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.
![]() Amundsen with Eintracht Braunschweig in 2018 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Malte Meineche Amundsen | ||
Date of birth | (1998-02-11) 11 February 1998 (age 24) | ||
Place of birth | Næstved, Denmark | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||
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 | 59 | (1) |
National team | |||
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) |
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]
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]
Club | Season | Division | League | National Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||
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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[lower-alpha 1] | 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 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 36 | 1 |
Career total | 144 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 155 | 4 |
Rosenborg
New York City FC
New York City FC – current squad | |
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