Benoît Costil

Benoît Guy Robert Costil (born 3 July 1987) is a French professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Serie A club Salernitana.^[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 (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)
2016–2021	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)

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

Early 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.^{[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

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

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

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

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

International

As of match played 15 November 2016^[15]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
France	2016	1	0
Total		1	0

Honours

France

• UEFA Nations League: 2020–21^[16]
• UEFA European Championship runner-up: 2016^{[citation needed]}

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. Benoît Costil at WorldFootball.net
5. . Archived from the original on 20 June 2009. Retrieved 17 June 2009.
6. "Official | Benoît Costil leaves Bordeaux". Get French Football News. 7 June 2022. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
7. . Site officiel de l'AJ Auxerre (in French). 15 July 2022. Archived from the original on 20 September 2022. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
8. [Benoît 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 appelés par Deschamps, eurosport.fr, 30 août 2018
13. . FIFA. Archived from the original on 3 June 2007. Retrieved 7 June 2012.
14. . FIFA. Archived from the original on 2 June 2007. Retrieved 7 June 2012.
15. "Costil, Benoît". 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.

External links

 

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Benoît Costil.

• Benoît Costil at the US Salernitana 1919 website
• Benoît Costil at the French Football Federation (in French)  
• Benoît Costil – UEFA competition record ()