Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Jean-Charles Victor Castelletto [1] | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 26 January 1995 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Clamart, France | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) [2] | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Centre-back | ||||||||||||||||
Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Nantes | ||||||||||||||||
Number | 21 | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
2002–2010 | Brétigny Foot | ||||||||||||||||
2010–2012 | Auxerre | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
2012–2013 | Auxerre II | 20 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2013–2015 | Auxerre | 48 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
2015–2017 | Club Brugge | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2016 | → Mouscron-Péruwelz (loan) | 10 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2016–2017 | → Red Star (loan) | 32 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
2017–2020 | Brest | 86 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
2020– | Nantes | 84 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
2010–2011 | France U16 | 9 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
2011–2012 | France U17 | 10 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2013 | France U18 | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2013 | France U19 | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2014 | France U20 | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2017– | Cameroon | 27 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 July 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 January 2024 |
Jean-Charles Victor Castelletto (born 26 January 1995) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Ligue 1 club Nantes. Born in France, he plays for the Cameroon national team.
In July 2016, Castelletto joined Red Star on a season-long loan from Belgian side Club Brugge KV. [3]
FC Nantes officially arrives on 26 May 2020. He initialled a three-year contract with the Nantes until 2023. [4] In the opening of the 2021-2022 season, he equalised on corner against AS Monaco, allowing FC Nantes to take a point in Principality. [5]
On 7 May 2022, he was a holder in the final and won the French Cup with FC Nantes.
Castelletto was a youth international for France. Castelletto made his debut for the Cameroon national team in a 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification 2–2 tie with Zambia on 11 November 2017. [6] [7]
He was called-up to Cameroon's squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup. In their group stage match against Serbia on 28 November 2022, he scored his first international goal to lead for his team. [8]
Castelletto was born in France to an Italian father and Cameroonian mother. [9]
Club | Season | Division | League | National Cup | League Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goalss | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
Auxerre | 2012–13 | Ligue 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
2013–14 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 23 | 0 | ||||
2014–15 | 28 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 34 | 1 | ||||
Total | 48 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 1 | ||
Club Brugge | 2015–16 | Pro League | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 [lower-alpha 1] | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | ||
Mouscron (loan) | 2015–16 | Pro League | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 10 | 0 | |||
Red Star (loan) | 2016–17 | Ligue 2 | 32 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 34 | 2 | ||
Brest | 2017–18 | Ligue 2 | 33 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 35 | 2 | ||
2018–19 | 31 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 35 | 3 | ||||
2019–20 | Ligue 1 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 24 | 1 | |||
Total | 86 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 94 | 6 | ||
Nantes | 2020–21 | Ligue 1 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 2 [lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 27 | 2 | ||
2021–22 | 28 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 31 | 1 | |||||
2022–23 | 32 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | 7 [lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 1 [lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 46 | 0 | |||
2023–24 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 28 | 0 | |||||
Total | 112 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 132 | 4 | ||
Career total | 291 | 12 | 23 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 332 | 12 |
No. | Date | Venue | Cap | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 28 November 2022 | Al Janoub Stadium, Al Wakrah, Qatar | 16 | Serbia | 1–0 | 3–3 | 2022 FIFA World Cup |
2 | 19 January 2024 | Charles Konan Banny Stadium, Yamoussoukro, Ivory Coast | 25 | Senegal | 1–2 | 1–3 | 2023 Africa Cup of Nations |
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