Clara Coline Mona Mateo (born 28 November 1997) is a French professional

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who plays as a forward or

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for

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club

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and the France national team.

Club career

Mateo joined

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in June 2016.

International career

Mateo was part of the French squad which won the

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. She was also named in the team of the tournament. Mateo made her senior team debut on 27 November 2020 in a 3–0 win against

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. She scored her first goal four days later in a 12–0 win against

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. In June 2025, she was named in the French squad for the

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Career statistics

International

:''Scores and results list France's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Mateo goal.''

Honours

Paris FC *

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: 2024–25 France U19 *

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2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

France U20 *

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runners-up:

France *

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runners-up: 2023–24 Individual *

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team of the tournament:

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team of the tournament:

* UNFP Première Ligue player of the year: 2024–2025 * LFFP Première Ligue best player: 2024–2025 * UNFP Première Ligue team of the year: 2021–22, 2024–2025 * LFFP Première Ligue team of the season: 2021–2022, 2024–2025 * Première Ligue Player of the Month: February 2022, November 2024, December 2024

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Player profile
at footofeminin.fr * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mateo, Clara 1997 births Living people French women's footballers Footballers from Nantes Women's association football forwards France women's international footballers France women's youth international footballers UEFA Women's Euro 2022 players Première Ligue players Seconde Ligue players Paris FC (women) players 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup players 21st-century French sportswomen UEFA Women's Euro 2025 players