Benoît Costil


Benoît Guy Robert Costil is a French professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Ligue 1 club Bordeaux and the France national team.
Costil also is a French international having represented his nation at under-21 level. He represented his country at Euro 2016, in the same year as his senior international debut.

Club career

Born in Caen, Calvados, 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.
On 17 June 2009, Sedan signed Costil from Caen until June 2011. In two years at Sedan he made 76 appearances and was elected best goalkeeper of Ligue 2 for the 2010–11 season.
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.
In 2017, he joined Bordeaux. In July 2019, he extended contract until 2022 and was named the team captain.

International career

Costil was a France U-21 international having participated in the 2008 Toulon Tournament.
On 6 November 2014, Costil was called up to France manager Didier Deschamps' 23-man squad for friendly matches against Albania and Sweden.
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.
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.
On May 17, 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.
In September 2018, after Steve Mandanda injury, Deschamps called Costil to national team matches against Germany and Netherlands in UEFA Nations League.

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