Julien Le Cardinal (born 3 August 1997) is a French professional

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who plays as a

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for club

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Career

Julien Le Cardinal made his first appearances in

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with Bastia in 2019. On 15 November 2022, Le Cardinal signed for

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club Lens on a contract until 2025. The transfer fee paid to Paris FC was reportedly of €2.3 million, with an additional €300,000 in bonuses. He was given the number 25 jersey. On 1 July 2024, Le Cardinal signed for Ligue 1 club

on a permanent transfer after he had been on loan during the season. Media reports quoted a transfer fee of €1.7 million.

Career statistics

Honours

Stade Briochin *

Championnat de France Amateur 2 The Championnat National 3, commonly referred to as simply National 3 and formerly known as Championnat de France Amateur 2, is a football league competition. The league serves as the fifth division of the French football league system behind ...

: 2016–17 Bastia *

Championnat National The Championnat de France National ( en, French National Championship), commonly referred to as simply National or Division 3, serves as the third division of the French football league system behind Ligue 1 and Ligue 2. Contested by 18 clubs, t ...

2020–21 The dash is a punctuation mark consisting of a long horizontal line. It is similar in appearance to the hyphen but is longer and sometimes higher from the baseline. The most common versions are the endash , generally longer than the hyphen b ...

References

External links

SC Bastia profile
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