Sylvio Ronny Rodelin (born 18 November 1989) is a French professional
footballer
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who plays as a
forward
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for Swiss club
Servette
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.
Club career
Early career
Rodelin began his youth and senior career at
Rodez
Rodez ( or ; oc, Rodés, ) is a small city and commune in the South of France, about 150 km northeast of Toulouse. It is the prefecture of the department of Aveyron, region of Occitania (formerly Midi-Pyrénées). Rodez is the seat of the ...
. During the 2007–08 season, he scored 1 goal in 23
Championnat National
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matches. In July 2008 he signed for
Ligue 1
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club
Nantes
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. On 28 January 2010, Championnat National club
Troyes
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signed him on loan from Nantes until the end of the 2009–10 season. He played the 2010–11 season in Ligue 2 with
Nantes
Nantes (, , ; Gallo: or ; ) is a city in Loire-Atlantique on the Loire, from the Atlantic coast. The city is the sixth largest in France, with a population of 314,138 in Nantes proper and a metropolitan area of nearly 1 million inhabita ...
, making 19 appearances (15 of them in Ligue 2) and scoring 5 goals (all of them scored in Ligue 2) in all competitions.
Lille
On 13 June 2011, he signed a four-year contract to join
Ligue 1
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club
Lille
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. On 6 August 2011, he made his competitive debut for Lille, coming on as a substitute for
Florent Balmont
Florent Balmont (born 2 February 1980) is a French former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
Career
Balmont began his career at Olympique Lyonnais in the 2002–03 Ligue 1 season after coming through the junior ranks. In the ...
in the 87th minute in the Ligue 1 away match against
AS Nancy
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which ended in a 1–1 draw.
Mouscron-Péruwelz (loan)
On 2 February 2015, Rodelin was loaned to
Belgian Pro League
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club
Mouscron-Péruwelz.
Caen (loan)
On 31 August 2015, Rodelin joined
Ligue 1
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club
Stade Malherbe Caen
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on a year-long loan, with Caen given an option to buy him.
On 12 September 2015, he made his competitive debut for Caen, starting in the Ligue 1 away match against
Troyes AC
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which Caen won 3–1. He played in all of Caen's remaining 33 (starting in 32 of them) Ligue 1 matches of the
2015–16 season. He was Caen's second-highest scorer (behind
Andy Delort
Andy Delort ( ar, أندي ديلور; born 9 October 1991) is a professional footballer who plays as a striker for Ligue 1 club Nantes, on loan from Nice, and the Algeria national team.
Born in France, Delort was a France under-20 youth in ...
) during the 2015–16 season with 10 goals (all of them scored in Ligue 1) and 2
assists in all competitions.
Caen
On 26 July 2016, Caen activated the clause to permanently sign Rodelin; he signed a three-year contract with Caen.
On 20 May 2017, the last matchday of the 2016–17 Ligue 1 season, Rodelin scored the goal (his 9th and final Ligue 1 goal of the
2016–17 season) that ensured Caen remained in
Ligue 1
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for the
2017–18 season. With Caen needing a win against 2016–17 Ligue 1 runners-up
Paris Saint-Germain
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to be sure of avoiding relegation, Rodelin had a penalty saved in the second half when Caen was down 1–0 before eventually finding the equalizer a minute into added time; the final score was 1–1.
Guingamp
In August 2018, Rodelin joined league rivals
En Avant de Guingamp.
Servette
On 6 July 2021, he moved to
Servette
Servette is a district of the city of Geneva, Switzerland. The district's name comes from the Latin word for forest, ''silva'', and means "little forest". Its name alludes to Servette's rural past, before Geneva grew beyond its walls and incorpora ...
in Switzerland on a two-year contract. He made his competitive debut on 25 July in a 2–1 league win away over
FC Sion
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, coming on as a substitute for
Kastriot Imeri in the 58th minute. His first goal came on 22 August, scoring the final goal of a 4–1 win over
FC Luzern
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, less than 30 seconds after coming off the bench.
International career
Born in
Réunion
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, Rodelin is of Malagasy descent and was approached to join the
Madagascar national team in March 2018.
References
External links
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Footmercato
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1989 births
Living people
French sportspeople of Malagasy descent
Association football forwards
Footballers from Réunion
French footballers
Rodez AF players
FC Nantes players
ES Troyes AC players
Lille OSC players
Royal Excel Mouscron players
Stade Malherbe Caen players
En Avant Guingamp players
Servette FC players
Ligue 1 players
Ligue 2 players
Belgian First Division A players
Swiss Super League players
French expatriate footballers
Expatriate footballers in Belgium
French expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
Expatriate footballers in Switzerland
French expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland