Former France captain Amandine Henry was referred to as up by coach Herve Renard on Tuesday to arrange for the upcoming Women’s World Cup.

Renard selected 26 gamers in a squad that may finally be trimmed to 23 for the match in Australia and New Zealand subsequent month.

Henry has performed 93 matches for France however her final look was in November 2020.

Experienced Paris Saint-Germain midfielder Kheira Hamraoui was not chosen.

Renard was appointed in March after the gamers rebelled in opposition to predecessor Corinne Diacre.

The 54-year-old Renard stop as coach of the Saudi Arabia males’s group this week, ending a four-year spell highlighted by a win over eventual champion Argentina within the group stage of final 12 months’s World Cup in Qatar.

He mentioned his purpose with the ladies’s group was to at the very least attain the semifinals on the World Cup and the Paris Olympics.

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France squad:

Goalkeepers: Mylène Chavas (Bordeaux), Constance Picaud (Paris Saint-Germain), Solène Durand (Guingamp), Pauline Peyraud-Magnin (Juventus Turin)

Defenders: Selma Bacha (Lyon), Estelle Cascarino (Manchester United), Elisa De Almeida (PSG), Sakina Karchaoui (PSG), Eve Périsset (Chelsea), Maëlle Lakrar (Montpellier), Aïssatou Tounkara (Manchester United), Wendie Renard (Lyon)

Midfielders: Kenza Dali (Aston Villa), Amel Majri (OL), Laurina Fazer (PSG), Grace Geyoro (PSG), Sandie Toletti (Real Madrid), Amandine Henry (Angel City FC), Oriane Jean-François (PSG), Léa Le Garrec (Fleury)

Forwards: Viviane Asseyi (West Ham), Kadidiatou Diani (PSG), Eugénie Le Sommer (Lyon), Clara Mateo (Paris FC), Vicki Becho (Lyon), Naomie Feller (Real Madrid)

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