Marco Ilaimaharitra
 Ilaimaharitra in 2015 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Marco Ilaimaharitra[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 26 July 1995 | ||
| Place of birth | Mulhouse, France | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Sporting Charleroi | ||
| Number | 26 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2003 | AS Coteaux Mulhouse | ||
| 2004–2008 | Mulhouse | ||
| 2008–2013 | Sochaux | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013–2017 | Sochaux | 91 | (1) |
| 2017– | Sporting Charleroi | 94 | (5) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2013 | France U19 | 5 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | France U20 | 6 | (0) |
| 2017– | Madagascar | 13 | (1) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12:06, 19 July 2019 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12:07, 19 July 2019 (UTC) | |||
Marco Ilaimaharitra (born 26 July 1995) is a Malagasy professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for the Belgian First Division A club Sporting Charleroi and the Madagascar national team.[2] He is a former member of the under-19 and under-20 national teams of France.
Club career
Born in Mulhouse, Ilaimaharitra started his career with his hometown club, AS Coteaux Mulhouse. Later, he joined FC Mulhouse. In 2008, he joined the youth team of FC Sochaux-Montbéliard. His professional debut came on 14 December 2013, in a 1–0 away defeat against OGC Nice.[3] Four days later, he featured in the Coupe de la Ligue against OGC Nice.
International career
Ilaimaharitra was born in France, and is of Malagasy and Réunionnais descent. Previously a youth international for France, he made his debut for Madagascar in a friendly match against Comoros on 11 November 2017.[4]
On 27 June 2019, Ilaimaharitra scored a late 76th minute free-kick against Burundi to secure a 1–0 win and historic first ever win for Madagascar in the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations.[5]
Career statistics
Club
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Sochaux II | 2012–13 | CFA | 4 | 0 | – | – | – | 4 | 0 | |||
| 2013–14 | 7 | 0 | – | – | – | 7 | 0 | |||||
| 2014–15 | 3 | 0 | – | – | – | 3 | 0 | |||||
| 2015–16 | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | 2 | 0 | |||||
| 2016–17 | CFA2 | 4 | 0 | – | – | – | 4 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | ||
| Sochaux | 2013–14 | Ligue 1 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 15 | 0 | |
| 2014–15 | Ligue 2 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 28 | 1 | ||
| 2015–16 | 29 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 36 | 0 | |||
| 2016–17 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | 27 | 0 | |||
| Total | 91 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 106 | 1 | ||
| Charleroi | 2017–18 | Belgian First Division A | 23 | 1 | 3 | 0 | – | 10 | 1 | 36 | 2 | |
| 2018–19 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | 9 | 0 | 36 | 1 | |||
| Total | 48 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 72 | 3 | ||
| Career total | 159 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 198 | 4 | ||
International
- As of matches played on 19 July 2019[7]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Madagascar national team | 2017 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2019 | 7 | 1 | |
| Total | 12 | 1 | |
International goals
- Scores and results list Madagascar's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Ilaimaharitra goal.[7]
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 27 June 2019 | Alexandria Stadium, Alexandria, Egypt |  Burundi |
1–0 | 1–0 | 2019 Africa Cup of Nations |
| 2. | 12 October 2020 | Stade El Abdi, El Jadida, Morocco |  Burkina Faso |
1–1 | 2–1 | Friendly |
Honours
Individual
National Team
- Man of the Match Burundi group B (1) : Africa Cup Of Nation 2019 [8]
- Knight Order of Madagascar: 2019[9]
References
- ^ "Madagascar" (PDF). Confederation of African Football. 15 June 2019. p. 13. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
- ^ a b Marco Ilaimaharitra at Soccerway
- ^ "Nice vs. Sochaux - 14 December 2013 - Soccerway". soccerway.com.
- ^ "Football amical : Les Barea tenus en échec par les Cœlacanthes". 13 November 2017.
- ^ "Joue-la comme Ilaimaharitra".
- ^ "Marco Ilaimaharitra » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
- ^ a b "Marco Ilaimaharitra". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
- ^ https://lexpress.mg/28/06/2019/distinction-marco-elu-homme-du-match/
- ^ https://www.sportinter.tv/2019/07/15/madagascar-les-barea-decores-chevalier-de-lordre-national/
External links
- Marco Ilaimaharitra at Soccerway
- Marco Ilaimaharitra at the French Football Federation (archived) (in French)
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- 1995 births
- Living people
- Association football midfielders
- Malagasy footballers
- Madagascar international footballers
- 2019 Africa Cup of Nations players
- Malagasy people of Réunionnais descent
- Belgian First Division A players
- R. Charleroi S.C. players
- Malagasy expatriate footballers
- Malagasy expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
- Expatriate footballers in Belgium
- French footballers
- Sportspeople from Mulhouse
- France youth international footballers
- French people of Malagasy descent
- French people of Réunionnais descent
- Ligue 1 players
- Ligue 2 players
- Championnat National 2 players
- FC Sochaux-Montbéliard players
- French expatriate footballers
- French expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
- Footballers from Alsace