Njiva Rakotoharimalala

Njiva Rakotoharimalala

Personal information
Full name	Njiva Tsilavina Martin Rakotoharimalala [1]
Date of birth	(1992-08-06) 6 August 1992 (age 33)
Place of birth	Antananarivo, Madagascar [1]
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) [1]
Position(s)	Winger, forward
Team information
Current team	Ratchaburi
Number	40
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2011–2017	CNaPS Sport	76	(44)
2018	Ratchaburi Mitr Phol	3	(1)
2018	→ Sukhothai (loan)	28	(11)
2019	Samut Sakhon	15	(8)
2019	FC Fleury 91	6	(1)
2020	Nongbua Pitchaya	12	(8)
2022–2023	Al-Jandal	24	(12)
2023–	Ratchaburi	13	(9)
International career‡
2014–	Madagascar	50?	(8?)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 14:09, 25 December 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 20:00, 20 November 2023 (UTC)

Njiva Tsilavina Martin Rakotoharimalala (born 6 August 1992) is a Malagasy footballer who plays as a winger or a forward for Thai club Ratchaburi and the Madagascar national football team.

Career statistics

International

As of match played 20 November 2023 ^[1]

Madagascar
Year	Apps	Goals
2014	1	0
2015	13	4
2016	2	0
2017	7	4
2018	6	1
2019	9	0
2021	6	2
2022	2	1
2023	4	2
Total	50	14

International goals

Scores and results list Madagascar's goal tally first. ^[1]

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	20 May 2015	Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Phokeng, South Africa	Tanzania	1–0	2–0	2015 COSAFA Cup
2.	4 August 2015	Stade Michel Volnay, Saint-Pierre, Réunion	Maldives	3–0	4–0	2015 Indian Ocean Island Games
3.	10 October 2015	Mahamasina Municipal Stadium, Antananarivo, Madagascar	Central African Republic	2–0	3–0	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
4.	13 November 2015	Mahamasina Municipal Stadium, Antananarivo, Madagascar	Senegal	2–0	2–2	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
5.	29 April 2017	Bingu National Stadium, Lilongwe, Malawi	Malawi	1–0	1–0	2018 African Nations Championship qualification
6.	16 July 2017	Mahamasina Municipal Stadium, Antananarivo, Madagascar	Mozambique	1–1	2–2
7.				2–1
8.	23 July 2017	Estádio do Zimpeto, Maputo, Mozambique	Mozambique	2–0	2–0
9.	16 October 2018	Vontovorona Stadium, Antananarivo, Madagascar	Equatorial Guinea	1–0	1–0	2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
10.	7 September 2021	National Stadium, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania	Tanzania	1–2	2–3	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
11.	10 October 2021	Mahamasina Municipal Stadium, Antananarivo, Madagascar	DR Congo	1–0	1–0
12.	5 June 2022	Mahamasina Municipal Stadium, Antananarivo, Madagascar	Angola	1–0	1–1	2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
13.	20 November 2023	Stade Municipal d'Oujda, Oujda, Morocco	Chad	1–0	3–0	2026 FIFA World Cup qualification
14.				2–0

Honours

CNaPS Sport

• THB Champions League: 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 ^[2]
• Coupe de Madagascar: 2011, 2015, 2016
• Coupe des clubs champions de l'océan Indien: 2012, ^{[3] [4]} 2014, ^[5] 2015 ^[6]

Madagascar

• COSAFA CUP 2015 third place: 2015

Individual

• THB Champions League Best Player: 2014
• THB Champions League top scorer: 2014 ^[7]
• Best squad France Football week international: 2018 ^[8]

Award

• Knight Order of Madagascar: 2019 ^[9]

References

1. "Njiva Rakotoharimalala". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
2. "Ligue des champions : Un 5e titre pour CNaPS Sport ! (Midi-Madagascar)". 13 November 2017.
3. ^[ dead link ]
4. https://www.clicanoo.re/Sport/Article/2012/06/11/Cnaps-de-fin-pour-Saint-Paul_210532 ^{[ dead link ]}
5. "हेर्नको लागि लग इन वा साइन अप गर्नुहोस्".
6. Rakotondrazaka, Haja Lucas (18 December 2015). "Madagascar: Njiva Rakotoharimalala – "Il se pourrait que je parte jouer à l'étranger"". L'Express de Madagascar (in French). Antananarivo. Retrieved 25 August 2022– via AllAfrica.
7. "Football – France : Présentation officielle de Njiva au FC Fleury". 7 October 2019.
8. Dev, Paul. "L'équipe type de la semaine internationale (2/2)". France Football. Retrieved 18 September 2025.
9. "Madagascar : Les Barea décorés chevalier de l'ordre national". 15 July 2019.

External links

• Njiva Rakotoharimalala at Soccerway