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

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who plays as a defender for Manchester United of the

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, on loan from

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club

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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

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,

announced the signing of Cascarino on a three-year deal. On 21 January 2023, Cascarino joined English

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

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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

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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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: 2021–22 Manchester United *

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runner-up: 2022–23

References

External links

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Paris FC player profile
* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cascarino, Estelle 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