Delphine Cascarino (born 5 February 1997) is a French professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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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

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

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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

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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

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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

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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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: 2019 *

: 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20 *

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: 2018–19, 2019–20 *

: 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20 Individual * FIFA FIFPro Women's World11: 2020 * IFFHS Women's World Team: 2020 *

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Player of the Match

References

External links

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Lyon player profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cascarino, Delphine 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