Malte Amundsen

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

Malte Amundsen
Amundsen with Eintracht Braunschweig in 2018
Personal information
Full name Malte Meineche Amundsen
Date of birth (1998-02-11) 11 February 1998
Place of birth Næstved, Denmark
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s) Left back
Team information
Current team
 Columbus Crew
Number 18
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)
2021–2023 New York City FC 59 (1)
2023– Columbus Crew 0 (0)
2023– Columbus Crew 2 0 (0)
International career
2016 Denmark U18 3 (0)
2016–2017 Denmark U19 8 (0)
2017 Denmark U20 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:09, 13 October 2022 (UTC)

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.[2][3] He made his debut in the Danish Cup on 23 September 2015 against AC Horsens.[4] A few months later, 29 November 2015, he made his league debut coming on against FC Vestsjælland.

Amundsen signed for Rosenborg in January 2018.[5]

On 20 April 2018, he made his debut for Rosenborg playing the full game against Trygg/Lade in a Cup game which Rosenborg won 4–2.[6] A week later, he started against Lillestrøm in the 2018 Mesterfinalen and helped secure a 1–0 victory.[7]

15 January 2019, Amundsen returned to Denmark, signing a three-and-a-half-year contract with Vejle Boldklub.[8] In Vejle Amundsen developed into a quality player and became a transfer target for several bigger clubs.

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.[9] New York City announced the transfer on 12 February 2021.[10]

On 25 April 2023, Amundsen was traded to Columbus Crew in exchange for a potential figure of up to $500,000 In General Allocation Money.[11][12]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 12 December 2021[13]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season Division League National Cup Continental Other Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
HB Køge 2015–16 1. Division 10000——100
2016–17 31010——310
2017–18 19110——201
Total 601200000621
Rosenborg 2018 Eliteserien 0000—1[lower-alpha 1]010
Eintracht Braunschweig (loan) 2018–19 3. Liga 12110——131
Vejle 2018–19 Danish Superliga 10020——120
2019–20 1. Division 29100——291
2020–21 Danish Superliga 14110——151
Total 532300000562
New York City FC 2021 MLS 321000040361
Career total 14446000501554
  1. Appearance(s) in Mesterfinalen

Honours

Rosenborg

New York City FC

References
  1. "Sports". Washington Post. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
  2. 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.
  3. "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.
  4. "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.
  5. "Amundsen klar for Rosenborg". rbk.no (in Norwegian). Rosenborg BK. 23 January 2018. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  6. "Videre etter snuoperasjon" [Further After Turning Operation]. rbk.no (in Norwegian). Rosenborg BK. 20 April 2018. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  7. "- 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.
  8. "Vejle Boldklub køber Malte Amundsen". vejle-boldklub.dk (in Danish). 15 January 2018. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  9. Andersen, Thomas N. (10 February 2021). "Vejle sælger Malte Amundsen for kæmpe millionbeløb". Ekstra Bladet (in Danish). Retrieved 10 February 2021.
  10. "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.
  11. "Columbus Crew Acquire Defender Malte Amundsen From New York City FC For $400,000 In General Allocation Money | Columbus Crew". ColumbusCrew.com.
  12. "Columbus Crew acquire defender Malte Amundsen from New York City FC". The Columbus Dispatch.
  13. "M: Amundsen". Soccerway. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
  14. "2021 MLS Cup". mlssoccer.com. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
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