Delphine Cascarino


Delphine Cascarino is a French women's association football player from Saint-Priest, Rhône. She currently plays for Olympique Lyonnais and the France women's national football team as a midfielder.

Career

Cascarino started playing football for her local youth teams of A.S. St. Priest and A.S. A.S. Manissieux St Priest before joining Olympique Lyonnais in 2009. She made her senior debut for Lyon in the 2014–2015 Division 1 Féminine season. She was rewarded with her first professional contract in 2015. In January 2017, her season was ended early due to a knee injury. By 2018, she had won three UEFA Women's Champions League and three Division 1 titles with Olympic Lyonnais.

International career

In 2012, Cascarino was selected to play for the France women's national under-17 football team, where she was part of their 2012 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup winning campaign. Her captain Sandie Toletti said of Cascarino: "It's a great discovery, knowing that she was not part of the last European championship. She is already a great player, despite her young age." In 2016, Cascarino made her senior debut for France against the England women's national football team.

Personal life

Cascarino is the twin sister of Estelle Cascarino, also a football player, who played alongside her sister at Lyon before moving to Paris FC in 2016. They are not related to Tony Cascarino, although they are often asked if they are.