Maxence Rivera (born 30 May 2002) is a French professional

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who plays as a winger for

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Club career

Rivera began playing football at the youth academy of Bourgoin-Jallieu, and joined the youth academy of

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 ...

in 2015. On 3 January 2020, he signed his first professional contract with Saint-Étienne. He made his professional debut with Saint-Étienne in a 6–1

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loss to

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on 8 January 2020. On 31 August 2022, Rivera signed for

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club Le Puy on a season-long loan. He made his debut for Le Puy in a 1–0 win against

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on 9 September 2022, coming on as a substitute for Yannis M'Bemba. He scored his first goal in a 3–2

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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

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. On 10 June 2024, Rivera signed for

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club

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ahead of the expiration of his Saint-Étienne contract. On 20 June 2025, Rivera joined

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side

, signing a three-year deal with an option of a fourth.

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