Benoît Costil

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]

Benoît Costil
Costil playing for Bordeaux in 2018
Personal information
Full name Benoît Guy Robert Costil[1]
Date of birth (1987-07-03) 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)
* 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

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.

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.

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.

In 2017, he joined Bordeaux. In July 2019, he extended contract until 2022 and was named the team captain.

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.

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 teamYearAppsGoals
France 201610
Total10

References
  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. "Benoît Costil". L'Équipe (in French). Paris. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  4. Romain Lantheaume (5 September 2020). "EdF : Costil remplace Mandanda". Maxifoot.
  5. Benoit Costil s'engage pour 2 ans
  6. "Benoît Costil au tournoi de Toulon" [Benoît Costil at the Toulon Tournament]. Archived from the original on 18 September 2008. Retrieved 17 June 2009.
  7. "France boss Didier Deschamps calls up St Etienne defender Loic Perrin". Sky Sports. 6 November 2014. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  8. "France vs. Ivory Coast - 15 November 2016 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 2016-11-15.
  9. https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/english-soccer/anthony-martial-left-out-of-23-man-france-world-cup-squad-1.3499529
  10. Equipe de France : 22 champions du monde et Benoit Costil appelés par Deschamps, eurosport.fr, 30 août 2018
  11. Costil, Benoît at National-Football-Teams.com
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