Marco Ilaimaharitra

Marco Ilaimaharitra

Ilaimaharitra in 2015
Personal information
Full name	Marco Ilaimaharitra [1]
Date of birth	(1995-07-26) 26 July 1995 (age 28)
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	212	(15)
International career‡
2013	France U19	5	(0)
2014–2015	France U20	6	(0)
2017–	Madagascar	21	(3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 March 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 8 June 2023

Marco Ilaimaharitra (born 26 July 1995) is a professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for the Belgian First Division A club Sporting Charleroi. Born in France, he is a former member of its the under-19 and under-20 national teams but represents Madagascar at senior international level. ^[2]

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

As of match played 19 July 2019 ^{[6] [2]}

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

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]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

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]

List of international goals scored by Marco Ilaimaharitra

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
3.	24 September 2022	Stade El Bachir, Mohammedia, Morocco	Congo	3–3	3–3	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

1. "Madagascar" (PDF). Confederation of African Football. 15 June 2019. p. 13. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
2. Marco Ilaimaharitra at Soccerway
3. "Nice vs. Sochaux - 14 December 2013 - Soccerway". soccerway.com.
4. "Football amical : Les Barea tenus en échec par les Cœlacanthes". 13 November 2017.
5. "Joue-la comme Ilaimaharitra".
6. "Marco Ilaimaharitra » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
7. "Marco Ilaimaharitra". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
8. "Distinction - Marco élu homme du match". 28 June 2019.
9. "Madagascar : Les Barea décorés chevalier de l'ordre national". 15 July 2019. Archived from the original on 27 November 2020. Retrieved 1 November 2020.

External links

• Marco Ilaimaharitra at Soccerway
• Marco Ilaimaharitra at the French Football Federation (in French)
• Marco Ilaimaharitra at the French Football Federation (archived) (in French)