Yohan Mollo
{{short description|French footballer (born 1989)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Yohan Mollo
| image = Yohan Mollo 2017.jpg
| caption = Mollo with Zenit Saint Petersburg
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1989|7|18|df=y}}
| birth_place = Martigues, France
| height = 1.75 m
| position = Winger
Right-back
| currentclub = Olympique Alès
| clubnumber =
| youthyears1 = 1996–2003
| youthclubs1 = Marseille
| youthyears2 = 2003–2004
| youthclubs2 = Aubagne
| youthyears3 = 2004–2008
| youthclubs3 = Monaco
| years1 = 2008–2011
| clubs1 = Monaco
| caps1 = 42
| goals1 = 2
| years2 = 2010–2011
| clubs2 = → Caen II (loan)
| caps2 = 2
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2010–2011
| clubs3 = → Caen (loan)
| caps3 = 35
| goals3 = 4
| years4 = 2011–2012
| clubs4 = Granada
| caps4 = 6
| goals4 = 0
| years5 = 2011–2012
| clubs5 = → Nancy (loan)
| caps5 = 19
| goals5 = 3
| years6 = 2012–2013
| clubs6 = Nancy
| caps6 = 17
| goals6 = 3
| years7 = 2012–2013
| clubs7 = Nancy II
| caps7 = 1
| goals7 = 0
| years8 = 2012–2013
| clubs8 = → Saint-Étienne (loan)
| caps8 = 19
| goals8 = 4
| years9 = 2013–2016
| clubs9 = Saint-Étienne II
| caps9 = 4
| goals9 = 2
| years10 = 2013–2016
| clubs10 = Saint-Étienne
| caps10 = 51
| goals10 = 5
| years11 = 2015–2016
| clubs11= → Krylia Sovetov Samara (loan)
| caps11 = 23
| goals11 = 0
| years12 = 2016–2017
| clubs12 = Krylia Sovetov Samara
| caps12 = 12
| goals12 = 5
| years13 = 2017
| clubs13 = Zenit Saint Petersburg
| caps13 = 7
| goals13 = 1
| years14 = 2017
| clubs14 = → Zenit-2 Saint Petersburg
| caps14 = 4
| goals14 = 0
| years15 = 2017–2018
| clubs15 = Fulham
| caps15 = 6
| goals15 = 0
| years16 = 2018
| clubs16 = Al-Rayyan
| caps16 = 0
| goals16 = 0
| years17 = 2018
| clubs17 = Krylia Sovetov Samara
| caps17 = 7
| goals17 = 0
| years18 = 2019
| clubs18 = Sochaux
| caps18 = 16
| goals18 = 2
| years19 = 2019–2021
| clubs19 = Panathinaikos
| caps19 = 29
| goals19 = 1
| years20 = 2020
| clubs20 = → Orléans (loan)
| caps20 = 6
| goals20 = 0
| years21 = 2021–2023
| clubs21 = Hyères
| caps21 = 52
| goals21 = 2
| years22 = 2023–2024
| clubs22 = Istres
| caps22 = 25
| goals22 = 1
| years23 = 2024–
| clubs23 = Olympique Alès
| caps23 = 2
| goals23 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 2008–2010
| nationalteam1 = France U21
| nationalcaps1 = 8
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| club-update = 08:53, 2 February 2025 (UTC)
}}
Yohan Mollo (born 18 July 1989) is a French professional footballer who plays as a winger or right-back for National 3 club Olympique Alès.
Career
=Youth career=
Mollo began his football career with Olympique de Marseille 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 principality-based side Monaco.[http://www.asm-fc.com/article.aspx?id=6698 Yohan Mollo : " Notre force : l'esprit d'équipe "] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707175818/http://www.asm-fc.com/article.aspx?id=6698 |date=7 July 2011 }}
=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.{{cite web|url=https://as-monaco.net/transferts-ewerthon-refuse-monaco|title=Transferts - Ewerthon refuse Monaco - AS Monaco Website|website=as-monaco.net}}
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 OGC Nice appearing as a substitute.[http://www.lfp.fr/ligue1/feuilleMatch.asp?saison=2008/2009&code_evt=D1&code_jr_tr=J09&num_ordre=6 Monaco v. Nice Match Report] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081023085200/http://www.lfp.fr/ligue1/feuilleMatch.asp?saison=2008%2F2009&code_evt=D1&code_jr_tr=J09&num_ordre=6 |date=23 October 2008 }}
On 7 December 2009, Mollo signed his first professional contract with Monaco.{{cite web|url=https://www.goal.com/fr/news/29/ligue-1/2009/12/04/1665084/ligue-1-premier-contrat-pro-pour-mollo|title=Ligue 1 - Premier contrat pro pour Mollo - Goal.com|website=www.goal.com}}
=Krylia Sovetov Samara=
In the summer of 2015, he joined Krylia Sovetov Samara in the Russian Football Premier League on loan.{{cite web|publisher=FC Krylia Sovetov Samara|url=http://www.kc-camapa.ru/cgi-bin/newsprn.cgi?12603|script-title=ru:"Крылья" взяли в аренду Йоана Молло|date=20 August 2015|language=ru}} 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 FC Zenit Saint Petersburg with a score of 3–1 in an away game. On 31 August 2016, he moved to Krylia Sovetov on a permanent basis.{{cite web|publisher=AS Saint-Étienne|url=http://www.asse.fr/fr/Actualites-du-club/Yohan-mollo-transfere-au-fk-krylia-sovetov-ac17573|title=Yohan Mollo transféré au FK Krylia Sovetov|language=fr|date=31 August 2016}}
=Zenit St. Petersburg=
On 10 January 2017, he signed a 3.5-year contract with Zenit Saint Petersburg on a €3 million transfer fee.{{cite web|publisher=FC Zenit Saint Petersburg|url=http://fc-zenit.ru/news/feed/2017/01/10/yoan-mollo-prodolzhit-kareru-v-zenite/|script-title=ru:Йоан Молло продолжит карьеру в «Зените»|date=10 January 2017|language=ru}} Before the 2017–18 season, Zenit hired Roberto Mancini as their new manager and Mollo was moved to the second-tier farm-club FC Zenit-2 Saint Petersburg. 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.{{cite web|publisher=RIA Novosti|url=https://rsport.ria.ru/football/20170830/1125020508.html|title=FC Zenit dissolves Mollo's contract by mutual consent|date=30 August 2017|language=ru}}
=Fulham=
On 31 August 2017, Mollo signed for championship side Fulham, signing a two-year contract.{{cite web|url=http://www.fulhamfc.com/news/2017/august/31/mollo-joins-fulham|title=Mollo Joins Fulham|website=www.fulhamfc.com|date=31 August 2017}} On 30 January 2018, Fulham announced the mutual termination of Mollo's contract,{{Cite web|url=http://www.fulhamfc.com/news/2018/january/30/mollo-departs|title=Mollo Departs {{!}} Fulham Football Club|website=www.fulhamfc.com|language=en|access-date=31 January 2018}} after featuring just six times for the club during his five months, and failing to play a full 90 minutes once.{{Cite web|url=http://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=54071|title=Yohan Mollo {{!}} Football Stats {{!}} Fulham U21 {{!}} Age 28 {{!}} Soccer Base|website=www.soccerbase.com|access-date=31 January 2018}}
=Return to Krylia Sovetov Samara=
On 6 September 2018, he returned to Russia, rejoining Krylia Sovetov Samara on a one-year deal.{{cite web|publisher=FC Krylia Sovetov Samara|url=http://www.kc-camapa.ru/cgi-bin/newsprn.cgi?16472|script-title=ru:Молло будет внесен в заявку "Крыльев" после медобследования|date=6 September 2018|language=ru}} He left Krylia Sovetov in January 2019.{{cite news|publisher=Championat|url=https://www.championat.com/football/article-3645725-shikunov--o-transferah-ananidze-samedova-timofeeva-iz-spartaka.html|script-title=ru:Самедов и Джано – в «Крыльях». Ждать ли Попова?|trans-title=Samedov and Jano in Krylia. Should we wait for Popov?|language=ru|date=10 January 2019|last1=Бороздин |first1=Даниил }}
=Sochaux=
On 28 January 2019, he signed with Sochaux until the end of the 2018–19 season.{{cite web|publisher=FC Sochaux-Montbéliard|url=http://www.fcsochaux.fr/fr/index.php/article/33-communique/12608-yohan-mollo-s-engage-avec-le-fcsm|title=Communiqué : Yohan Mollo s'engage avec le FCSM|trans-title=News Release : Yohan Mollo Commits with FCSM|language=fr|date=28 January 2019}}
=Panathinaikos=
On 25 July 2019, Mollo joined Panathinaikos on a two-year contract.{{cite web |url=https://www.sport24.gr/football/omades/Panathinaikos/panathhnaikos-pairnei-kai-ton-molo-gia-dyo-xronia.5567118.html |title=Παναθηναϊκός: Παίρνει και τον Μολό για δύο χρόνια |publisher=www.sport24.gr |date=25 July 2019}}
In January 2020 he joined Ligue 2 side US Orléans 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 COVID-19 pandemic.{{cite news |last1=Paumier |first1=Patrick |title=Football: en fin de prêt, Yohan Mollo quitte l'US Orléans |url=https://www.larep.fr/orleans-45000/sports/football-en-fin-de-pret-yohan-mollo-quitte-l-us-orleans_13786637/ |access-date=1 August 2020 |work=La République du Centre |date=9 May 2020 |language=fr}}
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 Panetolikos, as a late substitution. After a quarrel with club's coach Giorgos Donis, before a Super League 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.{{cite web |url=https://www.tanea.gr/2020/10/23/sports/panathinaikos-stin-apostoli-meta-apo-11-mines-o-molo/ |title=Παναθηναϊκός : Στην αποστολή μετά από 11 μήνες ο Μολό |publisher=www.tanea.gr |date=23 October 2020}}
=Olympique Alès=
On 5 December 2024, Mollo signed with Olympique Alès in the fifth-tier Championnat National 3.{{cite web|publisher=Olympique Alès|url=https://www.facebook.com/OACOfficiel/posts/pfbid02Gn169KqvBpcvvhW1mwTDMqsDP8mCjegXQRuqD4SCTyEFPxSycr8YrDbjGco85CtDl|title=UNE BELLE SIGNATURE|trans-title=A NICE SIGNATURE|date=5 December 2024|language=fr}}
Personal life
Mollo is of half Italian, and half Romani descent. He is the cousin of André-Pierre Gignac.{{cite web|url=https://www.ouest-france.fr/yohan-mollo-une-question-de-physique-256831|title=Yohan Mollo, une question de physique|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190529175901/https://www.ouest-france.fr/yohan-mollo-une-question-de-physique-256831|archive-date=2019-05-29|access-date=2023-08-30}}
Career statistics
{{Updated|match played 18:08, 12 May 2021 (UTC).}}{{Soccerway|53558|Yohan Mollo}}
| 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"|Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan="3"|Monaco
|rowspan="2"|Ligue 1 |24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 24 | 2 | ||
| 2009–10
|18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 19 | 0 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!42 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 2 | |
| Caen II (loan)
|CFA |2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Caen (loan)
|Ligue 1 |35 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 38 | 4 | ||
| Granada
|6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 7 | 0 | |||
| Nancy (loan)
|Ligue 1 |19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 19 | 3 | ||
| rowspan="3"|Nancy
|Ligue 1 |17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 18 | 3 | ||
| 2013–14
|2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 2 | 0 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 3 | |
| Nancy II
|CFA |1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Saint-Étienne (loan)
|Ligue 1 |19 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 25 | 4 | ||
| rowspan="3"|Saint-Étienne II
|2 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 2 | 1 | ||||
| 2014–15
|CFA |2 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 2 | 1 | ||||
| colspan="2"|Total
!4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | |
| rowspan="4"|Saint-Étienne
|rowspan="3"|Ligue 1 |17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 19 | 1 | ||
| 2014–15
|23 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 4 | |
| 2015–16
|1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| colspan="2"|Total
!51 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 63 | 5 | |
| Krylia Sovetov (loan)
|23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 25 | 0 | |||
| Krylia Sovetov
|Russian Premier League |12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 13 | 5 | |||
| Zenit Saint Petersburg
|Russian Premier League |7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 7 | 1 | |||
| Zenit-2 Saint Petersburg
|Russian National Football League |4 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 4 | 0 | ||||
| Fulham
|6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 6 | 0 | ||
| Krylia Sovetov
|Russian Premier League |7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 7 | 0 | |||
| Sochaux
|Ligue 2 |16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 16 | 2 | ||
| rowspan="3"|Panathinaikos
|rowspan="2"|Super League 1 |5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 6 | 1 | ||
| 2020-21
|24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 26 | 0 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!29 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 1 | |
| Orléans (loan)
|Ligue 2 |6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 6 | 0 | ||
| colspan="3"|Career total
!281 | 32 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 306 | 32 |
Honours
Saint-Étienne
|url=https://www.francetvinfo.fr/sports/foot/coupe-de-la-ligue/saint-etienne-rennes-la-composition-des-equipes_4601365.html
|title=Saint-Etienne-Rennes: la composition des équipes
|publisher=francetvinfo.fr
|date=20 April 2013 |access-date=27 February 2024}}
References
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External links
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