| Jean-Yves Mvoto | |
| Fullname: | Jean-Yves Mvoto Owono[1] |
| Birth Date: | 6 September 1988 |
| Birth Place: | Paris, France |
| Height: | 1.94 m |
| Position: | Defender |
| Youthyears1: | 1999–2003 |
| Youthclubs1: | USM Carrières sur Seine |
| Youthyears2: | 2003–2005 |
| Youthclubs2: | Paris Saint-Germain |
| Years1: | 2005–2008 |
| Caps1: | 0 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2008–2011 |
| Clubs2: | Sunderland |
| Caps2: | 0 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2009–2010 |
| Clubs3: | → Southend United (loan) |
| Caps3: | 17 |
| Goals3: | 1 |
| Years4: | 2010–2011 |
| Clubs4: | → Oldham Athletic (loan) |
| Caps4: | 27 |
| Goals4: | 2 |
| Years5: | 2011–2013 |
| Caps5: | 78 |
| Goals5: | 5 |
| Years6: | 2013–2015 |
| Clubs6: | Barnsley |
| Caps6: | 43 |
| Goals6: | 2 |
| Years7: | 2015–2016 |
| Clubs7: | Leyton Orient |
| Caps7: | 8 |
| Goals7: | 0 |
| Years8: | 2016 |
| Clubs8: | Zawisza Bydgoszcz |
| Caps8: | 6 |
| Goals8: | 0 |
| Years9: | 2016–2017 |
| Clubs9: | Raith Rovers |
| Caps9: | 34 |
| Goals9: | 2 |
| Years10: | 2017–2018 |
| Caps10: | 13 |
| Goals10: | 0 |
| Years11: | 2019 |
| Clubs11: | Nybergsund |
| Caps11: | 16 |
| Goals11: | 2 |
| Years12: | 2020–2024 |
| Clubs12: | Wormatia Worms |
| Caps12: | 51 |
| Goals12: | 7 |
| Totalcaps: | 293 |
| Totalgoals: | 21 |
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 -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 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Sunderland | 2009–10 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2010–11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 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 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1[21] | 0 | 30 | 2 | ||
| Oldham Athletic | 2011–12 | 36 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 44 | 1 | ||
| 2012–13 | 42 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 49 | 5 | |||
| Total | 105 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 123 | 8 | |||
| Barnsley | 2013–14 | Championship | 28 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 30 | 2 | ||
| 2014–15 | 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 | 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[22] | 0 | 41 | 2 | |
| Dunfermline Athletic | 2017–18 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3[23] | 0 | 21 | 0 | ||
| Career totals | 226 | 12 | 16 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 267 | 13 | |||