Yvann Maçon (born 1 October 1998) is a professional

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who plays as a

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for club

Saint-Étienne Saint-Étienne (; frp, Sant-Etiève; oc, Sant Estève, ) is a city and the prefecture of the Loire department in eastern-central France, in the Massif Central, southwest of Lyon in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. Saint-Étienne is the t ...

. Born in

Guadeloupe Guadeloupe (; ; gcf, label=Antillean Creole, Gwadloup, ) is an archipelago and overseas department and region of France in the Caribbean. It consists of six inhabited islands—Basse-Terre, Grande-Terre, Marie-Galante, La Désirade, and the ...

, he has represented both Guadeloupe and France at youth level.

Club career

Dunkerque

Maçon was born in

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, and began his senior career with

Dunkerque Dunkirk (french: Dunkerque ; vls, label=French Flemish, Duunkerke; nl, Duinkerke(n) ; , ;) is a commune in the department of Nord in northern France.Championnat National The Championnat de France National ( en, French National Championship), commonly referred to as simply National or Division 3, serves as the third division of the French football league system behind Ligue 1 and Ligue 2. Contested by 18 clubs, t ...

. In the 2019–20 season, he made his breakthrough and was part of the team winning promotion to the

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Saint-Étienne

On 31 January 2020, Maçon signed a professional contract with

. He made his professional debut for the club in a 1–0

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loss to

Montpellier Montpellier (, , ; oc, Montpelhièr ) is a city in southern France near the Mediterranean Sea. One of the largest urban centres in the region of Occitania (administrative region), Occitania, Montpellier is the prefecture of the Departments of ...

on 9 February 2020. Maçon began making an impact at the start of the 2020–21 season, particularly on 27 September 2020 against

Marseille Marseille ( , , ; also spelled in English as Marseilles; oc, Marselha ) is the prefecture of the French department of Bouches-du-Rhône and capital of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Situated in the camargue region of southern Franc ...

, providing the assist for the first goal and impressing with his defensive efforts, in what was Saint-Étienne's first victory in Marseille since 1979. On 20 September, the week prior, Maçon had scored his first goal for Saint-Étienne against

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in a 2–2 draw. He suffered a

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on 12 October in a match against

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for France U21, which effectively ruled him out for the remainder of the season. Maçon returned to action on the first matchday of the 2021–22 season, starting at

in a 1–1 draw against Lorient.

Loan to Paris FC

On 8 December 2022, Maçon signed for Paris FC on loan until the end of the 2022–23 season.

Loan to Maccabi Tel Aviv

On 2 July 2023, Maçon signed for Maccabi Tel Aviv on loan until the end of the 2023–24 season with an option to make the move permanent.

International career

Maçon played for the Guadeloupe U20 for

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in 2016, scoring a hattrick in his last game with them. He made his debut for the France U21 team on 8 October 2020 against

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Career statistics

Honours

Saint-Étienne * Coupe de France runner-up: 2019–20

References

External links

Yvann Maçon
at FFF
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at

AS Saint-Étienne Association Sportive de Saint-Étienne Loire (), commonly known as A.S.S.E. () or simply Saint-Étienne, is a professional football club based in Saint-Étienne in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France. The club was founded in 1933 and competes in ...

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Macon, Yvann 1998 births Living people People from Baie-Mahault French men's footballers Guadeloupean men's footballers Castelnau Le Crès FC players USL Dunkerque players AS Saint-Étienne players Paris FC players Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. players Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players Championnat National players Championnat National 3 players Israeli Premier League players Black French sportspeople French expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Israel French expatriate sportspeople in Israel Guadeloupean expatriate sportspeople in Israel French people of Guadeloupean descent Men's association football fullbacks France men's youth international footballers Guadeloupe men's youth international footballers