Mathieu Cafaro

Mathieu Cafaro (born 25 March 1997) is a French professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Ligue 2 club Saint-Etienne, on loam from Belgian First Division A club Standard Liege.

Club Career

Toulouse

Cafaro is a youth exponent from Toulouse. He made his Ligue 1 debut on 10 September 2015 against Bastia. He was released from the club on 3 April 2017 with Odsonne Edouard due to inappropriate behavior outside the club which consisted of shooting a passer-by with an airsoft gun. He later admitted that he was the one that shot the gun. On 13 June, the Toulouse Prosecutor asked that Edouard be charged with a four months suspended prison sentence and a €6,000 fine for his involvement in the incident. Edouard assured that Cafaro was the author of the shot while Cafaro then claimed to have not been in the car at the time of the shooting.

Reims

Cafaro helped Reims win the 2017–18 Ligue 2, which earned them promotion to the Ligue 1 for the 2018–19 season. He participated in one league match during the campaign, a 3–1 win over Niort on 27 April 2018. Cafaro would go on to score twelve goals in eighty-two Ligue 1 matches for Reims before leaving the club in January 2022.

Standard Liege

On 11 January 2022, Cafaro signed for Belgian club Standard Liege. The deal reportedly involved no transfer fee, although Reims were given a "considerable" sell-on percentage fee.

Loan to Saint-Etienne

On 20 July 2022, Cafaro joined Saint-Etienne on a season-long loan with an option-to-buy.

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