Mathieu Cafaro

Mathieu Cafaro
	Cafaro warming up for Saint-Étienne in 2024
Personal information
Date of birth	25 March 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth	Saint-Doulchard, France
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Saint-Étienne
Number	18
Youth career
0000–2016	Toulouse
Senior career*
Years	Team
2015–2017	Toulouse B
2016	Toulouse
2017–2018	Reims B
2017–2022	Reims
2022–2023	Standard Liège
2022–2023	→ Saint-Étienne (loan)
2023–	Saint-Étienne
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 December 2024

Mathieu Cafaro (born 25 March 1997) is a French professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Ligue 1 club Saint-Étienne.^[1]

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]

Personal life

Cafaro is of Italian descent through his paternal grandfather.^[11]

Honours

Reims

Ligue 2: 2017–18^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Mathieu Cafaro at Soccerway
^ "Bastia vs. Toulouse- 10 September 2015 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
^ Dufy, Guillaume. "Toulouse licencie aussi Mathieu Cafaro". L'Equipe.fr (in French). Retrieved 3 April 2017.
^ "Toulouse: Mathieu Cafaro reconnait être l'auteur du tir et innocente Odsonne Édouard". Le Figaro.fr (in French). Retrieved 3 April 2017.
^ "Quatre mois de prison avec sursis requis contre Odsonne Edouard" (in French). L'Équipe. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Ensemble, fêtons nos champions ! - Stade de Reims". 7 May 2018. Archived from the original on 12 May 2018. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
^ "Mathieu CAFARO rejoint les Rouches" [Mathieu CAFARO joins the Reds] (in French). Standard Liège. 11 January 2022. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
^ "Official | Reims midfielder Mathieu Cafaro joins Standard Liege". Get French Football News. 11 January 2022. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
^ "Mathieu Cafaro rejoint les Verts !" (in French). Saint-Étienne. 20 July 2022. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
^ "Mathieu Cafaro quitte le Standard: le Français rejoint définitivement Saint-Etienne". Le Soir (in French). 2 June 2023. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
^ "Mathieu Cafaro, un jeune milieu relayeur à la relance ! - Stade de Reims". 30 June 2017. Archived from the original on 26 August 2018. Retrieved 18 February 2018.

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[soccerway-1] Mathieu Cafaro at Soccerway

[soccerway2-2] "Bastia vs. Toulouse- 10 September 2015 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 28 November 2015.

[3] Dufy, Guillaume. "Toulouse licencie aussi Mathieu Cafaro". L'Equipe.fr (in French). Retrieved 3 April 2017.

[4] "Toulouse: Mathieu Cafaro reconnait être l'auteur du tir et innocente Odsonne Édouard". Le Figaro.fr (in French). Retrieved 3 April 2017.

[5] "Quatre mois de prison avec sursis requis contre Odsonne Edouard" (in French). L'Équipe. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 18 June 2017.

[:0-6] "Ensemble, fêtons nos champions ! - Stade de Reims". 7 May 2018. Archived from the original on 12 May 2018. Retrieved 11 May 2018.

[7] "Mathieu CAFARO rejoint les Rouches" [Mathieu CAFARO joins the Reds] (in French). Standard Liège. 11 January 2022. Retrieved 11 January 2022.

[8] "Official | Reims midfielder Mathieu Cafaro joins Standard Liege". Get French Football News. 11 January 2022. Retrieved 11 January 2022.

[9] "Mathieu Cafaro rejoint les Verts !" (in French). Saint-Étienne. 20 July 2022. Retrieved 21 July 2022.

[10] "Mathieu Cafaro quitte le Standard: le Français rejoint définitivement Saint-Etienne". Le Soir (in French). 2 June 2023. Retrieved 7 August 2023.

[11] "Mathieu Cafaro, un jeune milieu relayeur à la relance ! - Stade de Reims". 30 June 2017. Archived from the original on 26 August 2018. Retrieved 18 February 2018.

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