Rocco Ascone

Rocco Ascone
Personal information
Full name Rocco Angelo Ascone[1]
Date of birth (2003-09-12) 12 September 2003
Place of birth Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[2]
Position Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Halmstad
Number 27
Youth career
2008–2009 Villeneuve d'Ascq Metropole
2009–2010 Olympique Marcquois
2010–2011 Wasquehal
2011–2021 Lille
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021–2023 Lille 0 (0)
2022–2023 → Nordsjælland (loan) 13 (2)
2023–2026 Nordsjælland 9 (0)
2025 → Halmstad (loan) 11 (1)
2026– Halmstad 11 (1)
International career
2019 France U16 2 (0)
2022 France U20 2 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 9 July 2026

Rocco Angelo Ascone (born 12 September 2003) is a French footballer who plays as a midfielder for Allsvenskan club Halmstads BK.

Career

Ascone started playing futsal as a three-year old with Villeneuve d'Ascq Metropole, before short stints with Olympique Marcquois and Wasquehal eventually led him to the academy of Ligue 1 side Lille, joining them as an eight-year old.[3] Before the second half of the 2021–22 season, he was sent on loan to Nordsjælland in Denmark.[4] On 27 February 2022, Ascone debuted for Nordsjælland during a 0–0 draw with Randers.[1]

On 19 July 2023 FC Nordsjælland confirmed, that they had signed Ascone on a permanent deal, with the player signing until June 2028.[5]

On 5 August 2025 Halmstads BK announced that they had loaned Rocco until the end of the season, with a option to buy him.[6] On 23 December 2025, the club announced that they had exercised their option to purchase, Ascone signing a contract until 2029.[7]

International career

Born in France, Ascone holds both French and Italian nationalities.[8] He is a youth international for France, having represented the France U16s in 2019.[9]

Career statistics

As of match played 9 July 2026[1]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Lille B 2020-21 Championnat National 3 31———31
2021-22 Championnat National 3 50———50
Total 8100000081
Lille 2020-21 Ligue 1 000000—00
2021-22 Ligue 1 0000000000
Total 0000000000
Nordsjælland (loan) 2021-22 Danish Superliga 1000——10
2022-23 Danish Superliga 12251——173
Total 132510000183
Nordsjælland 2023-24 Danish Superliga 60402[b]0—120
2024-25 Danish Superliga 2000——20
2025–26 Danish Superliga 1000——10
Total 90402000150
Halmstad (loan) 2025 Allsvenskan 11100——111
Halmstad 2026 11130——141
Career total 5251212000666

References

  1. 1 2 3 Rocco Ascone at Soccerway
  2. ↑ "Rocco Ascone – FFF". Fédération Française de Football (in French). Archived from the original on 13 July 2022. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
  3. ↑ Pousset, Maxime (4 February 2021). "Rocco Ascone, Dogue ascendant Lillois". Lille OSC (in French). Archived from the original on 19 May 2022. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
  4. ↑ "FC Nordsjælland henter fransk talent". FC Nordsjælland (in Danish). 31 January 2022. Archived from the original on 9 February 2022. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
  5. ↑ FC Nordsjælland køber Rocco Ascone i franske LOSC Lille, fcn.dk, 19 July 2023
  6. ↑ Rocco Ascone ansluter på lån från FC Nordsjælland, hbk.se, 5 August 2025
  7. ↑ "Rocco Ascone och HBK överens om nytt kontrakt" [Rocco Ascone and HBK agree on new contract]. www.hbk.se (in Swedish). 23 December 2025. Retrieved 27 December 2025.
  8. ↑ "Rocco ASCONE". unfp.org. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  9. ↑ Bja, Rayan (13 February 2020). "Qui es-tu Rocco Ascone ?". Le petit Lillois (in French). Archived from the original on 13 July 2022. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
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