Mohamed Yattara

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.

Mohamed Yattara

Personal information
Full name	Mohamed Lamine Yattara[1]
Date of birth	(1993-07-28) 28 July 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth	Conakry, Guinea
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s)	Striker, attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team	Al Dhafra
Number	19
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2010–2013	Lyon B	28	(5)
2010–2015	Lyon	21	(1)
2012	→ Arles-Avignon (loan)	19	(5)
2012–2013	→ Troyes (loan)	23	(3)
2013	→ Troyes B (loan)	1	(0)
2013–2014	→ Angers (loan)	30	(11)
2015–2017	Standard Liège	12	(1)
2016	→ Angers (loan)	19	(2)
2017	→ Auxerre (loan)	17	(4)
2017–2020	Auxerre	61	(17)
2020–2021	Sichuan Jiuniu	15	(3)
2022–2023	Pau	20	(1)
2023–2024	Ararat-Armenia	28	(18)
2024–	Al Dhafra	0	(0)
International career‡
2012–	Guinea	36	(12)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 June 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12:27, 16 October 2022 (UTC)

Early and personal life

He is brothers of Ibrahim Yattara and Naby Yattara.^{[citation needed]}

Club career

Born in Conakry, Yattara has played club football for Lyon, Arles-Avignon and Troyes.^[1] He signed a new two-year contract with Lyon in July 2014.^[2]

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.^[3]

Yattara joined AJ Auxerre on loan in January 2017 for the remainder of the season.^[4]

He left Chinese club Sichuan Jiuniu in December 2021.^[5]

In August 2022 he signed for Pau FC.^[6]

On 14 August 2023, Ararat-Armenia announced the signing of Yattara from Pau.^[7] On 3 June 2024, Ararat-Armenia announced that Yattara had left the club after his contract expired.^[8]

International career

He made his international debut for Guinea in 2012^[1] and was included in the nation's squad for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations.^[9] In team's opening match, Yattara scored the opening goal as Guinea drew 1–1 with the Ivory Coast.^[10] In April 2015, he spoke about the bright future of Guinea in international football.^[11]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 26 May 2024^[12]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National Cup		League Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Lyon B	2010–11	Championnat de France amateur	18	3	-								18	3
	2011–12	Championnat de France amateur	10	2	-								10	2
	Total		28	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	28	5
Lyon	2014–15	Ligue 1	21	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	-		23	1
Arles-Avignon (loan)	2011–12	Ligue 2	19	5	0	0	0	0	-				19	5
Troyes (loan)	2012–13	Ligue 1	23	3	4	0	3	1	-				30	4
Troyes B (loan)	2012–13	Championnat National 3	1	0	-								1	0
Angers (loan)	2013–14	Ligue 2	30	11	4	3	0	0	-				34	14
Standard Liège	2015–16	Belgian Pro League	12	1	0	0	-		4	0	-		16	1
	2016–17	Belgian Pro League	0	0	0	0	-		0	0	1[a]	0	1	0
	Total		12	1	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	17	1
Angers (loan)	2015–16	Ligue 1	19	2	1	0	0	0	-				20	2
Auxerre (loan)	2016–17	Ligue 2	17	4	2	1	0	0	-				19	5
Auxerre	2017–18	Ligue 2	24	10	1	0	0	0	-				25	10
	2018–19	Ligue 2	26	4	0	0	1	0	-				27	4
	2019–20	Ligue 2	11	3	1	0	0	0	-				12	3
	Total		61	17	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	64	17
Sichuan Jiuniu	2020	China League One	10	3	-								10	3
	2021	China League One	5	0	0	0	-						5	0
	Total		15	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	3
Pau	2022–23	Ligue 2	20	1	4	0	0	0	-		-		24	1
Pau II	2022–23	Championnat National 3	2	1	-								2	1
Ararat-Armenia	2023–24	Armenian Premier League	28	18	2	0	-		0	0	-		30	18
Career total			299	69	19	4	4	1	6	2	1	0	326	79

1. Appearances in Belgian Super Cup

International

As of matches played on 14 July 2019^[1]

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.^[1]

No	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	9 September 2012	Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry, Guinea	Niger	1–0	1–0	2013 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
2.	9 June 2013		Mozambique	1–0	6–1	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
3.				6–1
4.	16 June 2013		Zimbabwe	1–0	1–0
5.	25 May 2014	Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Paris, France	Mali	2–1	2–1	Friendly
6.	15 October 2014	Accra Sports Stadium, Accra, Ghana	Ghana	1–1	1–3	2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
7.	20 January 2015	Estadio de Malabo, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea	Ivory Coast	1–0	1–1	2015 Africa Cup of Nations
8.	12 October 2015	Stade Adrar, Agadir, Morocco	Morocco	1–0	1–1	Friendly
9.	29 March 2016	Kamuzu Stadium, Blantyre, Malawi	Malawi	1–1	2–1	2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
10.	18 November 2018	Stade du 28 Septembre, Conakry, Guinea	Ivory Coast	1–0	1–1	2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
11.	30 June 2019	Al Salam Stadium, Cairo, Egypt	Burundi	1–0	2–0	2019 Africa Cup of Nations
12.				2–0

References

1. "Mohamed Yattara". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
2. "Guinean Mohamed Yattara signs new contract with Lyon". BBC Sport. 8 July 2014. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
3. "Transfert Mohamed Yattara (Lyon) transféré au Standard de Liège" [Mohamed Yattara (Lyon) transferred to Standard Liege]. L'equipe.fr (in French). 17 July 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
4. "Mohamed Yattara va terminer la saison à Auxerre" [Mohamed Yattara to finish the season at Auxerre]. L'equipe.fr (in French). 20 January 2017. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
5. "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". m.dongqiudi.com.
6. Laxague, Rémi (16 August 2022). "Football : le Pau FC annonce l'arrivée de Mohamed Yattara" – via Sud Ouest.
7. "Նոր տրանսֆեր: #WelcomeMOHAMED". facebook.com/araratarmeniafc/ (in Armenian). FC Ararat-Armenia. 14 August 2023. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
8. "30-ամյա գվինեացի Մոհամեդ Յատտարայի և «Արարատ-Արմենիա» ֆուտբոլային ակումբի միջև կնքված պայմանագրի ժամկետն ավարտվել է, կողմերը համատեղ որոշում են կայացրել` չերկարաձգել այն։". facebook.com/araratarmeniafc (in Armenian). FC Ararat-Armenia Facebook. 3 June 2024. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
9. "2015 Nations Cup: Constant included in Guinea squad". BBC Sport. 31 December 2014. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
10. "Ivory Coast 1–1 Guinea". BBC. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
11. Oluwashina Okeleji (28 April 2015). "Lyon's Mohamed Yattara predicts a bright future for Guinea". BBC Sport. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
12. Mohamed Yattara at Soccerway. Retrieved 31 December 2020.

External links

• Mohamed Yattara – French league stats at LFP – also available in French (archived)