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 Major League Soccer club LA Galaxy.[3][4] He also holds a French passport 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
Club information
Current team
 LA Galaxy
Number 6
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– LA Galaxy 31 (5)
National team‡
2019– Madagascar 8 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 02:07, 1 May 2022 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20:13, 12 July 2019 (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.

International career

He made his Madagascar national football team debut on 2 June 2019, in a friendly against Luxembourg, as a half-time substitute for Faneva Imà Andriatsima.[7] He played at 2019 Africa Cup of Nations when Madagascar made a sensational run to the quarterfinals.[8]

Career statistics

International
As of matches played on 12 July 2019[9]
Madagascar national team
YearAppsGoals
201960
Total60


International goals
Scores and results list Madagascar's goal tally first.[9]
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.14 June 2019Annexe de Grand Stade Marrakech, Marrakesh, Morocco Mauritania1–01–3Friendly
2.16 November 2019Mahamasina Municipal Stadium, Antananarivo, Madagascar Ethiopia1–01–02021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

Honours

Individual

Troyes AC

  • Best XI (Match Day 26) : Ligue 2 Domino's 2020 [10]

National Team

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] (in French). L'Hebdo de Madagascar. 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. "La merveille de Raveloson" (in French). Clicanoo.re. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
  6. "Rayan RAVELOSON". www.lfp.fr (in French). Retrieved 2018-05-05.
  7. "Luxembourg v Madagascar game report". Soccerway. 2 June 2019.
  8. "CAFOnline.com".
  9. "Rayan Raveloson". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
  10. "BAREA Mpanohana #12 - BM12 on Facebook". Facebook. Archived from the original on 2022-04-30.
  11. "Madagascar : Les Barea décorés chevalier de l'ordre national". 15 July 2019.
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