Albert Tokinirina Rafetraniaina (born 9 September 1996) is a Malagasy professional footballer who plays as a defender or defensive midfielder.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Albert Tokinirina Rafetraniaina | ||
| Date of birth | (1996-09-09) 9 September 1996 (age 26) | ||
| Place of birth | Ambohitrony, Madagascar | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) |
Defender 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- | Molfetta Calcio | 0 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2014 | France U18 | 1 | (0) |
| 2015 | France U20 | 2 | (0) |
| 2018– | Madagascar | 1 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 March 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 March 2018 | |||
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.
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]
| Club | Season | Division | League | Cup[nb 1] | Europe[nb 2] | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||