Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 30 May 2002 | ||
Place of birth | Perpignan, Pyrénées-Orientales, France | ||
Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Saint-Étienne | ||
Number | 20 | ||
Youth career | |||
2010–2012 | Rochoise | ||
2012–2015 | Bourgoin-Jallieu | ||
2016–2019 | Saint-Étienne | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2019– | Saint-Étienne B | 26 | (4) |
2020– | Saint-Étienne | 28 | (0) |
2022–2023 | → Le Puy (loan) | 22 | (2) |
International career | |||
2020 | France U18 | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10:34, 4 November 2023 (UTC) |
Maxence Rivera (born 30 May 2002) is a French professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Ligue 2 club Saint-Étienne.
Rivera began playing football at the youth academy of Bourgoin-Jallieu, and joined the youth academy of Saint-Étienne in 2015.[1][2] On 3 January 2020, he signed his first professional contract with Saint-Étienne.[3] He made his professional debut with Saint-Étienne in a 6–1 Coupe de la Ligue loss to Paris Saint-Germain on 8 January 2020.[4]
On 31 August 2022, Rivera signed for Championnat National club Le Puy on a season-long loan.[5] He made his debut for Le Puy in a 1–0 win against Stade Briochin on 9 September 2022, coming on as a substitute for Yannis M'Bemba.[6] He scored his first goal in a 3–2 Coupe de France win over SA Thiers on 19 November 2022.
He returned to Saint-Étienne on 19 August 2023 as an unused substitute in a Ligue 2 match against Quevilly-Rouen. He made his first appearance since leaving for Le Puy, in their next game, a 1–1 draw against FC Annecy.