Maxime Bernauer

Maxime Bernauer
Bernauer with Saint-Étienne in 2025
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-07-01) 1 July 1998 (age 28)
Place of birth Hennebont, France
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
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 13 (0)
International career
2013–2014 France U16 13 (0)
2014 France U17 4 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 11 May 2026

Maxime Bernauer (born 1 July 1998) is a French professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Ligue 2 club Saint-Étienne.

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. 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. He made his professional debut with Paris FC in a 4–0 league win over Grenoble on 24 July 2021.

On 2 February 2025, Bernauer joined Saint-Étienne on loan with an option to buy. The club exercised that option for €1.2 million on 10 June 2025.

International career

Bernauer is a youth international for France, having represented the France U16s and U17s.

Career statistics

As of match played 2 December 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Concarneau 2014–15 Championnat National 25020——270
Le Mans 2020–21 32000——320
Paris FC 2021–22 Ligue 2 31120——331
2022–23 35130——381
Total 66250——712
Dinamo Zagreb 2023–24 Prva HNL 1713160—262
2024–25 900080—170
Total 2613114000432
Career total 1494101140001734

Honours

Dinamo Zagreb

References

  1. ↑ "Maxime Bernauer". Paris FC. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
  2. ↑ Guilliet, Clara (10 July 2021). "Football. Le Mans FC : Maxime Bernauer proche du départ ?".
  3. ↑ Bri, Kévin (13 July 2021). "Maxime Bernauer nouveau parisien". Archived from the original on 17 July 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  4. ↑ "Grenoble Foot 38 vs. Paris FC - 24 July 2021 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.
  5. ↑ "Maxime Bernauer rejoint les Verts" [Maxime Bernauer joins the Greens] (in French). AS Saint-Étienne. 2 February 2025. Retrieved 2 February 2025.
  6. ↑ "Saint-Étienne a levé l'option d'achat de Maxime Bernauer". L'Équipe (in French). Retrieved 2 July 2025.
  7. ↑ "Maxime Bernauer, des "rouge et noir" aux "sang et or" - Sweet FM". www.sweetfm.fr.