Jean-Charles Castelletto
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 Castelletto with Nantes in 2025 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Jean-Charles Victor Castelletto[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 26 January 1995 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Clamart, France | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Centre-back | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Al Duhail | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 21 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2002–2010 | Brétigny Foot | ||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2012 | Auxerre | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | Auxerre II | 20 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2013–2015 | Auxerre | 48 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2015–2017 | Club Brugge | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016 | → Mouscron-Péruwelz (loan) | 10 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | → Red Star (loan) | 32 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2020 | Brest | 86 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020–2025 | Nantes | 142 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 2025– | Al Duhail | 8 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2011 | France U16 | 9 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2011–2012 | France U17 | 10 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2013 | France U18 | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2013 | France U19 | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2014 | France U20 | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017– | Cameroon | 35 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 8 November 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 13 November 2025 | |||||||||||||||||
Jean-Charles Victor Castelletto (born 26 January 1995) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Qatar Stars League club Al Duhail. Born in France, he plays for the Cameroon national team.
Nantes
In July 2016, Castelletto joined Red Star on a season-long loan from Belgian side Club Brugge KV.[3]
FC Nantes officially arrives on 26 May 2020. He initialled a three-year contract with the Nantes until 2023.[4] In the opening of the 2021–2022 season, he equalised on corner against AS Monaco, allowing FC Nantes to take a point in Principality.[5]
On 7 May 2022, he was a holder in the final and won the French Cup with FC Nantes.
In February 2024, his contract with FC Nantes was extended by two seasons to June 2028.[6]
International career
Castelletto was a youth international for France. Castelletto made his debut for the Cameroon national team in a 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification 2–2 tie with Zambia on 11 November 2017.[7][8]
He was called up to Cameroon's squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup. In their group stage match against Serbia on 28 November 2022, he scored his first international goal to lead for his team.[9]
On 28 December 2023, he was selected from the list of 27 Cameroonian players selected to compete in the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.
Personal life
Castelletto was born in France to an Italian father and Cameroonian mother.[10]
