Youl Mawéné
Mawéné whilst at Preston North End
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Youl Alidor Mawéné | ||
| Date of birth | 16 July 1979 | ||
| Place of birth | Caen, France | ||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Fleetwood Town (Fitness Coach) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1998–1999 | Lens B | 15 | (0) |
| 1999–2000 | Lens | 6 | (0) |
| 2000–2004 | Derby County | 55 | (1) |
| 2004–2010 | Preston North End | 174 | (8) |
| 2010–2011 | Panserraikos | 19 | (0) |
| 2011–2012 | Aberdeen | 22 | (2) |
| 2012–2013 | Fleetwood Town | 19 | (0) |
| Total | 310 | (11) | |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:30, 10 July 2014 (UTC). |
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Youl Alidor Mawéné (born 16 July 1979) is a French former footballer who is currently employed as the fitness coach at Fleetwood Town. Youl's younger brother, Samy, is also a retired footballer.
Born in Caen, France to a Congolese father, Mawéné started his career at Lens. He featured in the Lens side that reached the semi-finals of the 1999–2000 UEFA Cup. However, Mawéné made only one appearance in the competition, the semi-final first leg defeat at Highbury against Arsenal, and just six more appearances in the league.
In the summer of 2000, he signed for Derby County for a fee of £500,000. He played 60 games for the Rams, scoring one goal against Southampton. In the 2003–04 season, he was Derby's Player of the Season.
In the summer of 2004, at the end of his contract with Derby, Mawéné moved to Preston on a free transfer. This was despite a bid from Championship rivals Wolverhampton Wanderers, for whom he had played three trial games during that summer. An ever-present in his debut season, he formed a strong partnership with Chris Lucketti. His good form that year was rewarded with the Player of the Season award. In the 2005–06 season, he formed another strong partnership with Claude Davis as Preston reached the play-offs for the second season in a row. In the 2008–09 season, Mawéné had another partnership with Sean St Ledger and occasionally Liam Chilvers, helping Preston to, again, reach the play-offs. Mawéné tore cruciate and medial knee ligaments in a pre-season match against Manchester United at Deepdale and missed the entire 2006–07 season. Pronounced fit in June 2007, he returned to the first team, with only suspensions and a brief spell on the sidelines around Christmas time preventing him from being an ever present in the side, making 42 appearances in the season.
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