tunisia	France	1:1	RW					75'	75'
			Jun 4, 2010	France	China	0:1	RW					71'	71'
	World Cup 2010
	Group A	Kapstadt	Jun 11, 2010	Uruguay	France	0:0	RW					85'	85'
	Group A	Polokwane	Jun 17, 2010	France	Mexico	0:2	RW					69'	69'
	Group A	Westdene, Bloemfontein	Jun 22, 2010	France	South Africa	1:2	RW				83'		7'
Squad: 65, Starting eleven: 22, Substituted in: 27, On the bench: 16, Suspended: 0, Injured: 5,