Mohamed Yattara

Mohamed Yattara
Personal information
Full name Mohamed Lamine Yattara[1]
Date of birth (1993-07-28) 28 July 1993
Place of birth Conakry, Guinea
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)[1]
Playing position Striker, Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Auxerre
Number 11
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2013 Lyon B 31 (5)
2010–2015 Lyon 21 (1)
2012 → Arles-Avignon (loan) 19 (5)
2012–2013 → Troyes (loan) 23 (3)
2013 → Troyes B (loan) 1 (0)
2013–2014 → Angers (loan) 30 (11)
2015–2017 Standard Liège 12 (1)
2016 → Angers (loan) 19 (2)
2017 → Auxerre (loan) 17 (4)
2017– Auxerre 26 (10)
National team‡
2012– Guinea 27 (9)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14:06, 5 August 2018 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16:27, 23 January 2017 (UTC)

Mohamed Lamine Yattara (born 28 July 1993) is a Guinean international footballer who plays for AJ Auxerre as a striker.

Early and personal life

He is brothers of Ibrahim Yattara and Naby-Moussa Yattara.

Career

Born in Conakry, Yattara has played club football for Lyon, Arles-Avignon and Troyes.[1][2] He signed a new two-year contract with Lyon in July 2014.[3]

He made his international debut for Guinea in 2012[1] and was included in the nation's squad for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations.[4] In team's opening match, Yattara scored the opening goal as Guinea drew 1–1 with the Ivory Coast.[5] In April 2015 he spoke about the national team.[6]

On 17 July 2015, Yattara was bought by Belgian side Standard Liège for €2 million with a possible future share of profits made from Yattara's sale.[7]

Yattara joined AJ Auxerre on loan in January 2017 for the remainder of the season.[8]

International goals

Scores and results list Guinea's goal tally first.[1]
NoDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.9 September 2012Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry, Guinea Niger1–01–02013 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
2.9 June 2013Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry, Guinea Mozambique1–06–12014 FIFA World Cup qualification
3.6–1
4.16 June 2013Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry, Guinea Zimbabwe1–01–02014 FIFA World Cup qualification
5.25 May 2014Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Paris, France Mali2–12–1Friendly
6.15 October 2014Accra Sports Stadium, Accra, Ghana Ghana1–11–32015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
7.20 January 2015Nuevo Estadio de Malabo, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea Ivory Coast1–01–12015 Africa Cup of Nations
8.12 October 2015Stade Adrar, Agadir, Morocco Morocco1–01–1Friendly
9.29 March 2016Kamuzu Stadium, Blantyre, Malawi Malawi1–12–12017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Mohamed Yattara". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
  2. ↑ Mohamed Yattara at Soccerway. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
  3. ↑ "Guinean Mohamed Yattara signs new contract with Lyon". BBC Sport. 8 July 2014. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
  4. ↑ "2015 Nations Cup: Constant included in Guinea squad". BBC Sport. 31 December 2014. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
  5. ↑ "Ivory Coast 1-1 Guinea". BBC. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
  6. ↑ Oluwashina Okeleji (28 April 2015). "Lyon's Mohamed Yattara predicts a bright future for Guinea". BBC Sport. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
  7. ↑ "Transfert Mohamed Yattara (Lyon) transféré au Standard de Liège" [Mohamed Yattara (Lyon) transferred to Standard Liege]. L'equipe.fr (in French). 17 July 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
  8. ↑ "Mohamed Yattara va terminer la saison à Auxerre" [Mohamed Yattara to finish the season at Auxerre]. L'equipe.fr (in French). 20 January 2017. Retrieved 23 January 2017.


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