Jean-Charles_Castelletto
Jean-Charles Castelletto
Cameroonian footballer (born 1995)
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.
 Castelletto with Cameroon at the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations | |||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||
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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 | 84 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 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 | 25 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 July 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 January 2024 | |||||||||||||||||
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.
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.[6][7]
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.[8]
Castelletto was born in France to an Italian father and Cameroonian mother.[9]
Clubs
- As of match played 1 July 2021[10]
| Club | Season | Division | League | National Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | |||||
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| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| 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 | 58 | 1 | ||
| Club Brugge | 2015–16 | Pro League | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 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 | 94 | 6 | ||
| Nantes | 2020–21 | Ligue 1 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 2 |
| Career total | 203 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 227 | 11 | ||
- Appearance in the Champions League
International
- As of match played 19 January 2024
- Scores and results list Cameroon's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Castelletto goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Cap | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 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 |
Nantes
Cameroon
- "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 – Squad list: Cameroon (CMR)" (PDF). FIFA. 15 November 2022. p. 5. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
- "Jean-Charles Castelletto". FC Nantes. Archived from the original on 25 July 2022.
- "Transfert : Jean-Charles Castelletto prêté un an au Red Star". L'Équipe (in French). 21 July 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
- "Groupe Pro - Jean-Charles Castelletto est Nantais !". fcnantes.com (in French). Retrieved 26 May 2020.
- "Match : AS MONACO vs NANTES". MatchEnDirect.fr (in French). Retrieved 7 August 2021.
- FIFA.com. "2018 FIFA World Cup Russia - Matches - Zambia-Cameroon". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 19 August 2016.
- Molski, Max (28 November 2022). "Jean-Charles Castelletto Scores Cameroon's First 2022 World Cup Goal". NBC New York. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
- "Un difensore "italiano" per rifondare il Camerun: la storia di Jean-Charles Castelletto". Eurosport (in Italian). 15 November 2017. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
- Jean-Charles Castelletto at Soccerway. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
- "COUPE DE FRANCE 2021 - 2022 - FINALE". fff.fr. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
- AfricaNews. "Cameroon beats Burkina Faso to end AFCON 2021 in third place | Africanews". Africanews. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
- Jean-Charles Castelletto at Soccerway
- Jean-Charles Castelletto at National-Football-Teams.com
- Jean-Charles Castelletto at the French Football Federation (in French)
- Jean-Charles Castelletto at the French Football Federation (archived) (in French)
- Jean-Charles Castelletto – UEFA competition record (archive)
