Sydney Govou, (born July 27, 1979 in Le Puy-en-Velay) is a football (soccer) player from France. He plays striker with Olympique Lyonnais and France national team. Govou has been trained by Olympique Lyonnais and played all his professionnal games with this team, starting in French Ligue 1 championship on January 15, 2000. He has 19 caps with the France national team (3 goals).