Benoît Costil
 Costil playing for Bordeaux in 2018 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Benoît Guy Robert Costil[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 3 July 1987[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Caen, France | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[3] | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Bordeaux | ||
| Number | 1 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1993–1995 | US Bretteville | ||
| 1995–2005 | Caen | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2005–2009 | Caen | 10 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 | → Vannes (loan) | 27 | (0) |
| 2009–2011 | Sedan | 76 | (0) |
| 2011–2017 | Rennes | 219 | (0) |
| 2017– | Bordeaux | 114 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2008 | France U21 | 2 | (0) |
| 2016 | France | 1 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 December 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15 November 2016 | |||
Benoît Guy Robert Costil (born 3 July 1987) is a French professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Ligue 1 club Bordeaux and French national team.[4]
Costil also is a French international having represented his nation at under-21 level. He represented his country at Euro 2016, in the same year as his senior international debut.
Club career[]
Born in Caen, Calvados,[3] Costil started his career at Caen in Ligue 1 but only made a 10 performances for the club before being sent on loan in the 2008–09 season to Vannes in Ligue 2.[citation needed]
On 17 June 2009, Sedan signed Costil from Caen until June 2011.[5] In two years at Sedan he made 76 appearances and was elected best goalkeeper of Ligue 2 for the 2010–11 season.[citation needed]
On 14 June 2011, he signed a three-year contract for Rennes after his contract with Sedan expired. This transfer meant he returned to Ligue 1 for the first time since the handful of appearances he made at Caen at the beginning of his career.[citation needed]
In 2017, he joined Bordeaux. In July 2019, he extended contract until 2022 and was named the team captain. However, following signing of Laurent Koscielny, he was relegated to vice-captain.[citation needed]
International career[]
Costil was a France U-21 international having participated in the 2008 Toulon Tournament.[6]
On 6 November 2014, Costil was called up to France manager Didier Deschamps' 23-man squad for friendly matches against Albania and Sweden.[7]
On 12 May 2016, Costil was called up to France manager Didier Deschamps' 23-man squad for UEFA Euro 2016 as the third goalkeeper behind captain Hugo Lloris and Steve Mandanda. His team won the silver medal in the competition, after losing to Portugal 0-1 in final game, but he did not appear in the tournament.[citation needed]
He made his debut on 15 November against Ivory Coast, playing the whole game, also captaining his side in a 0–0 home draw. He kept the first clean sheet.[8]
On May 17, 2018, he was included in a preliminary 35-man French squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia alongside Anthony Martial, but did not make the final 23.[9]
In September 2018, after Steve Mandanda injury, Deschamps called Costil to national team matches against Germany and Netherlands in UEFA Nations League.[10]
Career statistics[]
International[]
- As of match played 15 November 2016[11]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 2016 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 1 | 0 | |
References[]
- ^ "Costil Events". Verif (in French). NextInteractive. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
"Benoit Costil". BFM Business (in French). NextInteractive. Retrieved 8 March 2020. - ^ "Benoit Costil". ESPN. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Benoît Costil". L'Équipe (in French). Paris. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
- ^ Romain Lantheaume (5 September 2020). "EdF : Costil remplace Mandanda". .
- ^ Benoit Costil s'engage pour 2 ans
- ^ "Benoît Costil au tournoi de Toulon" [Benoît Costil at the Toulon Tournament]. Archived from the original on 18 September 2008. Retrieved 17 June 2009.
- ^ "France boss Didier Deschamps calls up St Etienne defender Loic Perrin". Sky Sports. 6 November 2014. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
- ^ "France vs. Ivory Coast - 15 November 2016 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 2016-11-15.
- ^ https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/english-soccer/anthony-martial-left-out-of-23-man-france-world-cup-squad-1.3499529
- ^ Equipe de France : 22 champions du monde et Benoit Costil appelés par Deschamps, eurosport.fr, 30 août 2018
- ^ "Costil, Benoît". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
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- Benoît Costil at the French Football Federation (in French)
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- 1987 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Caen
- French footballers
- France youth international footballers
- France under-21 international footballers
- France international footballers
- Association football goalkeepers
- Stade Malherbe Caen players
- Vannes OC players
- CS Sedan Ardennes players
- Stade Rennais F.C. players
- FC Girondins de Bordeaux players
- Ligue 2 players
- Ligue 1 players
- UEFA Euro 2016 players