Julien Le Cardinal

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Julien Le Cardinal
Entrainement du RC Lens - 3 juillet 2023 43.jpg
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*
YearsTeamApps(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)
2023–2024Brest (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]

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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
ClubSeasonLeagueCupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Stade Briochin 2015–16 CFA 2 200020
2016–17 CFA 2600060
2017–18 National 2 16120181
2018–19 National 228300283
Total52420464
Bastia 2019–20 National 219300193
2020–21 National 24100241
2021–22 Ligue 2 31241353
Total74641787
Paris FC 2022–23 Ligue 213100131
Lens 2022–23 Ligue 18030110
2023–24 Ligue 1200020
Total1003020
Lens B 2022–23 National 31010
Brest (loan) 2023–24 Ligue 112030150
Brest 2024–25 Ligue 100000000
Career total162111210017411

    Honours

    Stade Briochin

    Bastia

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    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. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg