Delphine Cascarino

Delphine Cascarino
Cascarino training with Olympique Lyon in 2016
Personal information
Full name Delphine Cascarino
Date of birth (1997-02-05) 5 February 1997
Place of birth Saint-Priest, Rhone, France
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Lyon
Number 20
Youth career
A.S. St. Priest
A.S. Manissieux St Priest
2009–2016 Lyon
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014– Lyon 25 (3)
National team‡
2012 France U16 5 (1)
2012–2013 France U17 17 (0)
2015–2016 France U19 23 (5)
2016 France U20 8 (2)
2016– France 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 8 November 2017
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 6 April 2018

Delphine Cascarino (born 5 February 1997) is a French women's association football player from Saint-Priest, Rhône. She currently plays for Olympique Lyon and the France women's national football team as a midfielder.

Career

Cascarino started playing football for her local youth teams of A.S. St. Priest and A.S. A.S. Manissieux St Priest before joining Olympique Lyon in 2009.[1] She made her senior debut for Olympique Lyonnais in the 2014–2015 Division 1 Féminine season.[2][3] She was awarded with her first professional contract in 2015.[2] She has won two UEFA Women's Champions League and two Division 1 titles with Olympic Lyonnais.[4] In January 2017, her season was ended early due to a knee injury.[5]

International career

In 2012, Cascarino was selected to play for the France women's national under-17 football team, where she was part of their 2012 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup winning campaign.[6] Her captain Sandie Tolleti said of Cascarino: "It's a great discovery, knowing that she was not part of the last European championship. She is already a great player, despite her young age."[7] In 2016, Cascarino made her senior debut for France against the England women's national football team.[8]

Personal life

Cascarino is the twin sister of Estelle Cascarino, also a women's football player, who played alongside her sister at Olympique Lyonnais before moving to Paris FC in 2016.[9][10]

References

  1. ↑ "Delphine CASCARINO" (in French). French Football Federation. Retrieved 2017-11-07.
  2. 1 2 "Pro: Delphine and Estelle Cascarino signed" (in French). Olympic Lyonnais. Retrieved 2017-11-07.
  3. ↑ "Delphine Cascarino –". UEFA. 2016-05-27. Retrieved 2017-11-07.
  4. ↑ "Delphine Cascarino – Player Profile". Eurosport. 1997-02-05. Retrieved 2017-11-07.
  5. ↑ "Foot – Ligue 1 (Femmes) – Lyon – Les croisés pour Delphine Cascarino" (in French). L'Equipe. 2017-09-19. Retrieved 2017-11-07.
  6. ↑ "FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup: France 1:1 (1:0) 7:6 PSO Korea DPR – Report". FIFA. 2017-11-02. Retrieved 2017-11-07.
  7. ↑ "Cascarino, jumelle qui voit loin" (in French). FIFA. Retrieved 2017-11-07.
  8. ↑ "Olivier Echouafni (équipe de France féminine) : «Un vrai bon test» contre l'Angleterre" (in French). L'Equipe. 2017-09-19. Retrieved 2017-11-07.
  9. ↑ "Estelle et Delphine Cascarino, à deux c'est mieux" (in French). L'Equipe. 2017-09-19. Retrieved 2017-11-07.
  10. ↑ "Estelle Cascarino (Paris FC) : «Continuer à travailler en espérant que mon nom soit dans le prochaine liste»" (in French). L'Equipe. 2017-09-19. Retrieved 2017-11-07.
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