Jean-Yves M'voto

Jean-Yves M'voto

M'voto playing for Oldham Athletic in 2012
Personal information
Full name Jean-Yves M'voto Owono
Date of birth (1988-09-06) 6 September 1988
Place of birth Paris, France
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current team
Raith Rovers
Number 5
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)
2009–2010Southend United (loan) 17 (1)
2010–2011Oldham Athletic (loan) 27 (2)
2011–2013 Oldham Athletic 78 (5)
2013–2015 Barnsley 56 (2)
2015–2016 Leyton Orient 8 (0)
2016 Zawisza Bydgoszcz 0 (0)
2016– Raith Rovers 0 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:54, 8 July 2016 (UTC).


Jean-Yves M'voto Owono (born 6 September 1988) is a French footballer, born in Paris, who plays as a defender for Scottish Championship side Raith Rovers. He has also appeared for English teams Oldham Athletic, Barnsley, Leyton Orient & Polish team Zawisza Bydgoszcz.

Club career

M'voto joined Sunderland on a 3 12-year contract for an undisclosed fee on 15 January 2008.[1] On 7 August 2009, M'voto signed a six-month loan with Southend United.[2]

On 12 January 2010, M'voto 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.[3]

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

On 30 June 2011, Oldham Athletic announced that M'voto had signed a two-year contract with the club, despite interest from other clubs.[9]

M'voto signed a two-year contract with Championship club Barnsley on 23 July 2013.[10]

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.[11] On 20 January 2016, Leyton Orient announced that M'voto would be departing the club at the conclusion of his two-month deal.[12]

In January 2016 he signed at Polish club Zawisza Bydgoszcz.[13]

On 8 July 2016 it was announced that M'Voto had then signed for Raith Rovers.[14]

International career

M'Voto is a former France Under-19 international.[15]

Career statistics

As of 3 February 2013
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Sunderland
2009–10[16]
Premier League 00000000
2010–11[17]
Premier League 00000000
Total 0000000000
Southend United (loan)
2009–10[18]
League One 171002000191
Oldham Athletic (loan)
2010–11[19]
League One 27210101[lower-alpha 1]0302
Oldham Athletic
2011–12[20]
League One 36130104[lower-alpha 1]0441
2012–13[21] League One 26130111[lower-alpha 1]0312
Total 8947031601055
Career totals 10657051601246

References

  1. "Frenchman Mvoto joins Sunderland". BBC Sport. 2008-01-15. Retrieved 2009-08-19.
  2. "Mvoto loaned to Shrimpers". Sky Sports. 2009-08-07. Retrieved 2009-08-19.
  3. "Oldham 2–2 Southend". BBC Sport. 24 April 2010. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
  4. "Pair head out on loan". SAFC.com. 2010-08-05. Retrieved 2010-08-05.
  5. "Oldham 4–2 Plymouth". BBC Sport. 30 October 2010. Retrieved 30 October 2010.
  6. "Oldham 4–2 Plymouth". Oldham Athletic AFC. 13 January 2011. Retrieved 13 January 2011.
  7. "M'Voto back at Latics". Oldham Athletic AFC. 18 March 2011. Retrieved 7 April 2011.
  8. "Sunderland to release eight". Sunderland AFC. 7 April 2011. Retrieved 7 April 2011.
  9. "Oldham Athletic secure defender Jean Yves Mvoto". BBC Sport. 30 June 2011. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
  10. "Barnsley beat Doncaster to defender Jean-Yves M'Voto". BBC Sport. 23 July 2013. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
  11. "O's add Frenchman M'Voto". Leyton Orient F.C. 20 November 2015.
  12. "NEWS: M'voto departs". Leyton Orient F.C. 20 January 2016.
  13. "Jean-Yves M'voto w Zawiszy Bydgoszcz.". Zawisza Bydgoszcz. 28 January 2016.
  14. "Rovers Capture M'Voto". Raith Rovers F.C. 8 July 2016.
  15. "Paul Dickov hopes Mvoto will return to Oldham Athletic". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 5 May 2011. Retrieved 5 May 2011.
  16. "Sunderland 2009/2010 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
  17. "Sunderland 2010/2011 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
  18. "Southend 2009/2010 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
  19. "Oldham 2010/2011 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
  20. "Jean-Yves M'voto Football Stats Season 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
  21. "Oldham 2012/2013 player appearances". Soccerbase. Retrieved 2013-02-02.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Jean-Yves M'voto.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 11/8/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.