Julien Le Cardinal

Julien Le Cardinal
Le Cardinal in 2023
Personal information
Full name Julien Le Cardinal[1]
Date of birth (1997-08-03) 3 August 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth Saint-Brieuc, France
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Brest
Number 24
Youth career
0000–2015 Guingamp
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2019 Stade Briochin 52 (4)
2019–2022 Bastia 74 (6)
2022 Paris FC 13 (1)
2022–2024 Lens 10 (0)
2023–2024 Lens B 1 (0)
2023–2024 → Brest (loan) 12 (0)
2024– Brest 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11:03, 28 June 2024 (UTC)

Julien Le Cardinal (born 3 August 1997) is a French professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Ligue 1 club Brest.[2]

Career

Julien Le Cardinal made his first appearances in Ligue 2 with Bastia in 2019.

On 15 November 2022, Le Cardinal signed for Ligue 1 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.[3] Lens had signed Le Cardinal in a "joker" transfer, a type of transfer allowed by the Ligue de Football Professionnel outside the regular transfer window dates.[4] He was given the number 25 jersey.[5]

On 1 July 2024, Le Cardinal signed for Ligue 1 club Brest on a permanent transfer after he had been on loan during the season.[6] Media reports quoted a transfer fee of €1.7 million.[7]

Career statistics

As of match played 28 June 2023[8]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Stade Briochin 2015–16 CFA 2 2 0 0 0 — 2 0
2016–17 CFA 2 6 0 0 0 — 6 0
2017–18 National 2 16 1 2 0 — 18 1
2018–19 National 2 28 3 0 0 — 28 3
Total 52 4 2 0 — 46 4
Bastia 2019–20 National 2 19 3 0 0 — 19 3
2020–21 National 24 1 0 0 — 24 1
2021–22 Ligue 2 31 2 4 1 — 35 3
Total 74 6 4 1 — 78 7
Paris FC 2022–23 Ligue 2 13 1 0 0 — 13 1
Lens 2022–23 Ligue 1 8 0 3 0 — 11 0
2023–24 Ligue 1 2 0 0 0 — 2 0
Total 10 0 3 0 — 2 0
Lens B 2022–23 National 3 1 0 — — 1 0
Brest (loan) 2023–24 Ligue 1 12 0 3 0 — 15 0
Brest 2024–25 Ligue 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Career total 162 11 12 1 0 0 174 11

Honours

Stade Briochin

Bastia

References

  1. ^ Julien Le Cardinal at Global Sports Archive
  2. ^ Julien Le Cardinal at Soccerway
  3. ^ "Official | Lens sign Paris FC defender Julien Le Cardinal for €2.3 million". Get French Football News. 15 November 2022. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
  4. ^ "Julien Le Cardinal transféré au RC Lens - Paris FC" (in French). 15 November 2022. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
  5. ^ "Julien Le Cardinal, nouvel atout défensif" (in French). RC Lens. 15 November 2022. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
  6. ^ "LIGUE 1 : JULIEN LE CARDINAL QUITTE DÉFINITIVEMENT LENS POUR BREST, LE MONTANT DU TRANSFERT DÉVOILÉ". Foot National (in French). 1 July 2024. Retrieved 23 July 2024.
  7. ^ "Julien Le Cardinal bien parti pour rester à Brest". L'Équipe (in French). 30 June 2024. Retrieved 23 July 2024.
  8. ^ Julien Le Cardinal at Soccerway. Retrieved 8 July 2021. Edit this at Wikidata


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