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Yann M'Vila (born 29 June 1990 in Amiens) is a French football player of Congolese descent currently playing for Ligue 1 club Rennes. M'Vila is a France youth international and has captained several of his age groups including the under-19 team that reached the semi-finals of the 2009 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship. He is currently playing for the under-21 team. He operates as a box-to-box midfielder and is known for his technical skill and physical strength.[1] He is the younger brother of Yohan M'Vila, who plays for Ligue 2 club Dijon.
[edit] Football career[edit] Early careerConsidered a bright prospect for the future, M'Vila began his football career playing for his hometown club Amiens SC, joining the club as a youth player. After spending an enriching seven years at the club, he moved to Brittany joining the prestigious youth academy of Stade Rennais F.C. in 2004 signing a five-year élite (youth) contract with the club. [edit] RennesAmong M'Vila's teammates in the youth system included fellow prospects Damien Le Tallec, the younger brother of Anthony Le Tallec, Yohann Lasimant, Abdoul Camara, and Yacine Brahimi. The combination of M'Vila, Brahimi, Camara, and Le Tallec, all four being members of the class of 1990, were particularly instrumental in their youth team's successes helping their age groups win the 2006 edition of the under-16 Tournoi Carisport, as well as capturing the under-18 championship for the 2006–07 season, and also winning the Coupe Gambardella in 2008. In the Coupe Gamberdella final against Bordeaux, M'Vila faced off against fellow French starlet Grégory Sertic, and scored on a beautiful left footed strike from 25 meters out helping the team to a 3–0 victory. Following the 2006–07 season, on 11 August, M'Vila, alongside teammates Le Tallec and Camara, signed his first professional contract agreeing to a three-year deal.[2] He spent the entire season in the reserves, before being officially promoted to the senior squad and assigned the number 15 shirt for the 2008–09 season. Due to having minor surgery on his toenail[3], he missed significant practice time with the senior team and began the season with the club's Championnat de France amateur team. He appeared in 20 matches scoring no goals helping the side finish 1st among professional clubs in their group, thus qualifying for the playoffs, where they lost to Lyon in the semi-finals.[4] Following a successful international season with France, on 13 August, new manager Frédéric Antonetti announced that M'Vila would be earning some significant playing time with the club for the 2009–10 season.[5] Two days later, after appearing with the CFA team in the first week of the season, he was named to the 19-man squad to face Nice.[6] He made his highly anticipated debut in that match appearing as a substitute in the 80th minute.[7] Due to the suspension of Japanese midfielder Junichi Inamoto, he earned his first start the following week against Marseille. He played the entire match, which ended 1–1.[8] The following week, against Lens, M'Vila earned his first career red card.[9] On 15 September 2009, M'Vila signed a contract extension with Rennes until June 2013.[10] [edit] International careerM'Vila has featured for all of France's national youth teams beginning with the under-16 team earning his first selection in May 2006. He was a member of the under-17 team that reached the semi-finals at the 2007 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship before losing to England. He scored a goal in the tournament against group stage opponents Ukraine in a 2–2 draw. The draw resulted in France advancing to the 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup held in South Korea.[11] M'Vila appeared in all 5 matches helping France reach the quarter-finals before losing to Spain on penalties. M'Vila also scored a goal for the under-17s in the annual Algarve Cup.[12] With the under-19 team, M'Vila appeared in all 18 matches scoring 3 goals. He was given the honor of captaining the squad by coach Jean Gallice. He scored one goal during the qualification process against Romania in a 3–0 victory. The victory assured qualification to the tournament.[13] At the tournament, held in the Ukraine, M'Vila appeared in all three group stage matches helping France reach the semi-finals. Due to picking up his second yellow in back-to-back matches in the final group stage match against Spain, he missed the semi-final defeat to England. Upon receiving the yellow card against Spain, a very distraught M'Vila palmed his face into his knees as he knew he would miss the important semi-final match.[14] Just days after the under-19 elimination, M'Vila was called up to the under-21 team, the only one of the under-19 squad, to participate in the team's friendly match against Poland on 12 August.[15] He made his under-21 debut in that match appearing as a substitute in the 74th minute of a 2–2 draw.[16] [edit] References
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