# Jean-Yves Mvoto

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.

## Club career

Mvoto was born in Paris. He joined Sunderland on a 3+1⁄2-year contract for an undisclosed fee on 15 January 2008. On 7 August 2009, Mvoto signed a six-month loan with Southend United.
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.
On 5 August 2010 he, along with teammate Oumare Tounkara, joined Oldham Athletic on a season-long loan. He scored his first Oldham goal on 30 October 2010 in a 4–2 victory over Plymouth Argyle. After being virtually ever present for the team he injured his ankle and Oldham cancelled the remainder of his loan in January 2011. 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. On 7 April, Sunderland announced that he was amongst eight players to be released at the end of the season.
On 30 June 2011, Oldham Athletic announced that Mvoto had signed a two-year contract with the club, despite interest from other clubs.
Mvoto signed a two-year contract with Championship club Barnsley on 23 July 2013.
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. On 20 January 2016, Leyton Orient announced that Mvoto would be departing the club at the conclusion of his two-month deal.
In January 2016, he signed at Polish club Zawisza Bydgoszcz.
On 8 July 2016, it was announced that Mvoto had signed for Raith Rovers. After one year with Raith, Mvoto signed a one-year deal for Fife rivals Dunfermline Athletic in May 2017. Mvoto left East End Park at the end of his contract.
Mvoto joined Norwegian Third Division side Nybergsund in April 2019.

## International career

Mvoto is a former France Under-19 international.

## Career statistics

    As of 5 May 2018
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition :
| Club | Season | League | League | League | National cup | National cup | League cup | League cup | Other | Other | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Sunderland | 2009–10 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 |
| Sunderland | 2010–11 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 |
| Sunderland | Total | Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Southend United (loan) | 2009–10 | League One | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1 |
| Oldham Athletic (loan) | 2010–11 | League One | 27 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 2 |
| Oldham Athletic | 2011–12 | League One | 36 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 44 | 1 |
| Oldham Athletic | 2012–13 | League One | 42 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 49 | 5 |
| Oldham Athletic | Total | Total | 105 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 123 | 8 |
| Barnsley | 2013–14 | Championship | 28 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 30 | 2 |
| Barnsley | 2014–15 | League One | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| Barnsley | Total | Total | 43 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 0 |
| Leyton Orient | 2015–16 | League Two | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Zawisza Bydgoszcz | 2015–16 | I liga | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 7 | 0 |
| Raith Rovers | 2016–17 | Scottish Championship | 34 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 41 | 2 |
| Dunfermline Athletic | 2017–18 | Scottish Championship | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
| Career totals | Career totals | Career totals | 226 | 12 | 16 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 267 | 13 |
* 1 2 3 Appearances in Football League Trophy
* ↑ One appearance in the Scottish Challenge Cup and two in the Championship play-offs
* ↑ Appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup