Kimpembe, first 'Titi' to captain France

It's a first for a homegrown player under contract with the club to wear the captain's armband of Les Bleus, and a rare event in Rouge-et-Bleu history in general: only seven players have had the honour since the Club's foundation in 1970. 

Jean Djorkaeff, the first and the player with the most caps, captained France while Paris Saint-Germain were still playing in the equivalent of Ligue 1. He did so on 14 occasions until the 1972 split with Paris Football-Club.

It wasn't until 23 years later that it happened again: on 29 March 1995, Paul Le Guen led his country in a goalless draw against Israel as coach Aimé Jacquet rotated the captaincy.

After Le Guen, Alain Roche vs. Norway (0-0,  22/07/1995), Bernard Lama against Poland (1-1, 16/08/1995) and Greece (3-1, 21/02/1996) and Vincent Guérin, once again against Israel (2-0, 15/11/1995) led their country.

Twenty years later, Blaise Matuidi captained France three times:  a defeat to Uruguay (0-1,  05/06/2013), and in wins over Portugal (2-1, 11/10/2014) and the Netherlands (3-2, 25/03/2016).

Presnel Kimpembe is the first player to do so since, joining Luis Fernandez as the only homegrown Paris Saint-Germain player to captain France, though the latter only did so after leaving the Club in 1986.