Alexandre Ramalingom

{{short description|French-born Malagasy footballer (born 1993)}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Alexandre Ramalingom

| fullname = Alexandre Ramalingom

| image =

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1993|3|17|df=y}}

| birth_place = Pontoise, France

| height = 1.77m

| position = Forward

| currentclub = Bnei Sakhnin

| clubnumber = 9

| years1 = 2012–2014 | clubs1 = Marignane | caps1 = 19 | goals1 = 1

| years2 = 2014–2015 | clubs2 = Île-Rousse | caps2 = 23 | goals2 = 12

| years3 = 2015–2017 | clubs3 = Ajaccio II | caps3 = 42 | goals3 = 14

| years4 = 2015–2017 | clubs4 = Ajaccio | caps4 = 4 | goals4 = 0

| years5 = 2017–2018 | clubs5 = Marignane | caps5 = 30 | goals5 = 20

| years6 = 2018–2019 | clubs6 = Béziers | caps6 = 23 | goals6 = 4

| years7 = 2019–2020 | clubs7 = Virton | caps7 = 10 | goals7 = 0

| years8 = 2020–2023 | clubs8 = Sedan | caps8 = 69 | goals8 = 30

| years9 = 2023–2024 | clubs9 = Sabail | caps9 = 35 | goals9 = 15

| years10 = 2024– | clubs10 = Bnei Sakhnin | caps10 = 4 | goals10 = 2

| nationalyears1 = 2020– | nationalteam1 = Madagascar | nationalcaps1 = 7 | nationalgoals1 = 0

| club-update = 26 May 2024

| ntupdate = 13 October 2020

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Alexandre Ramalingom (born 17 March 1993) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Bnei Sakhnin in the Israeli Premier League.{{Soccerway|265798}} Born in France, he plays for the Madagascar national team.

Club career

Ramalingom started his career in the amateur divisions of France with Marignane and Île-Rousse. He moved to AC Ajaccio in 2015, and made his senior debut with them in a 3–0 Ligue 2 loss to Stade de Reims on 20 March 2017.{{cite web|url=https://www.lfp.fr/joueur/ramalingom-alexandre#bloc_temps&sai=100&com=D2&jou=72016|title=Alexandre RAMALINGOM|website=lfp.fr}}

On 23 June 2018, Ramalingom signed with Béziers.{{cite web|url=https://www.asb-foot.com/2018/06/23/alexandre-ramalingom-est-biterrois/|title=Alexandre Ramalingom est biterrois !|date=23 June 2018|publisher=}} He debuted for Béziers in a 2–0 Ligue 2 win over AS Nancy on 27 July 2016, wherein he also scored his debut goal for the team.{{cite web|url=https://www.lfp.fr/ligue2/feuille_match/84996|title=LFP.fr – Ligue de Football Professionnel – Domino's Ligue 2 – Saison 2018/2019 – 1ère journée - AS Nancy Lorraine / AS Beziers|website=lfp.fr}}

Ramalingom joined R.E. Virton on 31 August 2019. Two months later, he was relegated to the club's B-team.{{cite news |title=Football : Aurélien Joachim rappelé dans le noyau A de Virton |url=https://www.lequotidien.lu/a-la-une/football-aurelien-joachim-rappele-dans-le-noyau-a-de-virton/ |access-date=17 November 2019 |work=Le Quotidien |date=25 October 2019 |language=French}} He became a part of the first team again from start beginning of 2020. In September 2020 he returned to France with Sedan.{{cite web|url=https://www.lardennais.fr/id190214/article/2020-09-14/football-n2-un-attaquant-experimente-signe-sedan|title=Football (N2). Un attaquant expérimenté signe à Sedan|publisher=L'Ardennais|language=fr|date=14 September 2020}}

International career

Ramalingom was born in France and is of Réunionnais and Malagasy descent.{{cite web|url=https://www.clicanoo.re/Sport/Article/2018/02/15/Le-tourbillon-Ramalingom_515028|title=Le tourbillon Ramalingom|publisher=}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.clicanoo.re/Sport/Article/2018/02/15/Le-tourbillon-Ramalingom_515028|title=Le tourbillon Ramalingom|website=Clicanoo.re}} He was called up to represent the Madagascar national team for Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers in March 2020.{{Cite web|url=https://africafootunited.com/news/madagascar-alexandre-ramalingom-a-accepte-etre-barea/10407|title=Madagascar: Alexandre Ramalingom a accepté être Barea au près de Noham Ramalingom|website=africafootunited.com|access-date=29 February 2020|archive-date=29 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200229182716/https://africafootunited.com/news/madagascar-alexandre-ramalingom-a-accepte-etre-barea/10407|url-status=dead}} He debuted in a 4–1 friendly win to FC Swift Hesperange on 7 October 2020.