Clinton Mola

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Clinton Mola
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Mola in 2021
Personal information
Full name Clinton Mola [1]
Date of birth (2001-03-15) 15 March 2001 (age 23)
Place of birth Camden, London, England
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) [2]
Position(s) Defender, defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Reading
Number 2
Youth career
AC United
2015–2020 Chelsea
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2020–2023 VfB Stuttgart 12 (0)
2022 VfB Stuttgart II 2 (0)
2022–2023 → Blackburn Rovers (loan) 4 (0)
2023– Reading 23 (0)
International career‡
2016–2017 England U16 5 (0)
2017–2018 England U17 5 (1)
2018–2019 England U18 7 (1)
2019 England U19 6 (0)
2021–2022 England U20 3 (1)
2021 England U21 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 March 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10:40, 30 March 2022 (UTC)

Clinton Mola (born 15 March 2001) is an English professional footballer who currently plays as a defender or defensive midfielder for Reading.

Contents

Club career

On 31 January 2020, Mola moved to VfB Stuttgart. [3] Mola made his debut for Stuttgart on 5 February 2020 in the 2019–20 DFB-Pokal against Bayer 04 Leverkusen. [4]

On 1 September 2022, Mola signed for EFL Championship club Blackburn Rovers on a season-long loan deal including an option to buy. [5]

On 26 August 2023, Mola's contract with VfB Stuttgart was terminated by mutual consent. [6]

On 1 September 2023 Mola signed a one-year contract with Reading.

International career

Born in England, Mola is of Congolese descent. He is a youth international for England. [7]

On 6 September 2021, Mola made a goalscoring debut for the England U20s during a 6–1 victory over Romania U20s at St. George's Park. [8]

On 4 October 2021, Mola received his first call up to the England U21s as an injury replacement for Levi Colwill. [9] On 16 November 2021, Mola made his U21 debut during a 3–2 defeat to Georgia in Batumi. [10]

Career statistics

Club

As of matches played 16 March 2024 [11]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
VfB Stuttgart 2019–20 2. Bundesliga 80100090
2020–21 Bundesliga 00000000
2021–22 Bundesliga 30002050
2022–23 Bundesliga 10100020
Blackburn Rovers (loan) 2022–23 Championship 40002060
Reading F.C. 2023–24 League One 2301040290
Career total3903080510

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    References

    1. ↑ "2019/20 Premier League squads confirmed". Premier League. 3 September 2019. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
    2. ↑ "VfB Stuttgart - Clinton Mola". vfb.de. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
    3. ↑ "VfB sign Clinton Mola". www.vfb.de. VfB Stuttgart. 31 January 2020. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
    4. ↑ "Matarazzo lässt die "jungen Wilden" von der Leine". zvw.de (in German). 6 February 2020. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
    5. ↑ "Rovers make Mola move!". www.rovers.co.uk. 1 September 2022. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
    6. ↑ "Mola leaves VfB". VfB Stuttgart. 26 August 2023. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
    7. ↑ "Chelsea Wonderkid Mola : I'm Not Eligible To Represent Nigeria But Congo:: All Nigeria Soccer - The Complete Nigerian Football Portal". www.allnigeriasoccer.com.
    8. ↑ "Six at SGP for MU20s". EnglandFootball.com. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
    9. ↑ "England men's under-21s squad updates - October". EnglandFootball.com. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
    10. ↑ "Georgia 3-2 England MU21s". EnglandFootball.com. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
    11. ↑ Clinton Mola at Soccerway


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