Maurice Macaire (22 November 1881 – unknown) was a French

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who played as a

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and who competed in the football tournament at the 1900 Olympic Games in

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, winning a silver medal as a member of the

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Olympic team representing France, which was primarily made up of

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players.

Playing career

Club career

In October 1896, the 15-year-old Macaire was playing for the second team of Club Français. On 28 March 1898, Macaire started as a defender in the 1898 Coupe Manier final at the

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, helping his side to keep a clean-sheet in a 10–0 win over Paris Star. In the following year, on 23 October, he started in the 1899 Coupe Manier final at

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, helping his side to a 6–0 win over RC Roubaix. Macaire was a member of the Club Français team that won the 1899–1900 USFSA Paris championship. On 29 April 1900, Macaire started in the final of the 1900 Challenge International du Nord in

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, which ended in a 2–3 loss to

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. In the following week, on 6 May, he missed the 1900 USFSA Football Championship final, which ended in another loss to Le Havre AC (0–1), partly because Club Français' "defensive line was disorganized due to the absence of Macaire".

International career

Macaire was listed as a forward for the

team at the 1900 Olympic Games. Together with Eugène Fraysse, Macaire was the only player in the squad that was not affiliated with Club Français, as both now played for

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. He was selected for both matches, which ended in a 0–4 loss to Upton Park on 20 September, and in a 6–2 win over a team representing

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three days later. The French team came second and Macaire was thus awarded with a silver medal.

Honours

Club

;Club Français * USFSA Paris Championship: **Champions (2): 1898–99 and 1899–1900 *

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: **Runner-up (3):

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and

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* Coupe Manier: **Champions (4): 1898, 1899,

, and 1902 * Challenge International du Nord: **Runner-up (1): 1900

International

; France MNT *

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: **Silver medal (1):

References

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* 1881 births French men's footballers Olympic silver medalists for France Olympic footballers for France Footballers at the 1900 Summer Olympics Year of death missing Olympic medalists in football Medalists at the 1900 Summer Olympics Men's association football midfielders Footballers from Paris Place of death missing Club Français players Racing Club de France Football players {{France-footy-midfielder-1880s-stub