Albert Rafetraniaina
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Albert Tokinirina Rafetraniaina | ||
Date of birth | 9 September 1996 | ||
Place of birth | Ambohitrony, Madagascar | ||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
2007–2010 | SC d'Air Bel | ||
2010–2012 | Nice | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2012–2019 | Nice B | 84 | (0) |
2012–2019 | Nice | 27 | (0) |
2016 | → Red Star (loan) | 3 | (0) |
2019–2020 | Bisceglie | 25 | (0) |
2020–2022 | Molfetta Calcio | 33 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2014 | France U18 | 1 | (0) |
2015 | France U20 | 2 | (0) |
2018– | Madagascar | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 November 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 March 2018 |
Albert Tokinirina Rafetraniaina (born 9 September 1996) is a Malagasy professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder.
Career
[edit]Rafetraniaina made his professional debut on 6 October 2012 appearing as a substitute in a 3–1 defeat to Reims.[2]
On 16 August 2019, he signed for Serie C team Bisceglie.[3] He debuted following 25 August to become first Malagasy footballer to have played professionally in Italy.
International career
[edit]A former youth international for France, Rafetraniaina represented the Madagascar national football team in a friendly 0–0 tie with Togo on 21 March 2018.[4]
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of 17 December 2016[5]
Club | Season | Division | League | Cup[nb 1] | Europe[nb 2] | Total | ||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
Nice | 2012–13 | Ligue 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |
2013–14 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 0 | ||||
2014–15 | 21 | 0 | — | — | 21 | 0 | ||||
2015–16 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||||
Total | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 28 | 0 | |||
Red Star | 2015–16 | Ligue 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | ||
Career total | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
Notes
[edit]- ^ Includes Coupe de France, Coupe de la Ligue, Trophée des champions
- ^ Includes UEFA Super Cup
References
[edit]- ^ "Albert Rafetraniaina UNFP Profile". National Union of Professional Footballers (in French). Archived from the original on 13 February 2013. Retrieved 31 October 2012.
- ^ "Reims v. Nice Match Report". Ligue de Football Professionnel (in French). 6 October 2012. Retrieved 31 October 2012.
- ^ "Bisceglie, squadra presentata. Ultimo colpo: Ufficializzato Rafetraniaina".
- ^ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Togo vs. Madagascar (0:0)". www.national-football-teams.com.
- ^ "A. Rafetraniaina". Soccerway. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
External links
[edit]- Albert Rafetraniaina – French league stats at Ligue 1 – also available in French
- Albert Rafetraniaina at L'Équipe Football (in French)
- Albert Rafetraniaina at the French Football Federation (in French)
- Albert Rafetraniaina at the French Football Federation (archived) (in French)
Categories:
- 1996 births
- Living people
- People from Analamanga
- Men's association football defenders
- Malagasy men's footballers
- Madagascar men's international footballers
- Naturalized citizens of France
- French men's footballers
- France men's youth international footballers
- French sportspeople of Malagasy descent
- OGC Nice players
- Red Star FC players
- AS Bisceglie Calcio 1913 players
- Ligue 1 players
- Ligue 2 players
- Serie C players
- Malagasy expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Italy
- 21st-century French sportsmen