Jean-Stéphan "Dada" Raheriharimanana (born 16 August 1993) is a former Malagasy

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who played as a

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. He was capped four times for

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Club career

On 27 July 2016, out-of-contract Raheriharimanana joined

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on a three-year contract and was given the number 20 shirt. In January 2019, Raheriharimanana left the club.

International career

Raheriharimanana was called up to the Madagascar national team in 2016 and made his international debut in an AFCON qualification tie against

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which ended 1–1 in September 2016.

References

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