Arnaud Randrianantenaina

Arnaud Randrianantenaina (born 3 January 2001) is a Malagasy professional footballer who plays as a forward for Egyptian Premier League club El Gouna and the Madagascar national team.

Arnaud Randrianantenaina
Personal information
Date of birth (2001-01-03) 3 January 2001
Place of birth Antananarivo, Madagascar
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 El Gouna
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017 Ajesaia
2018–2020 CNaPS Sport
2021–2022 JS Saint-Pierroise 12 (0)
2022– El Gouna 26 (0)
International career‡
2019–2020 Madagascar U20
2019– Madagascar 9 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 December 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 July 2023

Club career

Randrianantenaina spent 2017 at Ajesaia before he was recruited by the CNaPS Sport coaching staff, who brought him to the team for the 2018 season at the age of 17.[1] That year, he helped them to a league title and experienced continental football by playing in the qualifying rounds of the 2018–19 CAF Champions League against Zimbabwean champions F.C. Platinum.[2][3]

Randrianantenaina trialled with French side Grenoble Foot 38 in January 2020,[4] but "administrative issues" prevented the deal from finalizing on the eve of the winter transfer window.[5][6] Ajesaia and CNaPS Sport had a dispute over his rights, and neither team signed off on the deal he was offered.[7] He later signed with JS Saint-Pierroise of the Réunion Premier League in February 2021.[8][9]

After one season in Réunion, Randrianantenaina was signed by Egyptian Premier League side El Gouna in early 2022.[10]

International career

Youth

Randrianantenaina represented the national under-20 team at the 2019 COSAFA U-20 Cup and the 2020 Arab Cup U-20, scoring prolifically in both competitions.[11]

Senior

Randrianantenaina made his senior international debut on 28 July 2019, providing the lone goal in their 1–0 home victory over Mozambique in the first leg of their 2020 African Nations Championship qualification tie.[12] He scored the game-winner in stoppage time after coming on as a second-half substitute for Jean-Claude Marobe.[13] A week later in the away leg, he scored again just a few minutes after coming on for Lovanirina Randriamiharisoa.[13] Madagascar lost 3–2 but advanced on away goals.[14] Randrianantenaina played in both legs against Namibia in the next round, but they did not progress. He also appeared in a 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier.

Career statistics

International
As of 12 April 2021[13]
Madagascar
YearAppsGoals
201952
202000
202100
Total52

International goals
Scores and results list Madagascar's goal tally first.[13]
GoalDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.28 July 2019Mahamasina Municipal Stadium, Bujumbura, Madagascar Mozambique1–01–02020 African Nations Championship qualification
2.4 August 2019Estádio do Zimpeto, Maputo, Mozambique1–32–3

Honours

Club
CNaPS Sport

References
  1. Rakotoarimalala, Dany (12 January 2019). "COSAFA CUP 2019, Arnaud, le Fer de lance de l'attaque malgache". madagascar-football.com (in French). Retrieved 12 April 2021.
  2. "Foot: triomphe sans gloire de la Cnaps". NewsMada (in French). 24 September 2018. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  3. Rakotondrazaka, Haja Lucas (8 August 2019). "Football : Arnaud, la nouvelle pépite". L'Express de Madagascar (in French). Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  4. Rakotondrazaka, Haja Lucas (27 January 2020). "Transfert - Arnaud à l'essai à Grenoble". L'Express de Madagascar (in French). Retrieved 12 April 2021.
  5. Rakotondrazaka, Haja Lucas (5 February 2020). "Arnaud Randrianantenaina - « Grenoble avait bon espoir de m'engager »". L'Express de Madagascar (in French). Retrieved 12 April 2021.
  6. Rabé, Ony (3 February 2020). "Une lueur d'espoir pour un futur transfert d'Arnaud Randrianantenaina". Orange Madagascar (in French). Retrieved 12 April 2021.
  7. Rakotoarimalala, Dany (30 January 2019). "Le transfert d'Arnaud vers GF38 Grenoble est dans l'impasse". madagascar-football.com (in French). Retrieved 12 April 2021.
  8. "Football - Transfert - Arnaud et Dax, deux nouveaux visages malagasy chez la Saint-Pierroise". La Vérité (in French). 8 February 2021. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
  9. "Foot réunionnais: Fortunes diverses pour les joueurs malagasy". NewsMada (in French). 8 February 2021. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
  10. Ahmad Gamal Ali (3 February 2022). "El-Gouna sign Madagascar international striker Arnaud Randrianantenain". KingFut. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
  11. Rakotoarimalala, Dany (23 February 2020). "Arnaud, le jeune prodige de CNAPS doit partir pour un avenir meilleur". madagascar-football.com (in French). Retrieved 12 April 2021.
  12. Rakotondrazaka, Haja Lucas (29 July 2019). "CHAN - Arnaud offre la victoire aux Barea". L'Express de Madagascar (in French). Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  13. Arnaud Randrianantenaina at National-Football-Teams.com
  14. "African Nations Championship: South Africa beaten by Lesotho". BBC Sport. 5 August 2019. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
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