Jade Rastocle

Jade Rastocle
Personal information
Date of birth (2004-07-12) 12 July 2004
Place of birth Stains, Seine-Saint-Denis, France
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Birmingham City
Number 4
Youth career
2011–2021 AAS Sarcelles
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021–2024 Reims 27 (0)
2024–2026 Montpellier 41 (1)
2026– Birmingham City 0 (0)
International career‡
2020 France U17 1 (0)
2021–2023 France U19 19 (0)
2022–2024 France U20 3 (0)
2023–2025 France U23 13 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 05:49, 28 July 2026 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 05:49, 28 July 2026 (UTC)

Jade Rastocle (born 12 July 2004) is a French professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Women's Super League club Birmingham City. She has previously been a member of Première Ligue clubs Stade de Reims and Montpellier.

Early life

Rastocle was born and raised in Stains, Seine-Saint-Denis, France.[1][2] In addition to football, she also spent a year of her childhood participating in judo.[3] She joined local club AAS Sarcelles in 2011, going on to spend 10 total years with the Sarcelles academy.[1][3] She played in mixed-gender teams up until the under-13 level and later became the club's under-19 squad captain.[4] At age 14, Rastocle trialed with multiple organizations, including INSEP, but did not make it onto any team.[3] She eventually joined the Liévin youth academy, where she trained during the weekdays before taking the train back home to play in matches for AAS Sarcelles on weekends. Rastocle often had to take two-hour train rides early in the morning to arrive to her football commitments on time.[4][5]

Club career

Stade de Reims

On 13 July 2021, one day after her seventeenth birthday, Rastocle signed her first professional contract with Stade de Reims.[2] She made her Division 1 Féminine debut shortly after, participating in a game against French powerhouse Olympique Lyonnais.[3] Rastocle ultimately spent three total seasons at Reims, earning increasing playing time each year.[6] She only started in one of her 7 league appearances in her first season, but started in all of her matches the following year despite playing in the same number of matches.[7] In the 2023–24 season, she appeared 13 times in Division 1 play.[8]

Montpellier

In August 2024, Rastocle signed for Montpellier HSC. The move reunited her with France youth international teammate Maelys Mpomé.[6] She started off at Montpellier as a substitute before gaining more minutes as time progressed.[9][5] In her first year with the team, she set a career-high 19 appearances and helped contribute to Montpellier's sixth-place finish in the Première Ligue standings.[6] She also contributed two assists and her first-ever professional goal.[7]

In the 2025–26 season, Montpellier fared more poorly, finishing only one spot above the relegation line. Rastocle still managed to record positive defensive performances as one of the starters on the team's backline.[3] She started in all but one of her 22 matches played.[7] In July 2026, she departed from Montpellier.[9]

Birmingham City

Women's Super League club Birmingham City announced, on 16 July 2026, that they had acquired Rastocle from Montpellier in exchange for an undisclosed fee ahead of the team's first season in the English top-flight in five years.[10]

International career

Rastocle has represented France at four youth international levels.[10] After participating in trials for the under-17 national team in 2019, she debuted for the U17s in February of the following year, earning the start in a 4–3 comeback victory over Germany.[3][4] At one point, she was the only under-16-aged player on the U17s.[1][3] Rastocle played for the under-19 national team from 2021 to 2023.[11] She was initially named to the French squad for the 2023 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship, but later withdrew.[12]

In 2024 and 2025, Rastocle contributed to title wins with the France under-20s in the Sud Ladies Cup.[8][6] She also started gaining experience with the U23s while playing club football for Montpellier.[9]

Career statistics

Club

As of July 28, 2026
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Stade de Reims 2021–22 Division 1 Féminine 7 0 1 0 — — 8 0
2022–23 7 0 2 0 — — 9 0
2023–24 13 0 2 0 — 1[b] 0 16 0
Total 27 0 5 0 0 0 1 0 33 0
Montpellier HSC 2024–25 Première Ligue 19 1 2 0 — — 21 1
2025–26 22 0 1 0 — — 23 0
Total 41 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 44 1
Birmingham City 2026–27 Women's Super League 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
Career total 68 1 8 0 0 0 1 0 77 1
  1. ↑ Includes Coupe de France
  2. ↑ Appearances in playoffs

References

  1. 1 2 3 Jade Rastocle at the French Football Federation (in French)
  2. 1 2 "Football – Division 1 féminine. Rastocle arrive au Stade de Reims". L'Union (in French). 13 July 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2026.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Rouas, Farid (11 April 2026). "Jade Rastocle : du Val-d'Oise à la Première Ligue, un talent confirmé !". Foot Amateur (in French). Retrieved 28 July 2026.
  4. 1 2 3 "Val-d'Oise. Football : Jade Rastocle avec les Bleuettes". Actu (in French). 17 March 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2026.
  5. 1 2 "Jade Rastocle, les trains d'une vie". French Football Federation. Archived from the original on 22 March 2025. Retrieved 28 July 2026.
  6. 1 2 3 4 "OL : une pépite envoyée en apprentissage à Montpelier". Sport.fr (in French). 25 July 2026. Retrieved 28 July 2026.
  7. 1 2 3 Jade Rastocle at FBref.com
  8. 1 2 Lombardo, Théo (6 August 2024). "Foot : la défenseuse Jade Rastocle signe au MHSC". La Gazette (in French). Retrieved 28 July 2026.
  9. 1 2 3 "[Actualités] Jade Rastocle tourne la page à Montpellier et prend la direction de l'Angleterre". Allez Paillade (in French). 15 July 2026. Retrieved 28 July 2026.
  10. 1 2 "Women's Super League: French defender Jade Rastocle signs for Birmingham". BBC Sport. 16 July 2026. Retrieved 28 July 2026.
  11. ↑ "Trois joueuses du Stade de Reims en équipe de France U19". L'Union (in French). 7 February 2023. Retrieved 28 July 2026.
  12. ↑ Lampin, Julien (24 July 2023). "Stade de Reims féminin, le changement dans la continuité • Sport Club". Sport Club (in French). Retrieved 28 July 2026.
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