Maximiliano Caufriez (born 16 February 1997) is a Belgian professional
footballer
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who plays as a
centre-back and
right-back
In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield position whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring.
Centre-backs are usually positioned in pairs, with one full-back on either s ...
for club
Clermont.
Club career
Caufriez was born and raised in
Mons where he started to play as a youth. Later, he joined
Waasland-Beveren
Sportkring Beveren is a professional Belgian association football club located in the municipality of Beveren, East Flanders. They play in the Belgian First Division B.
History
The club was founded in 1936 as Red Star and registered to an amat ...
. He made his
Belgian Pro League
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debut on 4 April 2016 against
Mouscron
Mouscron (; Dutch and vls, Moeskroen, ; Picard and Walloon: ''Moucron'') is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the Belgian province of Hainaut, along the border with the French city of Tourcoing, which is part of the Lille metropol ...
.
On 29 August 2021, he signed a long-term contract with
Russian Premier League
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club
Spartak Moscow Spartak Moscow may refer to the following teams based or formerly based in Moscow, Russia:
* FC Spartak Moscow, an association football club
* HC Spartak Moscow, a professional ice hockey team
* Spartak GM Moscow, a semi-professional rugby club
* WB ...
. On 29 May 2022, he won the
Russian Cup after almost a decade of unsuccessful runs for Spartak in the competition.
On 29 August 2022, Caufriez joined
Ligue 1 club
Clermont on loan for the
2022–23 season. On 27 June 2023, Clemont purchased his rights from Spartak, making the transfer permanent.
Career statistics
Honours
;Spartak Moscow
*
Russian Cup:
2021–22
References
External links
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Living people
1997 births
Sportspeople from Mons
Belgian men's footballers
Footballers from Hainaut (province)
Men's association football central defenders
R.A.E.C. Mons (1910) players
R.S.C. Anderlecht players
Standard Liège players
S.K. Beveren players
Sint-Truidense V.V. players
FC Spartak Moscow players
Clermont Foot players
Belgian Pro League players
Russian Premier League players
Ligue 1 players
Belgium men's youth international footballers
Belgium men's under-21 international footballers
Belgian expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Russia
Belgian expatriate sportspeople in Russia
Expatriate men's footballers in France
Belgian expatriate sportspeople in France
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