| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Yoann Folly[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 6 June 1985[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Paris, France | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Central midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| Clairefontaine[2] | |||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2002–2003 | Saint-Étienne | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2003–2006 | Southampton | 14 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2005 | → Nottingham Forest (loan) | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2005 | → Preston North End (loan) | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2006 | → Sheffield Wednesday (loan) | 14 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2006–2008 | Sheffield Wednesday | 39 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2008–2010 | Plymouth Argyle | 22 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2010 | → Dagenham & Redbridge (loan) | 7 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2010–2012 | Aberdeen | 18 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 117 | (1) | |||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2003–2006 | France U21 | 10 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2008 | Togo | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 January 2011 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 September 2008 | |||||||||||||||||
Yoann Folly (born 6 June 1985) is a retired footballer. His previous clubs include St. Étienne in France, Southampton, Sheffield Wednesday and Plymouth Argyle in England and Aberdeen in Scotland. Born in France, he represented Togo at international level. A series of poor health and injuries eventually lead to Folly's premature retirement in 2012, aged 27.
- ^ a b c Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2008). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2008–09. Mainstream. ISBN 978-1-84596-324-8.
- ^ Chapot, Yann (21 July 2011). "Yoann Folly: "Devenir titulaire"". football365.fr (in French). Retrieved 19 July 2018.