Timothy Castagne

Timothy Castagne
Timothy Castagne (2018)
Personnel
birthday	5th December 1995
place of birth	Arlon ,  Belgium
size	185 cm
position	External defense (right)
Juniors
Years	station
2002-2004	US SB Waitzing-Bonnert
2004-2006	FC Lorrain Arlon
2006-2011	Royal Excelsior Virton
2011-2014	KRC Genk
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
2014-2017	KRC Genk	78 (1)
2017–	Atalanta Bergamo	66 (5)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals) 2
2013	Belgium U18	4 (0)
2013-2014	Belgium U19	12 (0)
2014-2016	Belgium U21	7 (1)
2018–	Belgium	7 (2)
1 Only league games are given. As of July 2, 2020 2 As of November 28, 2019

Timothy Castagne (born December 5, 1995 in Arlon ) is a Belgian football player . The full-back is under contract with Atalanta Bergamo in the Italian Serie A and is a national team player .

Career in the club

Castagne was born in Arlon in the province of Luxembourg and started playing football with US SB Waitzing-Bonnert before joining the youth team at Royal Excelsior Virton, the largest club in the province, via FC Lorrain Arlon. In 2011, Castagne joined KRC Genk's football school. On September 14, 2014, he made his debut in the Belgian first division under Scottish coach Alex McLeish at the age of 18 when he played through in a 1-1 home game against Club Bruges . In the following years he was used regularly and was mostly in the starting line-up, but in most cases he played through. In seventh place, KRC Genk qualified for the play-offs, in which the club missed participation in the finals with second place. In the following season, Castagne was one of the regular players in the defense of the Flemings up to and including the 14th matchday, although he was not used on the 13th matchday due to a yellow card suspension. He then sat on the bench before Castagne was also absent due to a headache he suffered after a concussion on April 11, 2015. On March 13, 2016, he celebrated his comeback in a 4-1 home game against KV Ostend . In the championship round, KRC Genk took fourth place and qualified for the playoffs for participation in the second qualifying round for the UEFA Europa League. There, the KRC Genk prevailed after a 2-0 away defeat and a 5-1 home win against RSC Charleroi , with Castagne missing since the eighth matchday due to a shoulder injury. On July 21, 2016, he suffered an injury in the second leg of the second qualifying round against Budućnost Podgorica and thus missed the start of the season. Castagne only played his first game after his injury on September 18, 2016 in a 2-0 home game against RSC Anderlecht . In the following years he fought back his regular place and reached the quarter-finals of the UEFA Europa League with the Flemish, in which the KRC Genk was eliminated by Celta Vigo . With eighth place Castagne qualified for the play-offs and reached the finals with his club as group winners to participate in the play-offs. In that game, KRC Genk beat VV St. Truiden and qualified for the play-off for participation in the third qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League, in which Genk lost to KV Ostend.

After seven years in Genk, Castagne moved to Italy for the 2017/18 season in Serie A with Atalanta Bergamo . In his first season in Lombardy he found himself on the bench more often, but won a regular place in the final phase of the season and made 20 appearances in the top Italian division at the end of the season. In the UEFA Europa League, Atalanta Bergamo was knocked out of the last 32 against Borussia Dortmund , Timothy Castagne only made three appearances, in the Coppa Italia Juventus Turin proved to be too big. Atalanta Bergamo ultimately qualified for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League and prevailed there against FK Sarajevo , but were eliminated in the play-offs against FC Copenhagen . In the following years he was first bench press again before he fought for a regular place in the second half of the season; with a total of four goals and two assists, he contributed to the Bergamo's first qualification for the UEFA Champions League. In addition, Atalanta Bergamo reached the final in the Coppa Italia, in which the Lombards lost to Lazio . The Belgian played regularly in the 2019/20 season (27 points games, one goal) and reached the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League with the Lombards , where Atalanta narrowly lost to Paris Saint-Germain (after a 1-0 lead up to In the 90th minute, Atalanta Bergamo lost 1: 2). In addition, the club qualified again for the Champions League via the league.

National team

From 2013 Castagne played in several Belgian youth national teams, most recently in the U21 national team . Since September 7, 2018, he has also played in the senior national team and has scored two goals in seven games so far.

Web links

• Timothy Castagne in the database of weltfussball.de
• Timothy Castagne in the database of the Royal Belgian Football Association (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ CLUBNIEUWS. Anderlecht have problems with the club, Leekens furieus
2. ↑ Genk-verdediger Timothy Castagne needs extra medical tests ondergaan
3. ↑ Karelis shoots Genk with hat trick as well in the Europa League
4. ↑ Genk-verdediger Castagne ontwricht schouder op training