Jean-Yves Mvoto

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 (age 36)[1]
Place of birth Paris, France
Height 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)[1]
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 43 (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 16 (2)
2020–2024 Wormatia Worms 51 (7)
Total 293 (21)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jean-Yves Mvoto Owono (born 6 September 1988) is a French former professional footballer who played as a defender. He has played for English teams Oldham Athletic, Barnsley, Leyton Orient, Polish team Zawisza Bydgoszcz, Scottish sides Raith Rovers and Dunfermline Athletic, Norwegian outfit Nybergsund, before retiring after a four-year stint with German club Wormatia Worms.

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 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
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Sunderland 2009–10[22] Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
2010–11[23] 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Southend United (loan) 2009–10[22] League One 17 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 19 1
Oldham Athletic (loan) 2010–11[23] 27 2 1 0 1 0 1[a] 0 30 2
Oldham Athletic 2011–12[24] 36 1 3 0 1 0 4[a] 0 44 1
2012–13[25] 42 4 5 0 1 1 1[a] 0 49 5
Total 105 7 9 0 3 1 6 0 123 8
Barnsley 2013–14[26] Championship 28 2 1 0 1 0 — 30 2
2014–15[27] League One 15 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 16 0
Total 43 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 46 0
Leyton Orient 2015–16[28] League Two 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
Zawisza Bydgoszcz 2015–16[29] I liga 6 0 1 0 — — 7 0
Raith Rovers 2016–17[30] Scottish Championship 34 2 2 0 2 0 3[b] 0 41 2
Dunfermline Athletic 2017–18[31] 13 0 1 0 4 0 3[c] 0 21 0
Career totals 226 12 16 0 13 1 12 0 267 13
  1. ^ a b c 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. ^ a b c d "Jean-Yves Mvoto". L'Équipe (in French). Paris. Archived from the original on 4 December 2008. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
  2. ^ "Frenchman Mvoto joins Sunderland". BBC Sport. 15 January 2008. Retrieved 19 August 2009.
  3. ^ "Mvoto loaned to Shrimpers". Sky Sports. 7 August 2009. Retrieved 19 August 2009.
  4. ^ "Oldham 2–2 Southend". BBC Sport. 24 April 2010. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
  5. ^ "Pair head out on loan". SAFC.com. 5 August 2010. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
  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. ^ "Jean-Yves Mvoto Owono - Profil".
  20. ^ "Paul Dickov hopes Mvoto will return to Oldham Athletic". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 5 May 2011. Retrieved 5 May 2011.
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  28. ^ "Games played by Jean-Yves Mvoto in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
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  31. ^ "Games played by Jean-Yves Mvoto in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
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