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Date of birth | 5 February 1997 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Saint-Priest, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Midfielder, forward | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | San Diego Wave FC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number | 69 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 FC | 9 | (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
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 October 2024 ‡ 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.
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 25 May 2023, Lyon said she would be sidelined for "several months" after rupturing an anterior cruciate ligament. [6]
On 24 July 2024, Cascarino joined San Diego Wave FC. [7]
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. [8] 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." [9]
In 2016, Cascarino made her senior debut for France against England. [10] In July 2024, she was named in France's squad for the 2024 Olympics. [11]
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. [12] They are not related to Tony Cascarino, although they are often asked if they are: [13] "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)" [14] Her father is Italian and her mother comes from Guadeloupe. [15]
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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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 |
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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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 |
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