{{short description|French footballer (born 1998)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Maxime Bernauer | image = Bernauer asse ogcn 2425.png | caption = Bernauer with Saint-Étienne in 2025 | full_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1998|7|1|df=yes}} | birth_place = Hennebont, France | height = 1.86 m<ref>{{cite web|url=https://parisfc.fr/maxime-bernauer/ |title=Maxime Bernauer |publisher=Paris FC |access-date=18 September 2022}}</ref> | position = Right-back | currentclub = Saint-Étienne | clubnumber = 6 | youthyears1 = 2004–2006 | youthclubs1 = GV Hennebont | youthyears2 = 2006–2009 | youthclubs2 = Lorient | youthyears3 = 2009–2013 | youthclubs3 = Montagnarde | youthyears4 = 2013–2017 | youthclubs4 = Rennes | years1 = 2017–2019 | clubs1 = Rennes II | caps1 = 42 | goals1 = 1 | years2 = 2019–2020 | clubs2 = Concarneau | caps2 = 25 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 2020–2021 | clubs3 = Le Mans | caps3 = 32 | goals3 = 0 | years4 = 2021–2023 | clubs4 = Paris FC | caps4 = 66 | goals4 = 2 | years5 = 2023–2025 | clubs5 = Dinamo Zagreb | caps5 = 26 | goals5 = 1 | years6 = 2025 | clubs6 = → Saint-Étienne (loan) | caps6 = 11 | goals6 = 0 | years7 = 2025– | clubs7 = Saint-Étienne | caps7 = 13 | goals7 = 0 | nationalyears1 = 2013–2014 | nationalteam1 = France U16 | nationalcaps1 = 13 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | nationalyears2 = 2014 | nationalteam2 = France U17 | nationalcaps2 = 4 | nationalgoals2 = 0 | club-update = 11 May 2026 | nationalteam-update = }}
'''Maxime Bernauer''' (born 1 July 1998) is a French professional footballer who plays as a right-back for {{French football updater|Saint-Étienne}} 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ouest-france.fr/sport/football/le-mans-fc/football-le-mans-fc-maxime-bernauer-proche-du-depart-663e212a-e1af-11eb-af1f-4cf3b4b16e70|title=Football. Le Mans FC : Maxime Bernauer proche du départ ? |first=Clara|last=Guilliet|date=10 July 2021}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://parisfc.fr/equipe-pro/maxime-bernauer-nouveau-parisien/|title=Maxime Bernauer nouveau parisien|first=Kévin|last=Bri|date=13 July 2021|access-date=28 July 2021|archive-date=17 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210717164637/https://parisfc.fr/equipe-pro/maxime-bernauer-nouveau-parisien/|url-status=dead}}</ref> He made his professional debut with Paris FC in a 4–0 league win over Grenoble on 24 July 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2021/07/24/france/ligue-2/grenoble-foot-38/paris-football-club-98/3525216/|title=Grenoble Foot 38 vs. Paris FC - 24 July 2021 - Soccerway|website=int.soccerway.com}}</ref>
On 2 February 2025, Bernauer joined Saint-Étienne on loan with an option to buy.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=AS Saint-Étienne|url=https://www.asse.fr/actualites/maxime-bernauer-rejoint-les-verts-ac38030|title=Maxime Bernauer rejoint les Verts|trans-title=Maxime Bernauer joins the Greens|date=2 February 2025|access-date=2 February 2025|language=fr}}</ref> The club exercised that option for €1.2 million on 10 June 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Saint-Étienne a levé l'option d'achat de Maxime Bernauer |url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/Saint-etienne-a-leve-l-option-d-achat-de-maxime-bernauer/1569225 |access-date=2025-07-02 |website=L'Équipe |language=fr}}</ref>
==International career== Bernauer is a youth international for France, having represented the France U16s and U17s.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sweetfm.fr/news/maxime-bernauer-des-rouge-et-noir-aux-sang-et-or-27629|title=Maxime Bernauer, des "rouge et noir" aux "sang et or" - Sweet FM|website=www.sweetfm.fr}}</ref>
==Career statistics== {{updated|match played 2 December 2025}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition |- !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|Cup !colspan="2"|Continental !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- |Concarneau |2014–15 |rowspan="2"|Championnat National |25||0||2||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||27||0 |- |Le Mans |2020–21 |32||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||32||0 |- |rowspan="3"|Paris FC |2021–22 |rowspan="2"|Ligue 2 |31||1||2||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||33||1 |- |2022–23 |35||1||3||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||38||1 |- !colspan="2"|Total !66!!2!!5!!0!!colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—!!71!!2 |- |rowspan="3"|Dinamo Zagreb |2023–24 |rowspan="2"|Prva HNL |17||1||3||1||6||0||colspan="2"|—||26||2 |- |2024–25 |9||0||0||0||8||0||colspan="2"|—||17||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !26!!1!!3!!1!!14!!0!!0!!0!!43!!2 |- !colspan="3"|Career total !149!!4!!10!!1!!14!!0!!0!!0!!173!!4 |}
==Honours== '''Dinamo Zagreb''' *Croatian Super Cup: 2023
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{Soccerway|maxime-bernauer/387417}} * {{FFF player|9634-bernauer-maxime}}
{{AS Saint-Étienne squad}}
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