Karim Benzema, who returns to the French national team after five and a half years of absence, will wear number 19 at the Eurocup, while Kylian Mbappé will keep the 10, Antoine Griezmann with the 7 and Olivier giroud with the 9, announced this Friday the French Football Federation (FFF) through social networks.
Benzema, 33, thus recovers the number that he wore in his origins as a professional player in the Olympique de Lyon in the mid-2000s.
In the Real Madrid the Algerian-born player has worn the number 9 since 2010. In the season of his arrival, the 2009/10 player wore the number 11.
Benzema was summoned for the Eurocup, which is disputed in several European countries between June 11 and July 11, after spending five and a half years without wearing the “bleus” shirt due to the controversial scandal about his alleged involvement in a blackmail of Mathieu Valbuena.
France is in a complicated group, the F, in which they will be measured at Germany, Hungary and Portugal.
1: Lloris
2: Pavard
3: Kimpembe
4: Varane
5: Lenglet
6: Pogba
7: Griezmann
8: Lemar
9: Giroud
10: Mbappé
11: Dembélé
12: Tolisso
13: Kanté
14: Rabiot
15: Zouma
16: Mandanda
17: Sissoko
18: Digne
19: Benzema
20: Eat
21: Lucas Hernandez
22: Ben Yedder
23: Maignan
24: Dubois
25: Koundé
26: Thuram