Shadow player, pillar, then veteran of the French football team of which she was captain between 2014 and 2020, Amandine Henry – 109 caps, 14 goals – chose to “turn the page” of his blue years. “After so many years of passion, challenges and unforgettable memories”she wrote, in a text posted on social networks, Sunday October 13.
The former Olympique Lyonnais midfielder (2007-2016, 2018-2023), seven-time winner of the Champions League, will never have succeeded in breaking the glass ceiling of the French team, on the list of winners international still virgin.
Long considered the best of her generation in her position, the 35-year-old player has experienced the repeated failures of the Bleues, including the latest in the quarter-final of the Paris Olympic Games, against Brazil (0-1).
Sidelined by Corinne Diacre
Her history with the national team was at one time in jeopardy, due to tensions with former coach Corinne Diacre (2017-2023), who had removed her from the group. Amandine Henry was fully reinstated when Hervé Renard took office (2023-2024).
The wind of renewal and appeasement breathed by the tactician will not, however, have allowed the Tricolores to pass the hoped-for milestone, and his departure, after the 2024 Olympics, forces a new transition.
” Legend ” des Bleues according to the words of the French Football Federation, Amandine Henry will therefore not be part of Laurent Bonadei’s first list, announced Thursday October 17, for the friendly matches against Jamaica, on October 25, and Switzerland on the 29th.
But, in her own words, the player who now wears the colors of Toluca, Mexico, will continue to “support our French team and encourage the next generation of talents so that we can finally lift our first trophies. »
