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 (; Franco-Provençal: ''Sant-Etiève''), also written St. Etienne, is a city and the prefecture of the Loire département, in eastern-central France, in the Massif Central, southwest of Lyon, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes regi ...

. Born in

Guadeloupe Guadeloupe is an Overseas departments and regions of France, overseas department and region of France in the Caribbean. It consists of six inhabited islands—Basse-Terre Island, Basse-Terre, Grande-Terre, Guadeloupe, Grande-Terre, Marie-Galant ...

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

Club career

Dunkerque

Maçon was born in

Baie-Mahault Baie-Mahault (; ) is a commune in the overseas department and region of Guadeloupe, France. It is the second most populated commune of Guadeloupe, after Les Abymes. The extensive industrial zone of Jarry in Baie-Mahault is by far the most indust ...

, and began his senior career with

Dunkerque Dunkirk ( ; ; ; Picard language, Picard: ''Dunkèke''; ; or ) is a major port city in the Departments of France, department of Nord (French department), Nord in northern France. It lies from the Belgium, Belgian border. It has the third-larg ...

in the

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. 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 (; ) 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 France, department 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 (; ; see #Name, below) is a city in southern France, the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Departments of France, department of Bouches-du-Rhône and of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Regions of France, region. Situated in the ...

, 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 Lorient (; ) is a town (''Communes of France, commune'') and Port, seaport in the Morbihan Departments of France, department of Brittany (administrative region), Brittany in western France. History Prehistory and classical antiquity Beginn ...

Loan to Paris FC

On 8 December 2022, Maçon signed for

Paris FC Paris Football Club (French pronunciation: Help:IPA/French, aʁi futbol klœb, commonly referred to as Paris FC or simply PFC, is a French professional Association football, football club based in Paris, France. They will compete in Ligue ...

on loan until the end of the 2022–23 season.

Loan to Maccabi Tel Aviv

On 2 July 2023, Maçon signed for

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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 The Coupe de France (), also known in English language, English as the French Cup or less commonly as the France Cup, is the premier Single-elimination tournament, knockout cup competition in French football organised by the French Football Fed ...

runner-up: 2019–20

References

External links

Yvann Maçon
at FFF
Yvann Maçon
at

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

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Macon, Yvann 1998 births Living people Black French sportspeople French people of Guadeloupean descent People from Baie-Mahault French men's footballers Guadeloupean men's footballers Men's association football fullbacks 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 French expatriate men's footballers French expatriate sportspeople in Israel Guadeloupean expatriate men's footballers Guadeloupean expatriate sportspeople in Israel Expatriate men's footballers in Israel Guadeloupe men's youth international footballers France men's under-21 international footballers 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup players 21st-century French sportsmen