Jean-Yves Mvoto

Jean-Yves Mvoto Owono (born 6 September 1988) is a French professional footballer who plays as a defender for Nybergsund. He has also appeared for English teams Oldham Athletic, Barnsley, Leyton Orient, Polish team Zawisza Bydgoszcz, as well as Scottish sides Raith Rovers and Dunfermline Athletic.

Jean-Yves Mvoto
Mvoto playing for Oldham Athletic in 2012
Personal information
Full name Jean-Yves Mvoto Owono[1]
Date of birth (1988-09-06) 6 September 1988[1]
Place of birth Paris, France
Height 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)[1]
Playing position(s) Defender
Youth career
1999–2003 USM Carrières sur Seine
2003–2005 Paris Saint-Germain
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2008 Paris Saint-Germain 0 (0)
2008–2011 Sunderland 0 (0)
2009–2010 → Southend United (loan) 17 (1)
2010–2011 → Oldham Athletic (loan) 27 (2)
2011–2013 Oldham Athletic 78 (5)
2013–2015 Barnsley 56 (2)
2015–2016 Leyton Orient 8 (0)
2016 Zawisza Bydgoszcz 6 (0)
2016–2017 Raith Rovers 34 (2)
2017–2018 Dunfermline Athletic 13 (0)
2019– Nybergsund 7 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:51, 13 June 2019 (UTC)

Club career

Mvoto was born in Paris.[1] He joined Sunderland on a ​3 1⁄2-year contract for an undisclosed fee on 15 January 2008.[2] On 7 August 2009, Mvoto signed a six-month loan with Southend United.[3]

On 12 January 2010, Mvoto extended his loan with Southend until the end of the season. He scored his first goal for Southend in a 2–2 draw with future club Oldham Athletic on 24 April 2010.[4]

On 5 August 2010 he, along with teammate Oumare Tounkara, joined Oldham Athletic on a season-long loan.[5] He scored his first Oldham goal on 30 October 2010 in a 4–2 victory over Plymouth Argyle.[6] After being virtually ever present for the team he injured his ankle and Oldham cancelled the remainder of his loan in January 2011.[7] However, on 18 March 2011, after regaining full fitness, Oldham Athletic re-signed the defender on loan from Sunderland until the end of the season.[8] On 7 April Sunderland announced that he was amongst eight players to be released at the end of the season.[9]

On 30 June 2011, Oldham Athletic announced that Mvoto had signed a two-year contract with the club, despite interest from other clubs.[10]

Mvoto signed a two-year contract with Championship club Barnsley on 23 July 2013.[11]

After leaving Barnsley in the summer of 2015, he spent some time without a club before signing on a two-month contract with League Two club Leyton Orient on 20 November 2015.[12] On 20 January 2016, Leyton Orient announced that Mvoto would be departing the club at the conclusion of his two-month deal.[13]

In January 2016 he signed at Polish club Zawisza Bydgoszcz.[14]

On 8 July 2016 it was announced that Mvoto had then signed for Raith Rovers.[15] After one year with Raith, Mvoto signed a one-year deal for Fife rivals Dunfermline Athletic in May 2017.[16] Mvoto left East End Park at the end of his contract.[17][18].

Mvoto joined Norwegian Third Division side Nybergsund in April 2019.[19]

International career

Mvoto is a former France Under-19 international.[20]

Career statistics
As of 5 May 2018[21]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Sunderland 2009–10[22] Premier League 000000—00
2010–11[23] 000000—00
Total 0000000000
Southend United (loan) 2009–10[22] League One 171002000191
Oldham Athletic (loan) 2010–11[23] 27210101[lower-alpha 1]0302
Oldham Athletic 2011–12[24] 36130104[lower-alpha 1]0441
2012–13[25] 42450111[lower-alpha 1]0495
Total 10579031601238
Barnsley 2013–14[26] Championship 2821010—302
2014–15[27] League One 150001000160
Total 432102000460
Leyton Orient 2015–16[28] League Two 80200000100
Zawisza Bydgoszcz 2015–16[29] I liga 6010——70
Raith Rovers 2016–17[30] Scottish Championship 34220203[lower-alpha 2]0412
Dunfermline Athletic 2017–18[31] 13010403[lower-alpha 3]0210
Career totals 2261216013112026713
  1. Appearances in Football League Trophy
  2. One appearance in the Scottish Challenge Cup and two in the Championship play-offs
  3. Appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup

References
  1. "Jean-Yves Mvoto". L'Équipe (in French). Paris. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
  2. "Frenchman Mvoto joins Sunderland". BBC Sport. 2008-01-15. Retrieved 2009-08-19.
  3. "Mvoto loaned to Shrimpers". Sky Sports. 2009-08-07. Retrieved 2009-08-19.
  4. "Oldham 2–2 Southend". BBC Sport. 24 April 2010. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
  5. "Pair head out on loan". SAFC.com. 2010-08-05. Retrieved 2010-08-05.
  6. "Oldham 4–2 Plymouth". BBC Sport. 30 October 2010. Retrieved 30 October 2010.
  7. "Oldham 4–2 Plymouth". Oldham Athletic AFC. 13 January 2011. Archived from the original on 8 September 2012. Retrieved 13 January 2011.
  8. "M'Voto back at Latics". Oldham Athletic AFC. 18 March 2011. Archived from the original on 8 September 2012. Retrieved 7 April 2011.
  9. "Sunderland to release eight". Sunderland AFC. 7 April 2011. Retrieved 7 April 2011.
  10. "Oldham Athletic secure defender Jean Yves Mvoto". BBC Sport. 30 June 2011. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
  11. "Barnsley beat Doncaster to defender Jean-Yves M'Voto". BBC Sport. 23 July 2013. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
  12. "O's add Frenchman M'Voto". Leyton Orient F.C. 20 November 2015.
  13. "NEWS: M'voto departs". Leyton Orient F.C. 20 January 2016.
  14. "Jean-Yves M'voto w Zawiszy Bydgoszcz". Zawisza Bydgoszcz. 28 January 2016.
  15. "Rovers Capture M'Voto". Raith Rovers F.C. 8 July 2016.
  16. "M'voto joins the Pars". Dunfermline Athletic FC. 17 May 2017. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  17. "M'voto departs". Dunfermline Athletic FC. 6 June 2018. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  18. Hart, Ross (7 June 2018). "Jean-Yves M'Voto leaves Dunfermline after contract expires". Dunfermline Press. Newsquest. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  19. https://www.fotball.no/fotballdata/person/profil/?fiksId=3744869. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  20. "Paul Dickov hopes Mvoto will return to Oldham Athletic". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 5 May 2011. Retrieved 5 May 2011.
  21. Jean-Yves Mvoto at Soccerbase
  22. "Games played by Jean-Yves Mvoto in 2009/2010". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
  23. "Games played by Jean-Yves Mvoto in 2010/2011". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
  24. "Games played by Jean-Yves Mvoto in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
  25. "Games played by Jean-Yves Mvoto in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
  26. "Games played by Jean-Yves Mvoto in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
  27. "Games played by Jean-Yves Mvoto in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
  28. "Games played by Jean-Yves Mvoto in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
  29. Jean-Yves Mvoto at Soccerway. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  30. "Games played by Jean-Yves Mvoto in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
  31. "Games played by Jean-Yves Mvoto in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.