Delphine Cascarino (born 5 February 1997) is a French professional
footballer
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who plays as a
midfielder
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
for
Division 1 Féminine
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club
Lyon
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and the
France national team.
Club 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 Lyonnais in 2009. She made her senior debut for Lyon in the
Division 1 Féminine
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in the
2014–15 season.
She was rewarded with her first professional contract in 2015.
In January 2017, her season was ended early due to a knee injury. By 2018, she had won three
UEFA Women's Champions League
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The ...
and three Division 1 titles with Olympic Lyonnais.
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
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winning campaign. Her
captain Sandie Toletti
Sandie Rose Toletti (born 13 July 1995) is a French professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Spanish Primera División club Real Madrid CF and the France national team.
Career
A playmaking midfielder, Toletti joined Montpellier ...
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." In 2016, Cascarino made her senior debut for France against the
England women's national football team
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.
Personal life
Cascarino is the twin sister of
Estelle Cascarino, also a football player, who played alongside her sister at Lyon before moving to
Paris FC
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in 2016. They are not related to
Tony Cascarino
Anthony Guy Cascarino (born 1 September 1962) is a former professional footballer who played as a striker for various British and French clubs and internationally for the Republic of Ireland national team, with whom he competed in UEFA Euro 19 ...
, although they are often asked if they are:
"I am often asked if I am from his family, that is not the case... I know that he notably played for Nancy and that he is Irish. Me, I'm not Irish at all! (laughs)" Her father is Italian and her mother comes from
Guadeloupe.
Career statistics
:''Scores and results list France's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Cascarino goal.''
Honours
Olympique Lyonnais
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Trophée des Championnes
The Trophée des Championnes is a French women's association football trophy contested as an annual match between the champions of Division 1 Féminine and the winners of the Coupe de France Féminine from previous season. It is the female equ ...
: 2019
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Division 1 Féminine
The Division 1 Féminine, shortened as D1 Féminine or D1F, and currently known as D1 Arkema for sponsorship reasons, is the highest division of women's football in France. Run by the French Football Federation, the league is contested by twel ...
:
2015–16,
2016–17,
2017–18,
2018–19,
2019–20
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Coupe de France
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: 2018–19, 2019–20
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UEFA Women's Champions League
The UEFA Women's Champions League, previously called the UEFA Women's Cup (2001–2009), is a European women's association football competition. It involves the top club teams from countries affiliated with the European governing body UEFA.
The ...
:
2015–16,
2016–17,
2017–18,
2018–19,
2019–20
Individual
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FIFA FIFPro Women's World11: 2020
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IFFHS Women's World Team: 2020
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2020 UEFA Women's Champions League Final
The 2020 UEFA Women's Champions League Final was the final match of the 2019–20 UEFA Women's Champions League, the 19th season of Europe's premier women's club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 11th season since it was renamed from ...
Player of the Match
References
External links
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Lyon player profile
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1997 births
Living people
French women's footballers
Women's association football midfielders
Olympique Lyonnais Féminin players
Division 1 Féminine players
France women's youth international footballers
France women's international footballers
French people of Guadeloupean descent
French sportspeople of Italian descent
Black French sportspeople
2019 FIFA Women's World Cup players
Twin sportspeople
French twins
UEFA Women's Euro 2022 players