Julien Le Cardinal
 Le Cardinal with Brest in 2025 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Saint-Étienne | ||
| Number | 26 | ||
| 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) |
| 2024–2026 | Brest | 21 | (1) |
| 2026– | Saint-Étienne | 11 | (1) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 11 May 2026 | |||
Julien Le Cardinal (born 3 August 1997) is a French professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Ligue 2 club Saint-Étienne.[2]
Career
[edit]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]
On 2 February 2026, Le Cardinal moved to Saint-Étienne in Ligue 2.[8]
Career statistics
[edit]- As of match played 10 December 2024[9]
| 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 | — | 13 | 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 | ||
- ↑ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
Honours
[edit]Stade Briochin
Bastia
References
[edit]- ↑ Julien Le Cardinal at Global Sports Archive
- ↑ Julien Le Cardinal at Soccerway
- ↑ "Official | Lens sign Paris FC defender Julien Le Cardinal for €2.3 million". Get French Football News. 15 November 2022. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
- ↑ "Julien Le Cardinal transféré au RC Lens - Paris FC" (in French). 15 November 2022. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
- ↑ "Julien Le Cardinal, nouvel atout défensif" (in French). RC Lens. 15 November 2022. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "Julien Le Cardinal bien parti pour rester à Brest". L'Équipe (in French). 30 June 2024. Retrieved 23 July 2024.
- ↑ "Julien Le Cardinal moves to Les Verts". AS Saint-Étienne. 2 February 2026. Retrieved 4 February 2026.
- ↑ Julien Le Cardinal at Soccerway. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
External links
[edit]- SC Bastia profile
- Julien Le Cardinal at WorldFootball.net
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