Rayan Raveloson
 Raveloson in 2024 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Rayan Ny Aina Arnaldo Raveloson[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 16 January 1997 | ||
| Place of birth | Anosibe Ifanja, Madagascar[2] | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Young Boys | ||
| Number | 45 | ||
| 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) |
| 2022–2025 | Auxerre | 81 | (7) |
| 2025– | Young Boys | 42 | (2) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2019– | Madagascar | 45 | (8) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 15 March 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 12 October 2025 | |||
Rayan Ny Aina Arnaldo Raveloson (Malagasy: [ˈrajan raˈvelʷsun]; born 16 January 1997) is a Malagasy professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Swiss Super League club Young Boys.[3][4] He also holds French nationality as he was raised in Réunion, where his mother is from.[5][6]
Youth career
[edit source]Raveloson is a product of Réunionnais club SS Jeanne d'Arc.[5]
Club career
[edit source]Tours
[edit source]Raveloson started his career at French club Tours FC. He spent time with both the first team and the reserve team.
Troyes
[edit source]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
[edit source]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
[edit source]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]
Young Boys
[edit source]On 18 January 2025, Raveloson signed a three-and-a-half-year contract with Young Boys in Switzerland.[9]
International career
[edit source]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.[10] He played at 2019 Africa Cup of Nations when Madagascar made a sensational run to the quarterfinals.[11]
Career statistics
[edit source]Club
[edit source]- As of matches played 15 March 2026[12]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Europe | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Tours B | 2014–15 | Championnat National 3[a] | 22 | 2 | – | – | – | 22 | 2 | |||
| 2015–16 | 8 | 0 | – | — | – | 8 | 0 | |||||
| 2016–17 | 4 | 0 | – | – | – | 4 | 0 | |||||
| 2017–18 | 4 | 0 | – | – | – | 4 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 38 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tours | 2014–15 | Ligue 2 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2015–16 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | – | 8 | 0 | ||||
| 2016–17 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 20 | 1 | |||
| 2017–18 | 26 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | – | 33 | 2 | |||
| Total | 53 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1 | – | 62 | 3 | |||
| Troyes | 2018–19 | Ligue 2 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | – | 32 | 5 | |
| 2019–20 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 23 | 0 | |||
| 2020–21 | 35 | 2 | — | — | – | 35 | 2 | |||||
| Total | 87 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | – | 90 | 7 | |||
| Troyes B | 2018–19 | Championnat National 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | – | 1 | 0 | |||
| LA Galaxy | 2021 | MLS | 22 | 5 | — | — | – | 22 | 5 | |||
| 2022 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 0 | — | – | 26 | 3 | ||||
| Total | 44 | 8 | 4 | 0 | — | – | 48 | 8 | ||||
| Auxerre | 2022–23 | Ligue 1 | 34 | 2 | 3 | 2 | — | – | 37 | 4 | ||
| 2023–24 | Ligue 2 | 34 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | – | 35 | 4 | |||
| 2024–25 | Ligue 1 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | – | 14 | 1 | |||
| Total | 81 | 7 | 5 | 2 | — | – | 86 | 9 | ||||
| Young Boys | 2024–25 | Swiss Super League | 19 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 21 | 2 | |
| 2025–26 | Swiss Super League | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 9[b] | 1 | 34 | 1 | ||
| Total | 42 | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | 9 | 1 | 55 | 3 | |||
| Career total | 346 | 27 | 17 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 380 | 32 | ||
- ↑ "Championnat de France Amateur 2" until 2017
- ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
International
[edit source]- As of match played 12 October 2025
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Madagascar | 2019 | 8 | 2 |
| 2020 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 4 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 10 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 8 | 3 | |
| 2026 | 3 | 1 | |
| Total | 50 | 9 | |
- Scores and results list Madagascar's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Raveloson goal.
| 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 | El Bachir Stadium, Mohammedia, Morocco |  Benin | 1–3 | 1–3 | Friendly |
| 4 | 7 June 2024 | FNB Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa |  Comoros | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 5 | 2–0 | |||||
| 6 | 19 March 2025 | Larbi Zaouli Stadium, Casablanca, Morocco |  Central African Republic | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 7 | 2–1 | |||||
| 8 | 8 September 2025 | Larbi Zaouli Stadium, Casablanca, Morocco |  Chad | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 9 | 31 March 2026 | Emirhan Sport Complex, Antalya, Türkiye |  Equatorial Guinea | 1–1 | 1–1 | Friendly |
Honours
[edit source]Troyes
Auxerre
Individual
- Best XI (Match Day 26): Ligue 2 Domino's 2020[15]
Orders
External links
[edit source]- Rayan Raveloson at National-Football-Teams.com
References
[edit source]- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "LA Galaxy sign midfielder Rayan Raveloson | LA Galaxy". Archived from the original on 21 May 2021. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
- ↑ Rayan Raveloson at Soccerway. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
- 1 2 "La merveille de Raveloson" (in French). Clicanoo.re. Archived from the original on 13 May 2021. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
- ↑ "Rayan RAVELOSON". lfp.fr (in French). Archived from the original on 28 June 2018. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
- ↑ "LA Galaxy Transfer Midfielder Rayan Raveloson To AJ Auxerre". lagalaxy.com. Archived from the original on 4 April 2023. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "YB verpflichtet Rayan Raveloson" [YB signs Rayan Raveloson] (in German). BSC Young Boys. 18 January 2025. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
- ↑ "Luxembourg v Madagascar game report". Soccerway. 2 June 2019. Archived from the original on 31 October 2020. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
- ↑ "CAFOnline.com". Archived from the original on 24 June 2019. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
- ↑ Rayan Raveloson at Soccerway
- ↑ "Rayan Raveloson". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "BAREA Mpanohana #12 — BM12 on Facebook". Archived from the original on 30 April 2022 – via Facebook.[user-generated source]
- ↑ "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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