Mathieu Cafaro
French footballer (born 1997)
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Mathieu Cafaro (born 25 March 1997) is a French professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Ligue 1 club Paris FC.[1]
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Cafaro warming up for Saint-Étienne in 2024 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 25 March 1997 | ||
| Place of birth | Saint-Doulchard, France | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Paris FC | ||
| Number | 13 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2016 | Toulouse | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2017 | Toulouse B | 28 | (11) |
| 2016 | Toulouse | 4 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | Reims B | 17 | (3) |
| 2017–2022 | Reims | 83 | (12) |
| 2022–2023 | Standard Liège | 12 | (2) |
| 2022–2023 | → Saint-Étienne (loan) | 33 | (5) |
| 2023–2025 | Saint-Étienne | 49 | (5) |
| 2025– | Paris FC | 11 | (4) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 11 May 2025 | |||
Club career
Toulouse
Cafaro is a youth product of Toulouse. He made his Ligue 1 debut on 10 September 2015 against Bastia.[2] On 3 April 2017, he was released from the club, along with Odsonne Édouard, due to inappropriate behavior outside the club involving the shooting of a passer-by with an airsoft gun.[3] Cafaro later admitted that he was the one who shot the gun.[4] On 13 June, the Toulouse Prosecutor requested a four-month suspended prison sentence and a €6,000 fine for Édouard's involvement. Édouard claimed that Cafaro was the shooter while Cafaro stated he was not in the car at the time of the incident.[5]
Reims
Cafaro helped Reims win the 2017–18 Ligue 2, which earned them promotion to the Ligue 1 for the 2018–19 season.[6] He participated in one league match during the campaign, a 3–1 win over Niort on 27 April 2018.[1] Cafaro would go on to score twelve goals in eighty-two Ligue 1 matches for Reims before leaving the club in January 2022.[1]
Standard Liège
On 11 January 2022, Cafaro signed for Belgian club Standard Liège.[7] The deal reportedly involved no transfer fee, although Reims were given a "considerable" sell-on percentage fee.[8]
Saint-Étienne
On 20 July 2022, Cafaro joined Ligue 2 club Saint-Étienne on a season-long loan with an option-to-buy.[9] He eventually joined the club permanently in June 2023.[10]
Paris FC
On 3 February 2025, Cafaro signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with Paris FC in Ligue 2.[11]
Personal life
Cafaro is of Italian descent through his paternal grandfather.[12]