Clinton Mola

Clinton Mola (born 15 March 2001) is an English professional footballer who currently plays as a defender or defensive midfielder for Reading.

Clinton Mola
Mola in 2021
Personal information
Full name Clinton Mola[1]
Date of birth (2001-03-15) 15 March 2001
Place of birth Camden, London, England
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[2]
Position(s) Defender, defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Reading
Number 2
Youth career
AC United
2015–2020 Chelsea
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–2023 VfB Stuttgart 12 (0)
2022 VfB Stuttgart II 2 (0)
2022–2023 → Blackburn Rovers (loan) 4 (0)
2023– Reading 5 (0)
International career‡
2016–2017 England U16 5 (0)
2017–2018 England U17 5 (1)
2018–2019 England U18 7 (1)
2019 England U19 6 (0)
2021–2022 England U20 3 (1)
2021 England U21 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 November 2022 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10:40, 30 March 2022 (UTC)

Club career

On 31 January 2020, Mola moved to VfB Stuttgart.[3] Mola made his debut for Stuttgart on 5 February 2020 in the 2019–20 DFB-Pokal against Bayer 04 Leverkusen.[4]

On 1 September 2022, Mola signed for EFL Championship club Blackburn Rovers on a season-long loan deal including an option to buy.[5]

On 26 August 2023, Mola's contract with VfB Stuttgart was terminated by mutual consent.[6]

On 1 September 2023 Mola signed a one-year contract with Reading.

International career

Born in England, Mola is of Congolese descent. He is a youth international for England.[7]

On 6 September 2021, Mola made a goalscoring debut for the England U20s during a 6–1 victory over Romania U20s at St. George's Park.[8]

On 4 October 2021, Mola received his first call up to the England U21s as an injury replacement for Levi Colwill.[9] On 16 November 2021, Mola made his U21 debut during a 3–2 defeat to Georgia in Batumi.[10]

Career statistics

Club
As of matches played 30 January 2021[11]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League DFB-Pokal Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
VfB Stuttgart 2019–20 2. Bundesliga 80100090
2020–21 Bundesliga 00000000
Career total 80100090

    References
    1. "2019/20 Premier League squads confirmed". Premier League. 3 September 2019. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
    2. "VfB Stuttgart - Clinton Mola". vfb.de. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
    3. "VfB sign Clinton Mola". www.vfb.de. VfB Stuttgart. 31 January 2020. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
    4. "Matarazzo lässt die "jungen Wilden" von der Leine". zvw.de (in German). 6 February 2020. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
    5. "Rovers make Mola move!". www.rovers.co.uk. 1 September 2022. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
    6. "Mola leaves VfB". VfB Stuttgart. 26 August 2023. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
    7. "Chelsea Wonderkid Mola : I'm Not Eligible To Represent Nigeria But Congo:: All Nigeria Soccer - The Complete Nigerian Football Portal". www.allnigeriasoccer.com.
    8. "Six at SGP for MU20s". EnglandFootball.com. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
    9. "England men's under-21s squad updates - October". EnglandFootball.com. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
    10. "Georgia 3-2 England MU21s". EnglandFootball.com. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
    11. Clinton Mola at Soccerway


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