Jean-Yves Mvoto Owono (born 6 September 1988) is a French professional

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who plays as a defender for German club Wormatia Worms. He has also appeared for English teams Oldham Athletic,

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, Leyton Orient, Polish team Zawisza Bydgoszcz, as well as Scottish sides Raith Rovers and Dunfermline Athletic.

Club career

Mvoto was born in

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. He joined

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on a -year contract for an undisclosed fee on 15 January 2008. On 7 August 2009, Mvoto signed a six-month

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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

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, 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

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 then 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

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at the end of his contract. Mvoto joined

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side Nybergsund in April 2019.

International career

Mvoto is a former France Under-19 international.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mvoto, Jean-Yves 1988 births Living people Footballers from Paris French men's footballers France men's youth international footballers French sportspeople of Cameroonian descent Men's association football defenders Paris Saint-Germain F.C. players Sunderland A.F.C. players Southend United F.C. players Oldham Athletic A.F.C. players Barnsley F.C. players Leyton Orient F.C. players Zawisza Bydgoszcz players Raith Rovers F.C. players Dunfermline Athletic F.C. players Nybergsund IL-Trysil players Wormatia Worms players English Football League players I liga players Scottish Professional Football League players Oberliga (football) players Regionalliga players French expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in England French expatriate sportspeople in England Expatriate men's footballers in Poland French expatriate sportspeople in Poland Expatriate men's footballers in Germany French expatriate sportspeople in Germany