Rayan Raveloson
Personal information
Full name Rayan Ny Aina Arnaldo Raveloson[1]
Date of birth (1997-01-16) 16 January 1997 (age 27)
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 49 (4)
International career‡
2019– Madagascar 28 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 January 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:00, 20 November 2023 (UTC)

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]

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 1 April 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
FC Tours 2014-15 Ligue 2 1 0 – – 1 0
2015-16 7 0 1 0 — 8 0
2016-17 19 1 1 0 1 0 21 1
2017-18 26 1 3 0 4 1 33 2
Total 53 2 5 0 5 1 63 3
FC Tours U19 2015-16 Coupe Gambardella — 1 0 — 1 0
Troyes 2018-19 Ligue 2 28 4 0 0 3 1 31 5
2019-20 23 0 0 0 0 0 23 0
2020-21 35 1 — — 35 1
Total 86 5 0 0 3 1 89 6
LA Galaxy 2021 MLS 22 5 — — 22 5
2022 22 3 4 0 — 26 3
Total 44 8 4 0 — 48 8
AJ Auxerre 2022-23 Ligue 1 25 1 3 0 — 28 1
Career Total 205 18 14 0 8 2 227 20
As of match played 20 November 2023
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Madagascar 2019 8 2
2020 3 0
2021 7 0
2022 5 1
2023 6 0
Total 28 3
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
1 14 June 2019 Annexe de Grand Stade Marrakech, Marrakesh, Morocco  Mauritania 1–0 1–3 Friendly
2 16 November 2019 Mahamasina Municipal Stadium, Antananarivo, Madagascar  Ethiopia 1–0 1–0 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
3 27 September 2022 Stade El Bachir, Mohammedia, Morocco  Benin 1–3 1–3 Friendly

Honours

Troyes

Individual

Orders

External links

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). Retrieved 22 June 2019.
  2. ^ "Rayan Raveloson / Malgache / Défenseur central, défenseur latéral droit, milieu défensif, milieu relayeur, milieu offensif droit".
  3. ^ "LA Galaxy sign midfielder Rayan Raveloson | LA Galaxy".
  4. ^ Rayan Raveloson at Soccerway. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
  5. ^ a b "La merveille de Raveloson" (in French). Clicanoo.re. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
  6. ^ "Rayan RAVELOSON". lfp.fr (in French). Retrieved 5 May 2018.
  7. ^ "LA Galaxy Transfer Midfielder Rayan Raveloson To AJ Auxerre". lagalaxy.com. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
  8. ^ "Official: LA Galaxy move Rayan Raveloson to Ligue 1's Auxerre". mlssoccer.com. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
  9. ^ "Luxembourg v Madagascar game report". Soccerway. 2 June 2019.
  10. ^ "CAFOnline.com".
  11. ^ "Rayan Raveloson". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
  12. ^ "BAREA Mpanohana #12 - BM12 on Facebook". Archived from the original on 30 April 2022 – via Facebook.[user-generated source]
  13. ^ "Madagascar : Les Barea décorés chevalier de l'ordre national". 15 July 2019.
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