Mohamed Yattara

Mohamed Yattara
Personal information
Full name Mohamed Lamine Yattara[1]
Date of birth (1993-07-28) 28 July 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth Conakry, Guinea
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Striker, attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Al Dhafra
Number 19
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2013 Lyon B 28 (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)
2017–2020 Auxerre 61 (17)
2020–2021 Sichuan Jiuniu 15 (3)
2022–2023 Pau 20 (1)
2023–2024 Ararat-Armenia 28 (18)
2024– Al Dhafra 0 (0)
International career‡
2012– Guinea 36 (12)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 June 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12:27, 16 October 2022 (UTC)

Mohamed Lamine Yattara (born 28 July 1993) is a Guinean professional footballer who last played for UAE First Division League club Al Dhafra and the Guinea national team as a striker.

Early and personal life

He is brothers of Ibrahim Yattara and Naby Yattara.[citation needed]

Club career

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

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.[3]

Yattara joined AJ Auxerre on loan in January 2017 for the remainder of the season.[4]

He left Chinese club Sichuan Jiuniu in December 2021.[5]

In August 2022 he signed for Pau FC.[6]

On 14 August 2023, Ararat-Armenia announced the signing of Yattara from Pau.[7] On 3 June 2024, Ararat-Armenia announced that Yattara had left the club after his contract expired.[8]

International career

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.[9] In team's opening match, Yattara scored the opening goal as Guinea drew 1–1 with the Ivory Coast.[10] In April 2015, he spoke about the bright future of Guinea in international football.[11]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 26 May 2024[12]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Lyon B 2010–11 Championnat de France amateur 18 3 - 18 3
2011–12 Championnat de France amateur 10 2 - 10 2
Total 28 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 5
Lyon 2014–15 Ligue 1 21 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 - 23 1
Arles-Avignon (loan) 2011–12 Ligue 2 19 5 0 0 0 0 - 19 5
Troyes (loan) 2012–13 Ligue 1 23 3 4 0 3 1 - 30 4
Troyes B (loan) 2012–13 Championnat National 3 1 0 - 1 0
Angers (loan) 2013–14 Ligue 2 30 11 4 3 0 0 - 34 14
Standard Liège 2015–16 Belgian Pro League 12 1 0 0 - 4 0 - 16 1
2016–17 Belgian Pro League 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 1[a] 0 1 0
Total 12 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 17 1
Angers (loan) 2015–16 Ligue 1 19 2 1 0 0 0 - 20 2
Auxerre (loan) 2016–17 Ligue 2 17 4 2 1 0 0 - 19 5
Auxerre 2017–18 Ligue 2 24 10 1 0 0 0 - 25 10
2018–19 Ligue 2 26 4 0 0 1 0 - 27 4
2019–20 Ligue 2 11 3 1 0 0 0 - 12 3
Total 61 17 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 64 17
Sichuan Jiuniu 2020 China League One 10 3 - 10 3
2021 China League One 5 0 0 0 - 5 0
Total 15 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 3
Pau 2022–23 Ligue 2 20 1 4 0 0 0 - - 24 1
Pau II 2022–23 Championnat National 3 2 1 - 2 1
Ararat-Armenia 2023–24 Armenian Premier League 28 18 2 0 - 0 0 - 30 18
Career total 299 69 19 4 4 1 6 2 1 0 326 79
  1. ^ Appearances in Belgian Super Cup

International

As of matches played on 14 July 2019[1]
Guinea national team
Year Apps Goals
2012 3 1
2013 5 3
2014 4 2
2015 9 2
2016 4 1
2017 0 0
2018 2 1
2019 6 2
Total 33 12

International goals

Scores and results list Guinea's goal tally first.[1]
No Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 9 September 2012 Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry, Guinea  Niger 1–0 1–0 2013 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
2. 9 June 2013  Mozambique 1–0 6–1 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
3. 6–1
4. 16 June 2013  Zimbabwe 1–0 1–0
5. 25 May 2014 Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Paris, France  Mali 2–1 2–1 Friendly
6. 15 October 2014 Accra Sports Stadium, Accra, Ghana  Ghana 1–1 1–3 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
7. 20 January 2015 Estadio de Malabo, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea  Ivory Coast 1–0 1–1 2015 Africa Cup of Nations
8. 12 October 2015 Stade Adrar, Agadir, Morocco  Morocco 1–0 1–1 Friendly
9. 29 March 2016 Kamuzu Stadium, Blantyre, Malawi  Malawi 1–1 2–1 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
10. 18 November 2018 Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry, Guinea  Ivory Coast 1–0 1–1 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
11. 30 June 2019 Al Salam Stadium, Cairo, Egypt  Burundi 1–0 2–0 2019 Africa Cup of Nations
12. 2–0

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Mohamed Yattara". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
  2. ^ "Guinean Mohamed Yattara signs new contract with Lyon". BBC Sport. 8 July 2014. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ "官方：吕伟、赵恒、亚塔拉等7人离开四川九牛|亚塔拉|吕伟|李家赫|芦哲宇|四川九牛|赵恒|郑宇|叶尔达那|懂球帝". m.dongqiudi.com.
  6. ^ Laxague, Rémi (16 August 2022). "Football : le Pau FC annonce l'arrivée de Mohamed Yattara" – via Sud Ouest.
  7. ^ "Նոր տրանսֆեր: #WelcomeMOHAMED". facebook.com/araratarmeniafc/ (in Armenian). FC Ararat-Armenia. 14 August 2023. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
  8. ^ "30-ամյա գվինեացի Մոհամեդ Յատտարայի և «Արարատ-Արմենիա» ֆուտբոլային ակումբի միջև կնքված պայմանագրի ժամկետն ավարտվել է, կողմերը համատեղ որոշում են կայացրել` չերկարաձգել այն։". facebook.com/araratarmeniafc (in Armenian). FC Ararat-Armenia Facebook. 3 June 2024. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
  9. ^ "2015 Nations Cup: Constant included in Guinea squad". BBC Sport. 31 December 2014. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
  10. ^ "Ivory Coast 1–1 Guinea". BBC. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
  11. ^ Oluwashina Okeleji (28 April 2015). "Lyon's Mohamed Yattara predicts a bright future for Guinea". BBC Sport. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
  12. ^ Mohamed Yattara at Soccerway. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
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