{{short description|Guinean footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} {{Infobox football biography |name = Mohamed Yattara |image = |image_size = |caption = |fullname = Mohamed Lamine Yattara<ref name="NFT"/> |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1993|7|28|df=y}} |birth_place = Conakry, Guinea |height = 1.84 m<ref name="NFT"/> |position = Striker, attacking midfielder |currentclub = Dibba Al-Hisn |clubnumber = 9 |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 = 2024–2025 |clubs14 = Al Dhafra |caps14 = |goals14 = |years15 = 2025–2026 |clubs15 = Zakho |caps15 = |goals15 = |years16 = 2026– |clubs16 = Dibba Al-Hisn |caps16 = |goals16 = |nationalyears1 = 2012– |nationalteam1 = Guinea |nationalcaps1 = 36 |nationalgoals1 = 12 |club-update = 15:55, 9 December 2025 (UTC) |ntupdate = 12:27, 16 October 2022 (UTC) }} '''Mohamed Lamine Yattara''' (born 28 July 1993) is a Guinean professional footballer who last played for Dibba Al-Hisn 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.<ref name = "NFT">{{NFT player|48314|accessdate=23 January 2017}}</ref> He signed a new two-year contract with Lyon in July 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/28213238|title=Guinean Mohamed Yattara signs new contract with Lyon|date=8 July 2014|access-date=8 July 2014|publisher=BBC Sport}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

Yattara joined AJ Auxerre on loan in January 2017 for the remainder of the season.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

He left Chinese club Sichuan Jiuniu in December 2021.<ref>{{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&#124;亚塔拉&#124;吕伟&#124;李家赫&#124;芦哲宇&#124;四川九牛&#124;赵恒&#124;郑宇&#124;叶尔达那&#124;懂球帝|website=m.dongqiudi.com}}</ref>

In August 2022 he signed for Pau FC.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

On 14 August 2023, Ararat-Armenia announced the signing of Yattara from Pau.<ref>{{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}}</ref> On 3 June 2024, Ararat-Armenia announced that Yattara had left the club after his contract expired.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

On 4 August 2025, Iraq Stars League club Zakho SC announced the signing of Yattara.<ref>{{cite web |title=Zakho officially signs Guinean striker Mohamed Yattara from Al Dhafra Club of the UAE |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/DM8Yg0psegc/ |website=instagram.com/zakhosc1987/ |publisher=Zakho SC Instagram |access-date=9 December 2025 |date=4 August 2025}}</ref> On 7 January 2026, Zakho announced the departure of Yattara from the club.<ref>{{cite web |title=On behalf of the management board, coaches, fans, and the great family of our club, we thank you, Mohammed Yatara. |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/DTNK29BiEWA/ |website=instagram.com/zakhosc1987/ |publisher=Zakho SC Instagram |access-date=12 January 2026|date=7 January 2026}}</ref>

==International career== He made his international debut for Guinea in 2012<ref name="NFT"/> and was included in the nation's squad for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/30636144|title=2015 Nations Cup: Constant included in Guinea squad|date=31 December 2014|access-date=29 April 2015|publisher=BBC Sport}}</ref> In team's opening match, Yattara scored the opening goal as Guinea drew 1–1 with the Ivory Coast.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/30791091|title=Ivory Coast 1–1 Guinea|access-date=24 January 2015|work=BBC}}</ref> In April 2015, he spoke about the bright future of Guinea in international football.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/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}}</ref>

==Career statistics==

===Club=== {{updated|match played 5 April 2025}}<ref>{{Soccerway|mohamed-lamine-yattara/161653|access-date=31 December 2020}}</ref>

{| 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 |2010–11 |Championnat de France amateur |18||3||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||18||3 |- |2011–12 |Championnat de France amateur |10||2||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||10||2 |- ! colspan=2 | Total !28!!5!!colspan="2"|—!!colspan="2"|—!!colspan="2"|—!!colspan="2"|—!!28!!5 |- |Lyon |2014–15 |Ligue 1 |21||1||0||0||0||0||2||2||colspan="2"|—||23||3 |- |Arles-Avignon (loan) |2011–12 |Ligue 2 |19||5||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||19||5 |- |Troyes (loan) |2012–13 |Ligue 1 |23||3||4||0||3||1||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||30||4 |- |Troyes B (loan) |2012–13 |Championnat National 3 |1||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||1||0 |- |Angers (loan) |2013–14 |Ligue 2 |30||11||4||3||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||34||14 |- |rowspan=3|Standard Liège |2015–16 |Belgian Pro League |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!!colspan="2"|—!!4!!0!!1!!0!!17!!1 |- |Angers (loan) |2015–16 |Ligue 1 |19||2||1||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||20||2 |- |Auxerre (loan) |2016–17 |Ligue 2 |17||4||2||1||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||19||5 |- |rowspan=4|Auxerre |2017–18 |Ligue 2 |24||10||1||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||25||10 |- |2018–19 |Ligue 2 |26||4||0||0||1||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||27||4 |- |2019–20 |Ligue 2 |11||3||1||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||12||3 |- ! colspan=2 | Total !61!!17!!2!!0!!1!!0!!colspan="2"|—!!colspan="2"|—!!64!!17 |- |rowspan=3|Sichuan Jiuniu |2020 |China League One |10||3||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||10||3 |- |2021 |China League One |5||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||5||0 |- ! colspan=2 | Total !15!!3!!0!!0!!colspan="2"|—!!colspan="2"|—!!colspan="2"|—!!15!!3 |- |Pau |2022–23 |Ligue 2 |20||1||4||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||24||1 |- |Pau II |2022–23 |Championnat National 3 |2||1||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||2||1 |- |Ararat-Armenia |2023–24 |Armenian Premier League |28||18||2||0||colspan="2"|—||0||0||colspan="2"|—||30||18 |- |Al Dhafra<ref>{{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}}</ref> |2024–25 |UAE First Division League |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 |} {{notelist}}

===International=== {{Updated|matches played on 14 July 2019}}<ref name="NFT"/>

{| 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.''<ref name="NFT"/>

{| 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}}

{{Dibba Al-Hisn SC squad}} {{Guinea squad 2015 Africa Cup of Nations}} {{Guinea squad 2019 Africa Cup of Nations}}

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