Julien Le Cardinal

Julien Le Cardinal
Le Cardinal with Brest in 2025
Personal information
Full name Julien Le Cardinal
Date of birth (1997-08-03) 3 August 1997 (age 29)
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.

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. 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. He was given the number 25 jersey.

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. Media reports quoted a transfer fee of €1.7 million.

On 2 February 2026, Le Cardinal moved to Saint-Étienne in Ligue 2.

Career statistics

As of match played 10 December 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Coupe de France Europe Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Stade Briochin 2015–16 CFA 2 2000—20
2016–17 CFA 2 6000—60
2017–18 National 2 16120—181
2018–19 National 2 28300—283
Total 52420—464
Bastia 2019–20 National 2 19300—193
2020–21 National 24100—241
2021–22 Ligue 2 31241—353
Total 74641—787
Paris FC 2022–23 Ligue 2 13100—131
Lens 2022–23 Ligue 1 8030—110
2023–24 Ligue 1 2000—20
Total 10030—130
Lens B 2022–23 National 3 10——10
Brest (loan) 2023–24 Ligue 1 12030—150
Brest 2024–25 Ligue 1 900031121
Career total 171111213118612
  1. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Champions League

Honours

Stade Briochin

Bastia

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 moves to Les Verts". AS Saint-Étienne. 2 February 2026. Retrieved 4 February 2026.
  9. ↑ Julien Le Cardinal at Soccerway. Retrieved 8 July 2021. Edit this at Wikidata