WHATEVER HAPPENED TO…STEVEN MOUYOKOLO?

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STEVEN MOUYOKOLO went one better than German flop Marvin Compper – he made TWO starts for Celtic.

The injury-plagued French centre-back was signed by Neil Lennon in July 2013 after being released by Wolves.

Mouyokolo, at the age of 26, had played only eight first-team games in the previous three seasons before signing a one-year deal at Parkhead.

Lennon was willing to take a chance on the defender and handed him his debut in a 2-0 victory over Aberdeen in the east end of Glasgow a month after his arrival.

BEGINNING OF THE END…Steven Mouyokolo struggles to clear in the 2-0 loss to Shakhter Karagandy.

However, the player – along with Virgil van Dijk – was criticised heavily after both centre-backs struggled in a 2-0 loss to Shakhter Karagandy in a Champions League qualifier in Kakakhstan.

There was no sign of the new Bhoy as the Hoops staged an astonishing comeback in the second leg where James Forrest slammed in a last-gasp winner.

The end was already in sight for Mouyokolo when he suffered a ruptured Achilles heel during a training session. He made a cameo substitute appearance when he came on in stoppage time in a 2-0 win over Dundee United in April.

That was his last outing as a Celtic player as he was released at the end of his contract a year after his arrival.

Injury forced him to retire shortly afterwards.

* TOMORROW: Don’t miss the adventures of another former Celt in CQN’s EXCLUSIVE series.

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