Jean-Yves Mvoto

Jean-Yves Mvoto Owono (born 6 September 1988) is a French professional footballer who plays as a defender for German club Wormatia Worms. 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]
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Wormatia Worms
Number 3
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)
2020– Wormatia Worms 49 (7)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 November 2022

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. Archived from the original on December 4, 2008. 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. "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.
  21. Jean-Yves Mvoto at Soccerbase
  22. "Games played by Jean-Yves Mvoto in 2009/2010". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
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  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.
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  31. "Games played by Jean-Yves Mvoto in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
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