Timothy Castagne

Timothy Castagne (born 5 December 1995) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays for Premier League club Leicester City and the Belgian national team. Mainly a right-back, he can also comfortably play left back.[3]

Timothy Castagne
Castagne in 2018
Personal information
Full name Timothy Castagne[1]
Date of birth (1995-12-05) 5 December 1995
Place of birth Arlon, Belgium
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[2]
Position(s) Fullback
Club information
Current team
 Leicester City
Number 27
Youth career
2002–2004 SB Waltzing-Bonnert
2004–2006 Lorrain Arlon
2006–2011 Virton
2011–2014 Genk
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2017 Genk 80 (1)
2017–2020 Atalanta 75 (5)
2020– Leicester City 11 (1)
National team‡
2013 Belgium U18 4 (0)
2013–2014 Belgium U19 12 (0)
2014–2016 Belgium U21 8 (1)
2018– Belgium 11 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:49, 20 January 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23:16, 14 October 2020 (UTC)

Club career

Early career

Born in Arlon, Belgian Luxembourg, Castagne began playing football for local clubs US Waltzing and Lorrain Arlon before moving to the youth academy of Virton, the largest club in the province.[4] He practiced with the youth teams of Standard Liège after going to a boarding school in the area, but continued to play matches at Virton during the weekend.[5]

Genk

In 2011, Castagne moved to Genk, after Standard decided not to recruit him permanently.[6] In June 2013, he signed a professional contract for three years at Genk. In January 2014, then Genk coach Mario Been included him in training camp with the first team after leaving a good impression, which meant that he was definitively included in the first team in the second half of the season.[7] He made his Belgian Pro League debut under new head coach Alex McLeish on 14 September 2014 as a starter against Club Brugge.[8] On 2 May 2015, Castagne scored his first senior goal in a 7–1 home win.[9]

Atalanta

In July 2017, he joined Serie A club Atalanta in a €6 million deal,[10] after Andrea Conti had left Atalanta for Milan.[11][12] He scored his first goal for the Bergamo team on 2 January 2018, in Coppa Italia win over Napoli.[13]

After a first season of adaptation,[14] his play improved in the first half of the second season,[15] and on 27 August 2018, he scored his first goal in the Serie A in a 3–3 draw against Roma.[16] Alternating with Hans Hateboer on the right wing-back, he scored 4 goals in the league overall; the others came in the second leg against Roma,[17] and in two important end-of-season victories against Lazio (1–3),[18] and Genoa (2–1).[19]

The following year he continued to alternate with Hateboer, scoring two goals in all competitions: on 22 September 2019, he scored the equalising goal in the 95th minute against Fiorentina in a 2–2 draw,[20] and the other in the UEFA Champions League in which he scored the first goal in a 0–3 win against Shakhtar Donetsk which allowed the Nerazzurri to advance to the round of 16.[21]

During three years at Atalanta, Castagne made 96 appearances and scored 8 goals in all competitions.[3][22] His farewell was motivated by a difficult relationship with the coach Gian Piero Gasperini.[23]

Leicester City

On 3 September 2020, Castagne completed a move to Premier League club Leicester City on a 5-year deal.[24] On 13 September 2020, he scored his first goal for Leicester City in a 3–0 win over West Bromwich Albion; hence, he became the fifth Belgian player to score on his Premier League debut, after Luc Nilis, Thomas Vermaelen, Christian Benteke and Leandro Trossard.[25]

International career

Castagne made his Belgium national football team debut on 7 September 2018 in a friendly against Scotland, as a starter.[26]

On 22 March 2019, he provided an assist for his now Leicester team mate Youri Tielemans in a 3–1 win against Russia in the Euro 2020 qualifiers.

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 20 January 2021[3]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup[lower-alpha 1] League Cup Europe Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Genk 2013–14 Pro League 0000—0000
2014–15 Pro League 27110——281
2015–16 Pro League 21010——220
2016–17 First Division A 32050—12[lower-alpha 2]2492
Total 80170—122993
Atalanta 2017–18 Serie A 20031—3[lower-alpha 2]0261
2018–19 Serie A 28451—4[lower-alpha 2]0375
2019–20 Serie A 27100—6[lower-alpha 3]1332
Total 75582—131968
Leicester City 2020–21 Premier League 11110001[lower-alpha 2]0131
Career total 16671620026320812
  1. Includes Belgian Cup, Coppa Italia
  2. Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  3. Appearances in UEFA Champions League

International
As of match played 14 October 2020
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Belgium
201820
201952
202040
Total112
Scores and results list Belgium's goal tally first.[27]
List of international goals scored by Timothy Castagne
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
18 June 2019King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium Kazakhstan2–03–0UEFA Euro 2020 qualification
210 October 2019 San Marino9–09–0

References
  1. "2020/21 Premier League squads confirmed". Premier League. 20 October 2020. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
  2. "Timothy Castagne". Celtic Bergamasca Calcio. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  3. "Belgium - T. Castagne - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
  4. Georges, Fabrice (31 August 2018). "La maman de Timothy Castagne: «C'est vraiment mérité!»". LaMeuse Luxembourg (in French). Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  5. Tanner, Rob (2 September 2020). "In Timothy Castagne, Leicester are signing 'a gem of a player'". The Athletic. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  6. "Standard moest jongeling van Genk niet hebben". voetbalnieuws.be (in Dutch). 16 September 2014. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  7. "KRC Genk test Feyenoordspits Sekou Cissé op stage in Turkije". Het Belang van Limburg (in Dutch). 3 January 2014. Retrieved 26 January 2021. Op de lijst van 29 spelers prijken ook de namen van belofte Timothy Castagne en van testspeler Sekou Cissé.
  8. "Genk vs. Club Brugge - 14 September 2014 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
  9. "Genk verwent thuispubliek tegen Waasland-Beveren met zeven potten". De Standaard (in Dutch). 2 May 2015. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  10. "Ecco Timothy Castagne". atalanta.it (in Italian). Atalanta B.C. 7 July 2017. Archived from the original on 10 July 2017. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  11. "Official: Atalanta sign Castagne". Football Italia. 7 July 2017. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
  12. "Calciomercato Atalanta, chi è Castagne: un Maicon per la Dea". Goal (in Italian). 7 July 2017. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
  13. "Timothy Castagne: "Per me è un grande giorno"" (in Italian). Atalanta B.C. 2 January 2018. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  14. Catone, Emanuele (9 April 2019). "Giovani Promesse, Castagne top del 31° turno: l'Atalanta ha la sua freccia". La Gazzetto dello Sport (in Italian). Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  15. Besana, Gianluca (9 January 2019). "Otto radar per studiare il centrocampo. Castagne, che sorpresa". L'Eco di Bergamo (in Italian). Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  16. "All'Olimpico spettacolare 3-3 con la Roma". Atalanta B.C. (in Italian). 27 August 2018. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  17. Cristina, Max (27 January 2019). "Rimonta Atalanta: 3-3 con la Roma". Sport Mediaset (in Italian). Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  18. Cardone, Giulio (5 May 2019). "Lazio-Atalanta 1-3, i nerazzurri blindano il quarto posto". la Repubblica (in Italian). Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  19. Vavassori, Paolo (11 May 2019). "Atalanta-Genoa 2-1. I nerazzurri vincono e superano l'Inter al 3° posto". Il Messaggero (in Italian). Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  20. "Serie A (Sky Sports)". SkySports. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
  21. "Shakhtar-Atalanta 0-3: delirio nerazzurro e ottavi di Champions conquistati". Tuttosport (in Italian). 11 December 2019. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  22. "Calciomercato Atalanta, Castagne a un passo dal Leicester: operazione da 25 milioni". Sky Sport (in Italian). 1 September 2020. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  23. "Atalanta, Castagne spiega l'addio: "Con Gasperini non c'era un buon rapporto"". Sky Sport (in Italian). 14 September 2020. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  24. "Timothy Castagne Pens Five-Year Deal With Leicester City". LCFC. 3 September 2020.
  25. "West Bromwich Albion 0–3 Leicester City". BBC Sport. 13 September 2020.
  26. "Scotland v Belgium game report". Sky Sports. 7 September 2018.
  27. "Timothy Castagne". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
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