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Jean-Charles Castelletto

Jean-Charles Castelletto
Castelletto with Cameroon at the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations
Personal information
Full name Jean-Charles Victor Castelletto[1]
Date of birth (1995-01-26) 26 January 1995 (age 29)
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 126 (4)
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 30 (2)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Cameroon
Africa Cup of Nations
Third place 2021 Cameroon
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 January 2025
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 November 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.

Club career

In July 2016, Castelletto joined Red Star on a season-long loan from Belgian side Club Brugge KV.[3]

Nantes

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.

In February 2024, his contract with FC Nantes was extended by two seasons, and now ends in June 2028.[6]

International career

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.[7][8]

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.[9]

On 28 December 2023, he was selected from the list of 27 Cameroonian players selected to compete in the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.

Personal life

Castelletto was born in France to an Italian father and Cameroonian mother.[10]

Career statistics

Clubs

As of match played 4 January 2025[11]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season Division League National Cup League Cup Europe Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goalss Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Auxerre II 2012–13 Championnat National 2 14 0 — — — — 14 0
2013–14 Championnat National 3 6 0 — — — — 6 0
Total 20 0 — — — — 20 0
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[a] 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[b] 0 27 2
2021–22 28 1 3 0 — — — 31 1
2022–23 32 0 6 0 — 7[c] 0 1[d] 0 46 0
2023–24 28 2 0 0 — — — 28 0
2024–25 14 0 1 0 — — — 15 0
Total 126 4 11 0 0 0 7 0 3 0 147 4
Nantes II 2024–25 Championnat National 3 1 0 — — — — 1 0
Career total 326 12 24 0 7 1 8 0 3 0 368 12
  1. ^ Appearance in the Champions League
  2. ^ Appearance in the relegation playoff
  3. ^ Appearance in the Europa League
  4. ^ Appearance in the Trophée des Champions

International

As of match played 19 November 2024
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Cameroon 2017 1 0
2020 2 0
2021 1 0
2022 12 1
2023 6 0
2024 8 1
Total 30 2
Scores and results list Cameroon's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Castelletto goal.
List of international goals scored by Jean-Charles Castelletto
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
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

Honours

Nantes

Cameroon

References

  1. ^ "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 – Squad list: Cameroon (CMR)" (PDF). FIFA. 15 November 2022. p. 5. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  2. ^ "Jean-Charles Castelletto". FC Nantes. Archived from the original on 25 July 2022.
  3. ^ "Transfert : Jean-Charles Castelletto prêté un an au Red Star". L'Équipe (in French). 21 July 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
  4. ^ "Groupe Pro - Jean-Charles Castelletto est Nantais !". fcnantes.com (in French). Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  5. ^ "Match : AS MONACO vs NANTES". MatchEnDirect.fr (in French). Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  6. ^ "Jean-Charles Castelletto prolonge à Nantes jusqu'en 2028". L'Équipe. 10 February 2024.
  7. ^ "Cameroun: la présélection pour la Coupe des Confédérations 2017". 18 May 2017.
  8. ^ FIFA.com. "2018 FIFA World Cup Russia - Matches - Zambia-Cameroon". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 19 August 2016.
  9. ^ Molski, Max (28 November 2022). "Jean-Charles Castelletto Scores Cameroon's First 2022 World Cup Goal". NBC New York. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
  10. ^ "Un difensore "italiano" per rifondare il Camerun: la storia di Jean-Charles Castelletto". Eurosport (in Italian). 15 November 2017. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
  11. ^ Jean-Charles Castelletto at Soccerway. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
  12. ^ "COUPE DE FRANCE 2021 - 2022 - FINALE". fff.fr. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
  13. ^ AfricaNews. "Cameroon beats Burkina Faso to end AFCON 2021 in third place | Africanews". Africanews. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
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