Delphine Cascarino

Delphine Cascarino

Cascarino with Lyon in 2019
Personal information
Date of birth	(1997-02-05) 5 February 1997 (age 28)
Place of birth	Saint-Priest, France
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s)	Winger, forward
Team information
Current team	San Diego Wave
Number	20
Youth career
2006–2007	AS Saint-Priest
2007–2009	AS Manissieux Saint-Priest
2009–2016	Lyon
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2015–2024	Lyon	134	(20)
2024–	San Diego Wave	10	(2)
International career‡
2012	France U16	5	(1)
2012–2013	France U17	17	(0)
2015–2016	France U19	23	(5)
2016	France U20	8	(2)
2018	France U23	4	(3)
2016–	France	72	(14)
Medal record Women's football Representing   France UEFA Women's Nations League Runner-up 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Runner-up 2016 Papua New Guinea UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship Winner 2016 Slovakia FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup Winner 2012 Azerbaijan
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 February 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 3 December 2024

Delphine Cascarino (born 5 February 1997) is a French professional footballer who plays as a winger or forward for San Diego Wave FC of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) and the France national team.

Club career

Lyon

Cascarino started playing football for her local youth teams of A.S. St. Priest and A.S. A.S. Manissieux St Priest before joining Lyon in 2009. ^[1] She made her senior debut for Lyon in the Division 1 Féminine in the 2014–15 season. ^{[2] [3]} She was rewarded with her first professional contract in 2015. ^[2] In January 2017, her season was ended early due to a knee injury. ^[4] By 2018, she had won three UEFA Women's Champions League and three Division 1 titles with Olympic Lyonnais. ^[5] On 7 May 2021, Cascarino extended her contract with Lyon through the club's 2023–24 season. ^[6]

On 25 May 2023, Lyon announced that Cascarino would be sidelined for several months after rupturing an anterior cruciate ligament. ^[7] She made her return to the field in January 2024 and later scored three goals across two UWCL quarterfinal matches as Lyon progressed to the final. ^[8]

San Diego Wave FC

On 24 July 2024, Cascarino joined National Women's Soccer League club San Diego Wave FC, signing a three-year contract with an additional option. ^[9] She made her NWSL debut on 24 August, appearing as a substitute in a defeat to Angel City FC. ^[10] On 15 September, Cascarino tallied her first goal and first assist with San Diego in a 2–1 victory over the Utah Royals. ^[11]

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 2012 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup winning campaign. ^[12] During the tournament, she played in all three of France's group stage games and recorded three assists in the team's match against Gambia. ^[13] Cascarino also appeared in each of France's knockout matches and took successful spot-kicks in two penalty shootouts on the squad's road to victory. ^[14] Her captain Sandie Toletti 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." ^[15]

In 2016, Cascarino made her senior debut for France against England. ^[16] She scored her first goal with the senior team on 10 November 2018, in a 3–1 win against Brazil. ^[17] The following year, Cascarino was named to the French squad for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup. ^[18] The team made it to the quarterfinals of the tournament before being eliminated by the United States. ^[19]

Cascarino was not able to participate in the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup due to her ACL injury ^[7] but was named in France's squad for the 2024 Olympics the very next year. ^[20]

Personal life

Cascarino is the twin sister of Estelle Cascarino, also a football player, who played alongside her sister at Lyon before moving to Paris FC in 2016. ^[21] They are not related to Tony Cascarino, although they are often asked if they are: ^[22] "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)" ^[23] Her father is Italian and her mother comes from Guadeloupe. ^[24]

Career statistics

Club

As of February 9, 2025 ^{[25] [26]}

Club	Season	League			Cup [a]		Continental [b]		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Lyon	2014–15	Division 1 Féminine	2	0	1	1	0	0	—		3	1
	2015–16		12	3	3	4	3	0	—		18	7
	2016–17		6	0	1	2	2	1	—		9	3
	2017–18		19	2	6	4	8	1	—		33	7
	2018–19		18	3	3	1	8	2	—		29	6
	2019–20		16	3	4	1	7	1	1 [c]	0	28	5
	2020–21		21	2	1	0	5	0	—		27	2
	2021–22		18	3	2	0	12	0	—		32	3
	2022–23		17	4	4	1	7	1	1 [c]	0	29	6
	2023–24		5	0	3	0	5	3	0 [c]	0	13	3
	Total		134	20	28	14	57	9	2	0	221	43
San Diego Wave FC	2024	NWSL	10	2	0	0	3	0	0 [d]	0	13	2
Career total			144	22	28	14	60	9	2	0	234	45

1. Includes the Coupe de France Féminine and the NWSL Challenge Cup
2. Includes the UEFA Women's Champions League and CONCACAF W Champions Cup
3. Includes the Trophée des Championnes
4. Includes the NWSL x Liga MX Femenil Summer Cup

International

As of match played 3 December 2024 ^[27]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
France	2016	1	0
	2018	5	1
	2019	16	4
	2020	7	1
	2021	7	2
	2022	15	4
	2023	5	2
	2024	16	0
Total		72	14

Scores and results list France's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Cascarino goal.

List of international goals scored by Delphine Cascarino

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	10 November 2018	Allianz Riviera, Nice, France	Brazil	1–0	3–1	Friendly
2	8 April 2019	Stade de la Meinau, Strasbourg, France	Denmark	1–0	4–0	Friendly
3				2–0
4	31 August 2019	Stade Gabriel Montpied, Clermont-Ferrand, France	Spain	2–0	2–0	Friendly
5	4 October 2019	Stade des Costières, Nîmes, France	Iceland	3–0	4–0	Friendly
6	23 October 2020	Stade Gaston Gérard, Dijon, France	North Macedonia	9–0	11–0	2022 UEFA Women's Euro qualification
7	22 October 2021	Stade Dominique Duvauchelle, Créteil, France	Estonia	4–0	11–0	2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
8	26 November 2021	Stade de la Rabine, Vannes, France	Kazakhstan	2–0	6–0	2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
9	12 April 2022	MMArena, Le Mans, France	Slovenia	1–0	1–0	2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
10	1 July 2022	Stade de la Source, Orléans, France	Vietnam	1–0	7–0	Friendly
11	10 July 2022	New York Stadium, Rotherham, England	Italy	3–0	5–1	UEFA Women's Euro 2022
12	2 September 2022	Lilleküla Stadium, Tallinn, Estonia	Estonia	1–0	9–0	2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
13	7 April 2023	Stade Gabriel Montpied, Clermont-Ferrand, France	Colombia	1–2	5–2	Friendly
14				4–2

Honours

Lyon

• Première Ligue: 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, ^[28] 2021–22, 2022–23, ^[29] 2023–24 ^[30]
• Coupe de France: 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2018–19, 2019–20, ^[31] 2022–23 ^[32]
• Trophée des Championnes: 2019, ^[33] 2022 ^[34]
• UEFA Women's Champions League: 2015–16, ^[35] 2016–17, ^[36] 2017–18, ^[37] 2018–19, ^[38] 2019–20, ^[39] 2021–22 ^[40]

France U17

• FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup: 2012 ^[41]

France U19

• UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship: 2016 ^[42]

France U20

• FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup runner-up: 2016 ^[43]

France

• UEFA Women's Nations League runner-up: 2023–24 ^[44]

Individual

• FIFA FIFPro Women's World11: 2020 ^[45]
• IFFHS Women's World Team: 2020 ^[46]
• UNFP Division 1 Féminine player of the year: 2022–23 ^[47]
• UNFP Division 1 Féminine team of the year: 2020–21, ^[48] 2022–23, ^[47] 2023–24 ^[49]
• Trophées FFF D1 Féminine team of the season: 2022–23 ^[50]
• Première Ligue Player of the Month: February 2023 ^[51]
• 2020 UEFA Women's Champions League final player of the match ^[52]

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External links

• Delphine Cascarino – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Delphine Cascarino – UEFA competition record ( archive )
• Delphine Cascarino at Soccerway
• Delphine Cascarino at the French Football Federation (in French)
• Delphine Cascarino at the French Football Federation (archived2019-07-07) (in French)
• Lyon player profile (in French)