Estelle Cascarino (born 5 February 1997) is a French professional
footballer
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who plays as a
defender for
Manchester United of the
Women's Super League
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, on loan from
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 ...
club
Paris Saint-Germain
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, and the
France national team.
Club career
Cascarino started playing football at the age of thirteen for the youth teams of
Olympique Lyon
Olympique Lyonnais (), commonly referred to as simply Lyon () or OL, is a men and women's French professional football club based in Lyon in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. The men play in France's highest football division, Ligue 1. Founded in 1950, ...
.
She made her debut in the
Division 1 Féminine
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in Olympique Lyonnais' 2014–15 season. While at Olympique Lyonnais, she won two Division 1 titles. Cascarino signed her first professional contract in 2015. In June 2016, Cascarino left Olympique Lyonnais as she felt that she would not have been selected due to a lack of first team opportunities. She moved to
FCF Juvisy
Paris FC is a French women's football club based in Viry-Châtillon, a suburb of Paris. The club is the female section of Ligue 2 men's club Paris FC. The club was founded in 1971 and currently play in the Division 1 Féminine, the first divis ...
(later renamed as Paris FC) on a two-year contract.
On 9 July 2021,
Paris Saint-Germain
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announced the signing of Cascarino on a three-year deal.
On 21 January 2023, Cascarino joined English
Women's Super League
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club
Manchester United on loan until the end of the season. She made her debut for the club on 29 January, entering as a 68th-minute substitute in a 2–1 win away to Championship side
Sunderland in the fourth round of the
2022–23 Women's FA Cup
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.
International career
Cascarino was called up to play for the France women's under-16 national football team in 2012. From there, she moved up the individual French national age grades between 2012 and 2016. In 2016, she played in both the
2016 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship
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and the
2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup at the respective age groups.
In 2017, Cascarino made her debut for the France women's national football team in a friendly against Ghana.
Personal life
Cascarino is the twin sister of
Delphine Cascarino
Delphine Cascarino (born 5 February 1997) is a French professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Division 1 Féminine club Lyon and the France national team.
Club career
Cascarino started playing football for her local youth teams ...
who also plays football professionally as a midfielder.
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.
Her father is Italian and her mother is from
Guadeloupe.
Career statistics
Club
.
International
.
:''Scores and results list France's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Cascarino goal.''
Honours
Paris Saint-Germain
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Coupe de France féminine
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The term ''coupé'' was first applied to horse-drawn carriages for two passengers without rear-facing seats. It comes from the French past parti ...
: 2021–22
Manchester United
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Women's FA Cup
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runner-up:
2022–23
References
External links
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Paris FC player profile*
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1997 births
Living people
French people of Guadeloupean descent
French sportspeople of Italian descent
Women's association football defenders
French women's footballers
France women's youth international footballers
France women's international footballers
Division 1 Féminine players
Olympique Lyonnais Féminin players
Paris FC (women) players
FC Girondins de Bordeaux (women) players
Paris Saint-Germain Féminine players
Twin sportspeople
French twins
Sportspeople from Lyon Metropolis
Footballers from Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Manchester United W.F.C. players
French expatriate women's footballers
French expatriate sportspeople in England
Expatriate women's footballers in England