![]() Le Cardinal with Lens in 2023 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Julien Le Cardinal [1] | ||
Date of birth | 3 August 1997 | ||
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 | |||
–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 | 9 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 07:16, 11 December 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]
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]
Club | Season | League | Coupe de France | Europe | Total | |||||
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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 |
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