Maéva Jocelyne Clemaron (born 10 November 1992) is a French professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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. Shas previously played for

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 ...

and Fleury in the French

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and for Everton and

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in the English

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. She has represented the French national team and was part of their 2019 World Cup squad.

Club career

France

Clemaron played youth football with boys at Cheyssieu, Chavany, and Saint-Maurice-l'Exil before joining Lyon's academy and then establishing herself at

. She was the

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of the club, describing herself as the link between the coaching staff and the players, while emphasizing the importance of collective mentality. In May 2017, the club was relegated to the

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at the conclusion of the

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season. Clemaron joined Fleury ahead of the

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season. She was vice-captain at Fleury, with manager Sylvain Carric saying she's a key to the balance of the team, with her cheerful and positive personality.

England

In July 2019, Clemaron moved to England, joining

club Everton, signing a two-year contract. She made 22 appearances for the club and left in June 2021, at the end of her contract. In July 2021, Clemaron joined

on a one-year contract with an option for another. The coach

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felt she would bring in consistency and quality into the midfield, as well as a tactical understanding to link the back four into the midfield.

Switzerland

After one year with

, Clemaron was transferred to Swiss club

, to allow her to pursue her career as an architect in Switzerland.

International career

After playing for the French B team in 2017, Clemaron was called up for the first time for the

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in January 2018 for a

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against

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. She made her senior international debut a couple of months later at the

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, coming on in place of

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at the end of a 3–0 victory over

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. She described it as "five minutes of pure joy". Clemaron scored her first international senior goal in March 2019, scoring the last goal of a 6–0 victory over

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. Clemaron was part of France's squad at the

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, being called-up having only played three matches previously for the senior team.

Career statistics

International

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

Personal life

Clemaron was born in the town of

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of the

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department. She studied

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at , from which she graduated in June 2017, after which she set up her own business. She is also a

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, working with Guillaume Boutry, and applying techniques she uses in architecture.

References

External links

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