Maxence Caqueret

Maxence Caqueret (born 15 February 2000) is a French professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Italian Serie A club Como.^[3]

Maxence Caqueret

Caqueret playing for Lyon in 2021
Personal information
Full name	Maxence Caqueret[1]
Date of birth	(2000-02-15) 15 February 2000 (age 25)
Place of birth	Vénissieux, France
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[2]
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team	Como
Number	80
Youth career
2006–2007	FC de Corbas
2007–2011	FC Chaponnay Marennes
2011–2019	Lyon
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2016–2019	Lyon B	40	(3)
2019–2025	Lyon	147	(5)
2025–	Como	18	(2)
International career‡
2015–2016	France U16	12	(3)
2016–2017	France U17	15	(7)
2017–2018	France U18	12	(1)
2018–2019	France U19	16	(1)
2019	France U20	3	(0)
2020–2023	France U21	24	(4)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 09:18, 24 May 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 2 July 2023

Club career

Lyon

Caqueret is a product of the Lyon academy. He made his first team debut on 5 January 2019 in a 2–0 away win against Bourges 18 in the Coupe de France. He started the match before being replaced by Houssem Aouar after 72 minutes. On 30 November, Caqueret played his first Ligue 1 game against Strasbourg giving an assist to Maxwel Cornet in a 2–1 win. On 4 January, Caqueret scored his first professional goal in Coupe de France against Bourg-en-Bresse.^[4] Caqueret left the club in January 2025 having played 187 games.^[3]

Como

On 12 January 2025, Caqueret signed a four-and-a-half-year contract with Serie A side Como.^[5] The transfer fee was reported as €17 million including bonuses.^[6]

Career statistics

As of match played 23 May 2025^[3]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup[a]		Europe		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Lyon B	2016–17	CFA	1	0	—		—		—		1	0
	2017–18	National 2	16	0	—		—		—		16	0
	2018–19	National 2	19	3	—		—		—		19	3
	2019–20	National 2	4	0	—		—		—		4	0
	Total		40	3	—		—		—		40	3
Lyon	2018–19	Ligue 1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	2019–20	Ligue 1	8	0	2	1	3[b]	0	3[c]	0	16	1
	2020–21	Ligue 1	29	0	4	0	—		—		33	0
	2021–22	Ligue 1	31	0	0	0	8[d]	0	—		39	0
	2022–23	Ligue 1	36	4	4	0	—		—		40	4
	2023–24	Ligue 1	34	1	6	1	—		—		40	2
	2024–25	Ligue 1	9	0	1	0	4[d]	0	—		14	0
	Total		147	5	19	2	15	0	3	0	184	6
Como	2024–25	Serie A	18	2	—		—		—		18	2
Career total			205	10	19	2	15	0	3	0	242	11

1. Includes Coupe de France
2. Appearances in UEFA Champions League
3. Appearances in Coupe de la Ligue
4. Appearances in UEFA Europa League

Honours

Lyon

• Coupe de France runner-up: 2023–24^[7]
• Coupe de la Ligue runner-up: 2019–20^[8]

Individual

• UEFA European Under-19 Championship Team of the Tournament: 2019^[9]