Malte Amundsen

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Malte Amundsen
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Amundsen with Eintracht Braunschweig in 2018
Personal information
Full name Malte Meineche Amundsen
Date of birth (1998-02-11) 11 February 1998 (age 23)
Place of birth Næstved, Denmark
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Left back
Club information
Current team
 New York City FC
Number 12
Youth career
200?–2013 Næstved
2013–2015 HB Køge
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2018 HB Køge 60 (1)
2018–2019 Rosenborg 0 (0)
2018–2019 → Eintracht Braunschweig (loan) 12 (1)
2019–2021 Vejle 53 (2)
2021– New York City FC 36 (1)
National team
2016 Denmark U18 3 (0)
2016–2017 Denmark U19 8 (0)
2017 Denmark U20 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12 December 2021

Malte Meineche Amundsen (born 11 February 1998) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a defender for New York City FC of Major League Soccer.

Club career[]

Born in Næstved, Amundsen started his youth career with hometown club Næstved Boldklub, before moving to the HB Køge youth academy in January 2013.[1][2] He made his debut in the Danish Cup on 23 September 2015 against AC Horsens.[3] A few months later, 29 November 2015, he made his league debut coming on against FC Vestsjælland.

Amundsen signed for Rosenborg in January 2018.[4]

On 20 April 2018, he made his debut for Rosenborg playing the full game against in a Cup game which Rosenborg won 4–2.[5] A week later, he started against Lillestrøm in the 2018 Mesterfinalen and helped secure a 1–0 victory.[6]

15 January 2019, Amundsen returned to Denmark, signing a three-and-a-half-year contract with Vejle Boldklub.[7]

On 10 February 2021, it was announced that Vejle and New York City FC of the Major League Soccer had successfully negotiated a transfer of Amundsen for a fee of DKK ten million.[8] New York City announced the transfer on 12 February 2021.[9]

Career statistics[]

Club[]

As of match played 25 July 2021[10]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season Division League National Cup Continental Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
HB Køge 2015–16 1. Division 10 0 0 0 — — 10 0
2016–17 31 0 1 0 — — 31 0
2017–18 19 1 1 0 — — 20 1
Total 60 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 62 1
Rosenborg 2018 Eliteserien 0 0 0 0 — 1[a] 0 1 0
Eintracht Braunschweig (loan) 2018–19 3. Liga 12 1 1 0 — — 13 1
Vejle 2018–19 Danish Superliga 10 0 2 0 — — 12 0
2019–20 1. Division 29 1 0 0 — — 29 1
2020–21 Danish Superliga 14 1 1 0 — — 15 1
Total 53 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 56 2
New York City FC 2021 MLS 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 1
Career total 125 4 6 0 0 0 1 0 132 4
  1. ^ Appearance(s) in Mesterfinalen

Honours[]

Rosenborg

New York City FC

References[]

  1. ^ Møllenberg, Anders (23 January 2019). "Det første VB-skifte strandede - Malte Amundsen var for ung til at flytte hjemmefra". Vejle Amts Folkeblad (in Danish). Retrieved 10 February 2021.
  2. ^ "Amundsen glæder sig til Næstved-gensyn". vejle-boldklub.dk (in Danish). Vejle Boldklub. 27 September 2019. Archived from the original on 7 February 2021. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
  3. ^ "17-årige Malte Amundsen fik sejr og fuld tid i debuten". hbkoge.dk (in Danish). HB Køge. 23 September 2015. Archived from the original on 3 May 2018. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Amundsen klar for Rosenborg". rbk.no (in Norwegian). Rosenborg BK. 23 January 2018. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  5. ^ "Videre etter snuoperasjon" [Further After Turning Operation]. rbk.no (in Norwegian). Rosenborg BK. 20 April 2018. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  6. ^ "- Alle som holder med RBK fikk ståpels. Det er VM-klasse fra Bendtner". tv2.no (in Norwegian). TV 2 Group. 26 April 2018. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  7. ^ "Vejle Boldklub køber Malte Amundsen". vejle-boldklub.dk (in Danish). 15 January 2018. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  8. ^ Andersen, Thomas N. (10 February 2021). "Vejle sælger Malte Amundsen for kæmpe millionbeløb". Ekstra Bladet (in Danish). Retrieved 10 February 2021.
  9. ^ "New York City FC Acquires Defender Malte Amundsen From Danish Club Vejle BK". nycfc.com. Major League Soccer. 12 February 2021. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  10. ^ "M: Amundsen". Soccerway. Retrieved 2 May 2018.

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