Julien Le Cardinal

Julien Le Cardinal

Le Cardinal with Brest in 2025
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	25
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	16	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 May 2025

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 10 December 2024 ^[8]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Coupe de France		Europe		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	9	0	0	0	3 [a]	1	12	1
Career total			171	11	12	1	3	1	186	12

1. Appearances in UEFA Champions League

Honours

Stade Briochin

• Championnat de France Amateur 2: 2016–17 ^{[ citation needed ]}

Bastia

• Championnat National: 2020–21 ^{[ citation needed ]}

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.

External links

• SC Bastia profile
• Julien Le Cardinal at WorldFootball.net