Mohamed Yattara
{{short description|Guinean footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
{{Infobox football biography
|name = Mohamed Yattara
|image =
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|fullname = Mohamed Lamine Yattara
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1993|7|28|df=y}}
|birth_place = Conakry, Guinea
|position = Striker, attacking midfielder
|currentclub = Al Dhafra
|clubnumber = 19
|years1 = 2010–2013
|clubs1 = Lyon B
|caps1 = 28
|goals1 = 5
|years2 = 2010–2015
|clubs2 = Lyon
|caps2 = 21
|goals2 = 1
|years3 = 2012
|clubs3 = → Arles-Avignon (loan)
|caps3 = 19
|goals3 = 5
|years4 = 2012–2013
|clubs4 = → Troyes (loan)
|caps4 = 23
|goals4 = 3
|years5 = 2013
|clubs5 = → Troyes B (loan)
|caps5 = 1
|goals5 = 0
|years6 = 2013–2014
|clubs6 = → Angers (loan)
|caps6 = 30
|goals6 = 11
|years7 = 2015–2017
|clubs7 = Standard Liège
|caps7 = 12
|goals7 = 1
|years8 = 2016
|clubs8 = → Angers (loan)
|caps8 = 19
|goals8 = 2
|years9 = 2017
|clubs9 = → Auxerre (loan)
|caps9 = 17
|goals9 = 4
|years10 = 2017–2020
|clubs10 = Auxerre
|caps10 = 61
|goals10 = 17
|years11 = 2020–2021
|clubs11 = Sichuan Jiuniu
|caps11 = 15
|goals11 = 3
|years12 = 2022–2023
|clubs12 = Pau
|caps12 = 20
|goals12 = 1
|years13 = 2023–2024
|clubs13 = Ararat-Armenia
|caps13 = 28
|goals13 = 18
|years14 = 2024–
|clubs14 = Al Dhafra
|caps14 = 20
|goals14 = 15
|nationalyears1 = 2012–
|nationalteam1 = Guinea
|nationalcaps1 = 36
|nationalgoals1 = 12
|club-update = 13:15, 7 April 2025 (UTC)
|ntupdate = 12:27, 16 October 2022 (UTC)
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Mohamed Lamine Yattara (born 28 July 1993) is a Guinean professional footballer who last played for UAE First Division League club Al Dhafra and the Guinea national team as a striker.
Early and personal life
He is brothers of Ibrahim Yattara and Naby Yattara.{{citation needed|date=January 2017}}
Club career
Born in Conakry, Yattara has played club football for Lyon, Arles-Avignon and Troyes.{{NFT player|48314|accessdate=23 January 2017}} He signed a new two-year contract with Lyon in July 2014.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/28213238|title=Guinean Mohamed Yattara signs new contract with Lyon|date=8 July 2014|access-date=8 July 2014|publisher=BBC Sport}}
On 17 July 2015, Yattara was bought by Belgian side Standard Liège for €2 million with a possible future share of profits made from Yattara's sale.{{cite web|title=Transfert Mohamed Yattara (Lyon) transféré au Standard de Liège|trans-title=Mohamed Yattara (Lyon) transferred to Standard Liege|url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/Mohamed-yattara-lyon-transfere-au-standard-de-liege/575007|website=L'equipe.fr|access-date=20 July 2015|language=fr|date=17 July 2015}}
Yattara joined AJ Auxerre on loan in January 2017 for the remainder of the season.{{cite web|title=Mohamed Yattara va terminer la saison à Auxerre|trans-title=Mohamed Yattara to finish the season at Auxerre|url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/Mohamed-yattara-va-terminer-la-saison-a-auxerre/770403|website=L'equipe.fr|access-date=23 January 2017|language=fr|date=20 January 2017}}
He left Chinese club Sichuan Jiuniu in December 2021.{{Cite web|url=https://m.dongqiudi.com/article/2492220.html|title=官方：吕伟、赵恒、亚塔拉等7人离开四川九牛|亚塔拉|吕伟|李家赫|芦哲宇|四川九牛|赵恒|郑宇|叶尔达那|懂球帝|website=m.dongqiudi.com}}
In August 2022 he signed for Pau FC.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sudouest.fr/pyrenees-atlantiques/pau/football-le-pau-fc-annonce-l-arrivee-de-mohamed-yattara-11964337.php|title=Football : le Pau FC annonce l’arrivée de Mohamed Yattara|first=Rémi|last=Laxague|date=16 August 2022|via=Sud Ouest}}
On 14 August 2023, Ararat-Armenia announced the signing of Yattara from Pau.{{cite web |title= Նոր տրանսֆեր: #WelcomeMOHAMED |url=https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=768935085240611&set=a.536940855106703 |website=facebook.com/araratarmeniafc/ |publisher=FC Ararat-Armenia |access-date=20 August 2023 |language=Armenian |date=14 August 2023}} On 3 June 2024, Ararat-Armenia announced that Yattara had left the club after his contract expired.{{cite web |title=30-ամյա գվինեացի Մոհամեդ Յատտարայի և «Արարատ-Արմենիա» ֆուտբոլային ակումբի միջև կնքված պայմանագրի ժամկետն ավարտվել է, կողմերը համատեղ որոշում են կայացրել` չերկարաձգել այն։ |url=https://www.facebook.com/araratarmeniafc/videos/30-%D5%A1%D5%B4%D5%B5%D5%A1-%D5%A3%D5%BE%D5%AB%D5%B6%D5%A5%D5%A1%D6%81%D5%AB-%D5%B4%D5%B8%D5%B0%D5%A1%D5%B4%D5%A5%D5%A4-%D5%B5%D5%A1%D5%BF%D5%BF%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%AB-%D6%87-%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%BF-%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%B4%D5%A5%D5%B6%D5%AB%D5%A1-%D6%86%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%BF%D5%A2%D5%B8%D5%AC%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%AB%D5%B6-%D5%A1%D5%AF%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B4%D5%A2%D5%AB-%D5%B4%D5%AB%D5%BB%D6%87-%D5%AF%D5%B6%D6%84/2222626518107795/ |website=facebook.com/araratarmeniafc |publisher=FC Ararat-Armenia Facebook |access-date=15 June 2024 |language=Armenian |date=3 June 2024}}
International career
He made his international debut for Guinea in 2012 and was included in the nation's squad for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/30636144|title=2015 Nations Cup: Constant included in Guinea squad|date=31 December 2014|access-date=29 April 2015|publisher=BBC Sport}} In team's opening match, Yattara scored the opening goal as Guinea drew 1–1 with the Ivory Coast.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/30791091|title=Ivory Coast 1–1 Guinea|access-date=24 January 2015|work=BBC}} In April 2015, he spoke about the bright future of Guinea in international football.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/32496600|title=Lyon's Mohamed Yattara predicts a bright future for Guinea|date=28 April 2015|access-date=29 April 2015|author=Oluwashina Okeleji|publisher=BBC Sport}}
Career statistics
=Club=
{{updated|match played 5 April 2025}}{{Soccerway|mohamed-lamine-yattara/161653|access-date=31 December 2020}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | ||||||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|National Cup !colspan="2"|League Cup !colspan="2"|Continental !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan=3|Lyon B
|Championnat de France amateur |18 | 3 | colspan="8" | ||||||||||
| |18 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 2011–12
|Championnat de France amateur |10 | 2 | colspan="8" | ||||||||||
| |10 | 2 | |||||||||||
| colspan=2 | Total
!28 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 5 | |
| Lyon
|21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | colspan="2" | ||||
| |23 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Arles-Avignon (loan)
|19 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="4" | ||||||
| |19 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Troyes (loan)
|Ligue 1 |23 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | colspan="4" | ||||||
| |30 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Troyes B (loan)
|2012–13 |1 | 0 | colspan="8" | ||||||||||
| |1 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Angers (loan)
|Ligue 2 |30 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | colspan="4" | ||||||
| |34 | 14 | |||||||||||
| rowspan=3|Standard Liège
|12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2" | ||||||||
| |4 | 0 | colspan="2" | ||||||||||
| |16 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 2016–17
|Belgian Pro League |0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2" | ||||||||
| |0 | 0 | 1{{efn|name=BSC|Appearances in Belgian Super Cup}} | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||
| colspan=2 | Total
!12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 1 | |
| Angers (loan)
|Ligue 1 |19 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="4" | ||||||
| |20 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Auxerre (loan)
|Ligue 2 |17 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | colspan="4" | ||||||
| |19 | 5 | |||||||||||
| rowspan=4|Auxerre
|Ligue 2 |24 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="4" | ||||||
| |25 | 10 | |||||||||||
| 2018–19
|Ligue 2 |26 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="4" | ||||||
| |27 | 4 | |||||||||||
| 2019–20
|Ligue 2 |11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="4" | ||||||
| |12 | 3 | |||||||||||
| colspan=2 | Total
!61 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 17 | |
| rowspan=3|Sichuan Jiuniu
|2020 |China League One |10 | 3 | colspan="8" | ||||||||||
| |10 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 2021
|China League One |5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="6" | ||||||||
| |5 | 0 | |||||||||||
| colspan=2 | Total
!15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3 | |
| Pau
|Ligue 2 |20 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2" | ||||||
| |colspan="2" | ||||||||||||
| |24 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Pau II
|Championnat National 3 |2 | 1 | colspan="8" | ||||||||||
| |2 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Ararat-Armenia
|28 | 18 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2" | ||||||||
| |0 | 0 | colspan="2" | ||||||||||
| |30 | 18 | |||||||||||
| Al Dhafra{{cite web |title=Mohamed Lamine Yattara |url=https://www.uaefa.ae/en/profile/104525 |website=uaefa.ae |publisher=UAE Football Association |access-date=7 April 2025}}
|20 | 15 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2" | ||||||||
| |colspan="2" | ||||||||||||
| |colspan="2" | ||||||||||||
| |20 | 15 | |||||||||||
| colspan=3 | Career total
!316 | 87 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 346 | 94 |
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=International=
{{Updated|matches played on 14 July 2019}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" | ||
| colspan="3"|Guinea national team | ||
| Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 3 | 1 |
| 2013 | 5 | 3 |
| 2014 | 4 | 2 |
| 2015 | 9 | 2 |
| 2016 | 4 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2 | 1 |
| 2019 | 6 | 2 |
| Total||33||12 |
=International goals=
:Scores and results list Guinea's goal tally first.
| class="wikitable"
! No !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition | ||||||
| 1. | 9 September 2012 | rowspan=4 | Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry, Guinea | {{fb|NIG}} | align=center | 1–0 | align=center | 1–0 | 2013 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
| 2. | rowspan="2" | 9 June 2013 | rowspan="2" | {{fb|MOZ}} | align=center | 1–0 | rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"| 6–1 | rowspan="3" | 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification | |
| 3. | align=center | 6–1 | |||||
| 4. | 16 June 2013 | {{fb|ZIM}} | align=center | 1–0 | align=center | 1–0 | ||
| 5. | 25 May 2014 | Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Paris, France | {{fb|MLI}} | align=center | 2–1 | align=center | 2–1 | Friendly |
| 6. | 15 October 2014 | Accra Sports Stadium, Accra, Ghana | {{fb|GHA}} | align=center | 1–1 | align=center | 1–3 | 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
| 7. | 20 January 2015 | Estadio de Malabo, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea | {{fb|CIV}} | align=center | 1–0 | align=center | 1–1 | 2015 Africa Cup of Nations |
| 8. | 12 October 2015 | Stade Adrar, Agadir, Morocco | {{fb|MAR}} | align=center | 1–0 | align=center | 1–1 | Friendly |
| 9. | 29 March 2016 | Kamuzu Stadium, Blantyre, Malawi | {{fb|MAW}} | align=center | 1–1 | align=center | 2–1 | 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
| 10. | 18 November 2018 | Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry, Guinea | {{fb|CIV}} | align=center | 1–0 | align=center | 1–1 | 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
| 11. | rowspan="2" | 30 June 2019 | rowspan="2" | Al Salam Stadium, Cairo, Egypt | rowspan="2" | {{fb|BDI}} | align=center | 1–0 | rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"| 2–0 | rowspan="2" | 2019 Africa Cup of Nations |
| 12. | align=center | 2–0 |
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- {{LFP|yattara-mohamed-lamine}}
{{Al Dhafra FC squad}}
{{Guinea squad 2015 Africa Cup of Nations}}
{{Guinea squad 2019 Africa Cup of Nations}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Yattara, Mohamed}}
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