Romain Del Castillo (born 29 March 1996) is a French professional footballer who plays for Brest as an attacking midfielder.[1]
| Personal information | |||
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| Date of birth | (1996-03-29) 29 March 1996 (age 26) | ||
| Place of birth | Vénissieux, France | ||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Brest | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2002–2007 | Mions FC | ||
| 2007–2010 | Saint-Priest | ||
| 2010–2011 | US Vénissieux | ||
| 2011–2012 | FC Lyon | ||
| 2012–2015 | Lyon | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014–2017 | Lyon B | 55 | (4) |
| 2015–2018 | Lyon | 2 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | → Bourg en Bresse (loan) | 37 | (5) |
| 2017–2018 | → Nîmes (loan) | 31 | (4) |
| 2018–2021 | Rennes | 79 | (3) |
| 2021– | Brest | 14 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2018–2019 | France U21 | 10 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 07:06, 22 March 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 June 2019 | |||
Del Castillo is a youth exponent from Lyon. He made his Ligue 1 debut at 20 November 2015 against OGC Nice replacing Sergi Darder after 64 minutes in a 3–0 away defeat.[2]
Del Castillo was loaned to Football Bourg-en-Bresse Péronnas 01 for the 2016–17 season, and after a successful season was loaned again to Nîmes Olympique in September 2017 for the 2017–18 season.[3]
On 20 June 2018, Del Castillo signed a four-year deal with fellow Ligue 1 side Rennes who agreed a €2 million transfer fee with Lyon.[4]
On 31 August 2021, Del Castillo signed with fellow Breton side Brest.[5]
Del Castillo was born in France, and is of Spanish descent through his paternal grandparents.[6] He is a youth international for France, and represented the France U21s in a 2–0 win over the Montenegro U21s on 27 March 2018.[7]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Europe[lower-alpha 1] | Other[lower-alpha 2] | Total | ||||||
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| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Lyon | 2015–16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Bourg en Bresse (loan) | 2016–17 | 37 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 38 | 5 | ||
| Nîmes (loan) | 2017–18 | 31 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 34 | 4 | ||
| Rennes | 2018–19 | 29 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 36 | 1 | |
| Career total | 99 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 110 | 10 | |
Rennes
Stade Brestois 29 – current squad | |
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