Personal information | |||
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Full name | Jean-Yves Mvoto Owono [1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 6 September 1988||
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.
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]
Mvoto is a former France Under-19 international. [20]
Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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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 |
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