# Maxime Bernauer
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{{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](/source/AS_Saint-%C3%89tienne) in 2025
| full_name =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1998|7|1|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [Hennebont](/source/Hennebont), [France](/source/France)
| height = 1.86 m[{{cite web|url=https://parisfc.fr/maxime-bernauer/ |title=Maxime Bernauer |publisher=Paris FC |access-date=18 September 2022}}]
| position = [Right-back](/source/Right-back)
| currentclub = [Saint-Étienne](/source/AS_Saint-%C3%89tienne)
| clubnumber = 6
| youthyears1 = 2004–2006
| youthclubs1 = GV Hennebont
| youthyears2 = 2006–2009
| youthclubs2 = [Lorient](/source/FC_Lorient)
| youthyears3 = 2009–2013
| youthclubs3 = [Montagnarde](/source/US_Montagnarde)
| youthyears4 = 2013–2017
| youthclubs4 = [Rennes](/source/Stade_Rennais_F.C.)
| years1 = 2017–2019
| clubs1 = [Rennes II](/source/Stade_Rennais_F.C.)
| caps1 = 42
| goals1 = 1
| years2 = 2019–2020
| clubs2 = [Concarneau](/source/US_Concarneau)
| caps2 = 25
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2020–2021
| clubs3 = [Le Mans](/source/Le_Mans_FC)
| caps3 = 32
| goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2021–2023
| clubs4 = [Paris FC](/source/Paris_FC)
| caps4 = 66
| goals4 = 2
| years5 = 2023–2025
| clubs5 = [Dinamo Zagreb](/source/GNK_Dinamo_Zagreb)
| caps5 = 26
| goals5 = 1
| years6 = 2025
| clubs6 = → [Saint-Étienne](/source/AS_Saint-%C3%89tienne) (loan)
| caps6 = 11
| goals6 = 0
| years7 = 2025–
| clubs7 = [Saint-Étienne](/source/AS_Saint-%C3%89tienne)
| caps7 = 13
| goals7 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 2013–2014
| nationalteam1 = [France U16](/source/France_national_under-16_football_team)
| nationalcaps1 = 13
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 2014
| nationalteam2 = [France U17](/source/France_national_under-17_football_team)
| nationalcaps2 = 4
| nationalgoals2 = 0
| club-update = 11 May 2026
| nationalteam-update =
}}
'''Maxime Bernauer''' (born 1 July 1998) is a French professional [footballer](/source/association_football) who plays as a [right-back](/source/right-back) for {{French football updater|Saint-Étienne}} club [Saint-Étienne](/source/AS_Saint-%C3%89tienne).
==Club career==
A youth product of Hennebont, [Lorient](/source/FC_Lorient), [Montagnarde](/source/US_Montagnarde), and [Rennes](/source/Stade_Rennais_F.C.), Bernauer began his senior career with the reserves of Rennes. He started his career as a [centre-back](/source/centre-back), but proved a utility player capable of playing [right-back](/source/right-back) and as [defensive midfielder](/source/defensive_midfielder).[{{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}}] After Rennes, he played in the [Championnat National](/source/Championnat_National) with [Concarneau](/source/US_Concarneau) and [Le Mans](/source/Le_Mans_FC). On 13 July 2021, he transferred to [Paris FC](/source/Paris_FC) until June 2024.[{{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}}] He made his professional debut with Paris FC in a 4–0 league win over [Grenoble](/source/Grenoble_Foot_38) on 24 July 2021.[{{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}}]
On 2 February 2025, Bernauer joined [Saint-Étienne](/source/AS_Saint-%C3%89tienne) on loan with an option to buy.[{{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}}] The club exercised that option for €1.2 million on 10 June 2025.[{{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}}]
==International career==
Bernauer is a youth international for France, having represented the [France U16](/source/France_national_under-16_football_team)s and [U17](/source/France_national_under-17_football_team)s.[{{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}}]
==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](/source/US_Concarneau)
|[2014–15](/source/2019%E2%80%9320_Championnat_National)
|rowspan="2"|[Championnat National](/source/Championnat_National)
|25||0||2||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||27||0
|-
|[Le Mans](/source/Le_Mans_FC)
|[2020–21](/source/2020%E2%80%9321_Championnat_National)
|32||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||32||0
|-
|rowspan="3"|[Paris FC](/source/Paris_FC)
|[2021–22](/source/2021%E2%80%9322_Paris_FC_season)
|rowspan="2"|[Ligue 2](/source/Ligue_2)
|31||1||2||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||33||1
|-
|[2022–23](/source/2022%E2%80%9323_Paris_FC_season)
|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](/source/GNK_Dinamo_Zagreb)
|[2023–24](/source/2023%E2%80%9324_GNK_Dinamo_Zagreb_season)
|rowspan="2"|[Prva HNL](/source/Croatian_First_Football_League)
|17||1||3||1||6||0||colspan="2"|—||26||2
|-
|[2024–25](/source/2024%E2%80%9325_GNK_Dinamo_Zagreb_season)
|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](/source/Croatian_Football_Super_Cup): [2023](/source/2023_Croatian_Football_Super_Cup)
==References==
{{reflist}}
==External links==
* {{Soccerway|maxime-bernauer/387417}}
* {{FFF player|9634-bernauer-maxime}}
{{AS Saint-Étienne squad}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bernauer, Maxime}}
Category:1998 births
Category:Living people
Category:People from Hennebont
Category:Footballers from Morbihan
Category:French men's footballers
Category:France men's youth international footballers
Category:Men's association football full-backs
Category:Ligue 1 players
Category:Ligue 2 players
Category:Championnat National players
Category:Championnat National 2 players
Category:Championnat National 3 players
Category:Croatian Football League players
Category:Stade Rennais FC players
Category:Le Mans FC players
Category:Paris FC players
Category:GNK Dinamo Zagreb players
Category:AS Saint-Étienne players
Category:French expatriate men's footballers
Category:French expatriate sportspeople in Croatia
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Croatia
Category:21st-century French sportsmen
Category:US Concarneau players
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