First match and first start. It all started on March 5, 2014 during a friendly match against the Netherlands, Antoine Griezmann took his first steps in the national team at the age of 22 alongside certain executives like Blaise Matuidi, Paul Pogba, Raphaël Varane and Hugo Lloris.
Young, dynamic, explosive, he quickly integrated into the French collective and quickly became an essential element for coach Didier Deschamps. The native of Mâcon played 84 matches in a row with the France team, not missing a single meeting between August 31, 2017 and November 21, 2023.
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2018 world champion
The ultimate dream of every footballer: to be world champion. Antoine Griezmann and his teammates repeated this feat in Moscow in 2018, beating Croatia (4-2) in pouring rain. In total, Griezmann has played in four major finals with the France A team: Euro 2016, the 2018 World Cup, the 2021 Nations League and the 2022 World Cup. A record of two victories and two defeats.
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A decade in Blue
In 10 years of international career, Griezmann has only known one coach Didier Deschamps. He has scored 44 goals and ranks third among the most capped players in the history of the Blues, behind Hugo Lloris (145) and Lilian Thuram (142), and tied with one of his best teammates. .
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