Yohan Mollo (born 18 July 1989) is a French professional

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who plays as a winger or

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for

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in National 3.

Career

Youth career

Mollo began his football career with

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in 1996, who were at the time attempting to bounce back from the bribery scandal the club had endured in the early 1990s. After spending nearly eight years in Marseille's youth system, Mollo had a one-year spell at local club Aubagne FC before moving to the

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-based side

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Monaco

Just before the end of the 06–07 season, Mollo and Monaco agreed to terms on a professional contract with the player signing for three years. Mollo was promoted to the first-team and handed the number 26 kit for the 2008–09 season. He made his professional debut on 18 October 2008 in a 1–2 loss to

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appearing as a substitute. On 7 December 2009, Mollo signed his first professional contract with Monaco.

Krylia Sovetov Samara

In the summer of 2015, he joined Krylia Sovetov Samara in the

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on loan. On 29 August 2015, in his second game and first start for Krylia Sovetov he assisted on all three goals as his new club unexpectedly defeated the reigning champion

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with a score of 3–1 in an away game. On 31 August 2016, he moved to Krylia Sovetov on a permanent basis.

Zenit St. Petersburg

On 10 January 2017, he signed a 3.5-year contract with

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on a €3 million transfer fee. Before the 2017–18 season, Zenit hired

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as their new manager and Mollo was moved to the second-tier farm-club

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. On 26 July 2017, he brought attention on himself by showing the middle finger to Zenit Saint Petersburg fans when being substituted. On 30 August 2017, he was released from his Zenit contract by mutual consent.

Fulham

On 31 August 2017, Mollo signed for championship side

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, signing a two-year contract. On 30 January 2018, Fulham announced the mutual termination of Mollo's contract, after featuring just six times for the club during his five months, and failing to play a full 90 minutes once.

Return to Krylia Sovetov Samara

On 6 September 2018, he returned to Russia, rejoining Krylia Sovetov Samara on a one-year deal. He left Krylia Sovetov in January 2019.

Sochaux

On 28 January 2019, he signed with

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until the end of the 2018–19 season.

Panathinaikos

On 25 July 2019, Mollo joined

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on a two-year contract. In January 2020 he joined Ligue 2 side

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on loan for the rest of the season. He made six appearances while Orléans placed last in the league when the season was abandoned due to the

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. On 23 October 2020, after 11 months he is again part of Panathinaikos' squad. Specifically, the French winger had played for last time on 24 November 2019 in a match against

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, as a late substitution. After a quarrel with club's coach

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, before a

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match with Xanthi F.C. he was loaned out, to return in the summer of 2020, with ex- Panathinaikos coach Dani Poyatos not counting on him.

Personal life

Mollo is of half Italian, and half

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descent. He is the cousin of

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Career statistics

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mollo, Yohan 1989 births Living people People from Martigues French Romani people French sportspeople of Italian descent French people of Romani descent Romani footballers Footballers from Bouches-du-Rhône French men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players Championnat National 2 players Championnat National 3 players La Liga players Russian Premier League players Russian First League players English Football League players Super League Greece players AS Monaco FC players Stade Malherbe Caen players AS Nancy Lorraine players AS Saint-Étienne players Granada CF footballers PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara players FC Zenit Saint Petersburg players FC Zenit-2 Saint Petersburg players Fulham F.C. players Al-Rayyan SC players FC Sochaux-Montbéliard players Panathinaikos F.C. players US Orléans players France men's under-21 international footballers French expatriate men's footballers French expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in Spain French expatriate sportspeople in Russia Expatriate men's footballers in Russia French expatriate sportspeople in England Expatriate men's footballers in England French expatriate sportspeople in Qatar Expatriate men's footballers in Qatar French expatriate sportspeople in Greece Expatriate men's footballers in Greece