David Trezeguet
It was David Trezeguet’s golden goal thunderbolt that captured the Euro title 16 years ago to break Italian hearts. A wonderful player on his day, the now 38-year-old only retired as recently as 2015 when he brought a glittering career to an end with Pune City in India. It was initially thought that Trezeguet would return to Juventus, the club he won five titles with in the early noughties, but he is only in an ambassadorial role with the Bianconeri at present.
Thierry Henry
One of the most recognisable and exciting stars of this particular bunch of players, Thierry Henry captivated us all as part of the rising wave of stars who knew how to play to win as well as melding that brilliantly with a desire for flair and swashbuckling talent. A regular goalscorer for Les Bleus, he made his skills count in both huge stages as he netted six goals across each format, as well as going on to enjoy a thrilling club career with the likes of Arsenal and Barcelona. These days, he is a well-renowned pundit for Sky Sports and is perhaps the most stylish Frenchman in all the land...which is quite the feat.
Christophe Dugarry
A striker who arguably performed best with Bordeaux during his career before finishing his career with Qatar SC after a number of short spells with clubs like Barcelona and Birmingham City, Christophe Dugarry is fondly remembered by many for the role he played in helping his countryman taste success in both major tournaments, and although he was never their most prolific goalscorer. For 10 years, he was a commentator on the major French TV station Canal+ although he recently departed them to pursue other, more vague, projects.
Sylvain Wiltord (Euro 2000 only)
Back in 2012, Sylvain Wiltord announced his retirement from football after finishing his career with Nantes FC. The sprightly winger’s career saw him rack up 92 caps for France as well as his seeing him pick up nine honours at club level, also a a part of the invincibles at Arsenal. He hasn’t done much punditry work but did dabble in some reality TV recently.