Benoit Costil

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Benoit Costil
Costil playing for Bordeaux in 2018
Personal information
Full name Benoit Guy Robert Costil [1]
Date of birth ( 1987-07-03 ) 3 July 1987 (age 36) [2]
Place of birth Caen , France
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) [3]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
Salernitana
Number 56
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?2022 Bordeaux 164 (0)
2022?2023 Auxerre 16 (0)
2023 Lille 0 (0)
2023? Salernitana 8 (0)
International career ‡
2008 France U21 2 (0)
2016 France 1 (0)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing   France
UEFA Nations League
Winner 2021 Italy
UEFA European Championship
Runner-up 2016 France
UEFA European Under-17 Championship
Winner 2004 France
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 January 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 03:48, 31 December 2022 (UTC)

Benoit Guy Robert Costil (born 3 July 1987) is a French professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Serie A club Salernitana . [4]

Costil also is a French international, having represented his nation at under-21 and senior level . He represented his country at UEFA Euro 2016 , in the same year as his senior international debut. Costil won the 2021 UEFA Nations League Finals with France.

Club career [ edit ]

Early career [ edit ]

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 ]

Rennes [ edit ]

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 ]

Bordeaux [ edit ]

In 2017, Costil joined Bordeaux . In July 2019, he extended contract until 2022 and was named the team captain. However, following the signing of Laurent Koscielny , he was relegated to vice-captain. [ citation needed ] In 2022, Costil confirmed his departure from Bordeaux. [6]

Auxerre [ edit ]

On 16 July 2022, newly promoted Ligue 1 team Auxerre announced the signing of Costil for free, on a one-year deal. [7]

International career [ edit ]

Costil was a France U-21 international having participated in the 2008 Toulon Tournament . [8]

On 6 November 2014, Costil was called up to France manager Didier Deschamps ' 23-man squad for friendly matches against Albania and Sweden . [9]

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. [10]

On 17 May 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. [11]

In September 2018, after Steve Mandanda got injured, Deschamps called Costil up to the national team for matches against Germany and the Netherlands in the UEFA Nations League . [12]

In October 2021, he became UEFA Nations League champion with the national team. [13] [14]

Career statistics [ edit ]

International [ edit ]

As of match played 15 November 2016 [15]
National team Year Apps Goals
France 2016 1 0
Total 1 0

Honours [ edit ]

France

References [ edit ]

  1. ^ "Costil Events" . Verif (in French). NextInteractive . Retrieved 8 March 2020 .
    "Benoit Costil" . BFM Business (in French). NextInteractive . Retrieved 8 March 2020 .
  2. ^ "Benoit Costil" . ESPN . Retrieved 8 March 2020 .
  3. ^ a b "Benoit Costil" . L'Equipe (in French). Paris . Retrieved 8 March 2020 .
  4. ^ Benoit Costil at WorldFootball.net
  5. ^ "Benoit Costil s'engage pour 2 ans" . Archived from the original on 20 June 2009 . Retrieved 17 June 2009 .
  6. ^ "Official | Benoit Costil leaves Bordeaux" . Get French Football News . 7 June 2022 . Retrieved 9 June 2022 .
  7. ^ "Benoit Costil signe a l'AJA" . Site officiel de l'AJ Auxerre (in French). 15 July 2022. Archived from the original on 20 September 2022 . Retrieved 16 July 2022 .
  8. ^ "Benoit Costil au tournoi de Toulon" [Benoit Costil at the Toulon Tournament]. Archived from the original on 18 September 2008 . Retrieved 17 June 2009 .
  9. ^ "France boss Didier Deschamps calls up St Etienne defender Loic Perrin" . Sky Sports . 6 November 2014 . Retrieved 30 December 2014 .
  10. ^ "France vs. Ivory Coast - 15 November 2016 - Soccerway" . soccerway.com . Retrieved 15 November 2016 .
  11. ^ "Anthony Martial left out of 23-man France World Cup squad" .
  12. ^ Equipe de France : 22 champions du monde et Benoit Costil appeles par Deschamps , eurosport.fr, 30 aout 2018
  13. ^ "? France on" . FIFA. Archived from the original on 3 June 2007 . Retrieved 7 June 2012 .
  14. ^ "? Tournaments" . FIFA. Archived from the original on 2 June 2007 . Retrieved 7 June 2012 .
  15. ^ "Costil, Benoit" . National Football Teams . Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann . Retrieved 8 March 2020 .
  16. ^ "France beat Spain to win Nations League" . UEFA . 10 October 2021 . Retrieved 10 October 2021 .

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