Franck Vandecasteele
{{short description|French footballer (born 1967)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Franck Vandecasteele
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1967|11|7|df=y}}{{cite web |title= Franck Vandecasteele |url=https://fbref.com/en/players/fbdcaeb2/Franck-Vandecasteele |publisher=FBref.com |accessdate=9 September 2020}}
| birth_place = Rueil-Malmaison, France{{GSA player|franck-vandecasteele/239810}}
| height = 1.76 m{{WorldFootball.net|franck-vandecasteele}}
| position = Forward{{cite web |title= Franck VANDECASTEELE |url=https://www.eurosport.com/football/franck-vandecasteele_prs2382/person.shtml |publisher=Eurosport |accessdate=9 September 2020}}
| youthyears1 = 1983–1985
| youthclubs1 = Paris Saint-Germain
| years1 = 1985–1991
| clubs1 = Paris Saint-Germain B
| years2 = 1985–1991
| clubs2 = Paris Saint-Germain
| caps2 = 1
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 1988–1989
| clubs3 = → Alès (loan)
| caps3 = 19
| goals3 = 2
| years4 = 1989–1990
| clubs4 = → Abbeville (loan)
| caps4 = 31
| goals4 = 3
| years5 = 1991–1994
| clubs5 = Laval
| caps5 = 104
| goals5 = 30
| years6 = 1994–1997
| clubs6 = Bastia
| caps6 = 64
| goals6 = 8
| years7 = 1997–1998
| clubs7 = Nice
| caps7 = 35
| goals7 = 8
| years8 = 1998–2001
| clubs8 = Sochaux
| caps8 = 20
| goals8 = 1
| totalcaps = 274+
| totalgoals = 52+
| clubs9 = Sochaux B
| years10 = 2001–2003
| clubs10 = Stade Bordelais
| years9 = 2000–2001
| caption = Vandecasteele with Bastia in the 1994–95 season
| image =
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Franck Vandecasteele (born 7 November 1967) is a French former professional footballer who played as a forward.
Career
Vandecasteele is a product of the Paris Saint-Germain Academy.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=30 May 2017|title=Franck VANDECASTEELE|url=https://histoiredupsg.fr/franck-vandecasteele|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=9 September 2020|website=Histoire du #PSG|language=fr}} On 28 May 1985, he played his first and only game for the senior team, a 6–1 league loss to Nancy.{{Cite web|title=Nancy – PSG 6-1, 28/05/85, Division 1 84-85|url=https://histoiredupsg.fr/nancy-psg-6-1-280585-division-1-84-85|access-date=2 March 2021|website=Histoire du PSG|date=17 November 2015 |language=fr}} After loan spells with Alès and Abbeville, Vandecasteele joined Laval, where he had the period with the most appearances as a footballer.
Vandecasteele continued his career; he went on to play for Bastia, Nice, Sochaux, and Stade Bordelais before retiring in 2003.
After football
After retiring from football, Vandecasteele was hired by Peugeot. He worked in the Gironde department of France, where the city of Bordeaux is located.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Franck VANDECASTEELE|url=http://psg70.free.fr/VANDECASTEELE.htm|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=9 September 2020|website=PSG70|language=fr}}
Career statistics
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+Appearances and goals by club, season and competition{{citation needed|date=October 2024}} !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|Cup !colspan="2"|Continental !colspan="2"|Total | |||||||
| Division||Apps||Goals||Apps||Goals||Apps||Goals||Apps||Goals | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paris Saint-Germain
|1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 1 | 0 | |
| Alès (loan)
|19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 19 | 2 | |
| Abbeville (loan)
|Division 2 |31 | 3 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 31 | 3 | |
| rowspan="4"|Laval
|Division 2 |30 | 9 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 31 | 9 | |
| 1991–92
|Division 2 |33 | 8 | 5 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | 38 | 9 | |
| 1992–93
|Division 2 |41 | 13 | 3 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 44 | 13 | |
| colspan="2"|Total
!104||30||9||1||colspan="2"|—||113||31 | |||||||
| rowspan="4"|Bastia
|Division 1 |26 | 5 | 8 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | 34 | 6 | |
| 1994–95
|Division 1 |6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 6 | 0 | |
| 1995–96
|Division 1 |32 | 3 | 3 | 2 | colspan="2"|— | 35 | 5 | |
| colspan="2"|Total
!64||8||11||3||colspan="2"|—||75||11 | |||||||
| Nice
|Division 2 |35 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 44 | 9 |
| rowspan="4" |Sochaux
|Division 1 |1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 1 | 0 | |
| 1999–2000
|Division 2 |19 | 1 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 21 | 1 | |
| 2000–01
|Division 2 |0 |0 |0 |0 | colspan="2" |— |0 |0 | |||||||
| colspan="2"|Total
!20||1||2||0||colspan="2"|—||22||0 | |||||||
| colspan="3"|Career total
!274||52||27||4||4||1||305||57 |
Honours
Bastia
- Coupe de la Ligue runner-up: 1994–95
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{LFP Ligue 1|franck-vandecasteele}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Vandecasteele, Franck}}
Category:People from Rueil-Malmaison
Category:Men's association football forwards
Category:French men's footballers
Category:Paris Saint-Germain FC players
Category:Olympique Alès players
Category:Stade Lavallois players
Category:FC Sochaux-Montbéliard players
Category:Stade Bordelais (football) players
Category:French Division 3 (1971–1993) players