 Cafaro warming up for Saint-Étienne in 2024 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1997-03-25) 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 | 21 | (4) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 19 May 2026 | |||
Mathieu Cafaro (born 25 March 1997) is a French professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Ligue 1 club Paris FC.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
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
Honours
Reims
References
References
- 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.
- "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 signe au Paris FC !" [Mathieu Cafaro signs for Paris FC!] (in French). Paris FC. 4 February 2025. Retrieved 5 February 2025.
- "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.