Rayan Raveloson

Rayan Ny Aina Arnaldo Raveloson (Malagasy: [ˈrajan raˈvelʷsun]; born 16 January 1997) is a Malagasy professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Auxerre.[3][4] He also holds French nationality as he was raised in Réunion, where his mother is from.[5][6]

Rayan Raveloson
Personal information
Full name Rayan Ny Aina Arnaldo Raveloson[1]
Date of birth (1997-01-16) 16 January 1997
Place of birth Anosibe Ifanja, Madagascar[2]
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Auxerre
Number 97
Youth career
SS Jeanne d'Arc
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2018 Tours B 38 (2)
2014–2018 Tours 53 (2)
2018–2021 Troyes 87 (6)
2019 Troyes II 1 (0)
2021–2022 LA Galaxy 44 (8)
2022– Auxerre 68 (6)
International career‡
2019– Madagascar 31 (5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 09:58, 24 May 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:10, 7 June 2024 (UTC)

Youth career

Raveloson is a product of Réunionnais club SS Jeanne d'Arc.[5]

Club career

Tours

Raveloson started his career at French club Tours FC. He spent time with both the first team and the reserve team.

Troyes

In 2018, Raveloson signed for French Club ES Troyes AC. He helped them win promotion to Ligue 1 in the 2020/2021 season.

LA Galaxy

On 20 May 2021, Raveloson signed with Major League Soccer side LA Galaxy. He won an MLS Goal of the Week award in his first season for his bicycle kick goal against the Portland Timbers.

Auxerre

On 4 August 2022, LA Galaxy announced[7] that it had transferred Raveloson to newly promoted Ligue 1 side Auxerre for a reported fee of $1.78 million, with potential add-ons to boost it above two million.[8]

International career

Raveloson made his Madagascar national team debut on 2 June 2019, in a friendly against Luxembourg, as a half-time substitute for Faneva Imà Andriatsima.[9] He played at 2019 Africa Cup of Nations when Madagascar made a sensational run to the quarterfinals.[10]

Career statistics
As of matches played on 17 May 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
FC Tours 2014-15 Ligue 2 10––10
2015-16 7010—80
2016-17 1911010211
2017-18 2613041332
Total 5325051633
FC Tours U19 2015-16 Coupe Gambardella —10—10
Troyes 2018-19 Ligue 2 2840031315
2019-20 2300000230
2020-21 351——351
Total 8650031896
LA Galaxy 2021 MLS 225——225
2022 22340—263
Total 44840—488
AJ Auxerre 2022-23 Ligue 1 34232—374
2023–24 Ligue 2 34410—354
Total 6864200728
Career Total 248231528227127
As of match played 7 June 2024
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Madagascar 201982
202030
202170
202251
202360
202432
Total325
Scores and results list Madagascar's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Raveloson goal.
List of international goals scored by Rayan Raveloson[11]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
114 June 2019Annexe de Grand Stade Marrakech, Marrakesh, Morocco Mauritania1–01–3Friendly
216 November 2019Mahamasina Municipal Stadium, Antananarivo, Madagascar Ethiopia1–01–02021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
327 September 2022El Bachir Stadium, Mohammedia, Morocco Benin1–31–3Friendly
422 March 2024Mahamasina Municipal Stadium, Antananarivo, Madagascar Burundi1–01–0Friendly
57 June 2024FNB Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa Comoros1–02–12026 FIFA World Cup qualification
62–0

Honours

Troyes

Auxerre

Individual

  • Best XI (Match Day 26): Ligue 2 Domino's 2020[13]

Orders

References
  1. Razafimahatratra, Dina (15 October 2018). "Éliminatoires de la coupe d'Afrique des nation 2019 – Les Barea entre doute et espoir" [2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers - Les Barea between doubt and hope]. L'Hebdo de Madagascar (in French). Archived from the original on 22 June 2019. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
  2. "Rayan Raveloson / Malgache / Défenseur central, défenseur latéral droit, milieu défensif, milieu relayeur, milieu offensif droit". Archived from the original on 27 December 2016. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
  3. "LA Galaxy sign midfielder Rayan Raveloson | LA Galaxy". Archived from the original on 21 May 2021. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  4. Rayan Raveloson at Soccerway. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
  5. "La merveille de Raveloson" (in French). Clicanoo.re. Archived from the original on 13 May 2021. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
  6. "Rayan RAVELOSON". lfp.fr (in French). Archived from the original on 28 June 2018. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
  7. "LA Galaxy Transfer Midfielder Rayan Raveloson To AJ Auxerre". lagalaxy.com. Archived from the original on 4 April 2023. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
  8. "Official: LA Galaxy move Rayan Raveloson to Ligue 1's Auxerre". mlssoccer.com. Archived from the original on 4 August 2022. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
  9. "Luxembourg v Madagascar game report". Soccerway. 2 June 2019. Archived from the original on 31 October 2020. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
  10. "CAFOnline.com". Archived from the original on 24 June 2019. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
  11. "Rayan Raveloson". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
  12. "Football : champion de Ligue 2, l'AJ Auxerre est officiellement de retour dans l'élite". Le Parisien (in French). 11 May 2024. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
  13. "BAREA Mpanohana #12 — BM12 on Facebook". Archived from the original on 30 April 2022 – via Facebook.
  14. "Madagascar : Les Barea décorés chevalier de l'ordre national". 15 July 2019. Archived from the original on 27 November 2020. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
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