Maxime Bernauer
French footballer (born 1998)
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Maxime Bernauer (born 1 July 1998) is a French professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Ligue 2 club Saint-Étienne.
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Bernauer with Saint-Étienne in 2025 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 1 July 1998 | ||
| Place of birth | Hennebont, France | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Right-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Saint-Étienne | ||
| Number | 6 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2004–2006 | GV Hennebont | ||
| 2006–2009 | Lorient | ||
| 2009–2013 | Montagnarde | ||
| 2013–2017 | Rennes | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2019 | Rennes II | 42 | (1) |
| 2019–2020 | Concarneau | 25 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | Le Mans | 32 | (0) |
| 2021–2023 | Paris FC | 66 | (2) |
| 2023–2025 | Dinamo Zagreb | 26 | (1) |
| 2025 | → Saint-Étienne (loan) | 11 | (0) |
| 2025– | Saint-Étienne | 8 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2013–2014 | France U16 | 13 | (0) |
| 2014 | France U17 | 4 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 2 December 2025 | |||
Club career
A youth product of Hennebont, Lorient, Montagnarde, and Rennes, Bernauer began his senior career with the reserves of Rennes. He started his career as a centre-back, but proved a utility player capable of playing right-back and as defensive midfielder.[2] After Rennes, he played in the Championnat National with Concarneau and Le Mans. On 13 July 2021, he transferred to Paris FC until June 2024.[3] He made his professional debut with Paris FC in a 4–0 league win over Grenoble on 24 July 2021.[4]
On 2 February 2025, Bernauer joined Saint-Étienne on loan with an option to buy.[5] The club exercised that option for €1.2 million on 10 June 2025.[6]
International career
Bernauer is a youth international for France, having represented the France U16s and U17s.[7]
Career statistics
- As of match played 2 December 2025
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Concarneau | 2014–15 | Championnat National | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 27 | 0 | ||
| Le Mans | 2020–21 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 32 | 0 | |||
| Paris FC | 2021–22 | Ligue 2 | 31 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 33 | 1 | ||
| 2022–23 | 35 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 38 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 66 | 2 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 71 | 2 | ||||
| Dinamo Zagreb | 2023–24 | Prva HNL | 17 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | — | 26 | 2 | |
| 2024–25 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | — | 17 | 0 | |||
| Total | 26 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 2 | ||
| Career total | 149 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 173 | 4 | ||
Honours
Dinamo Zagreb