Malte Amundsen

Danish footballer (born 1998)

Malte Amundsen
Amundsen with the Columbus Crew in 2023
Personal information
Full name Malte Meineche Amundsen
Date of birth (1998-02-11) 11 February 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth Næstved, Denmark
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s) Left back, centre-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 39 (3)
2023 Columbus Crew 2 1 (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 03:44, 30 June 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 05:28, 5 June 2023 (UTC)

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

Club career

Beginnings in Denmark

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 on 29 November 2015, he made his league debut coming on against FC Vestsjælland.

Rosenborg and loan to Germany

In January 2018, Amundsen agreed to a transfer and signed a four-year contract with Norwegian club Rosenborg.[5] He made his debut on 20 April, playing the full match 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] Appearing in three total games in three months for his new club, Amundsen went on loan to 3. Liga club Eintracht Braunschweig in order to get some playing time,[8] and was reunited with his former manager at HB Køge. On 11 August 2018, Amundsen scored his first goal and received his first sending off for his new club against Wehen, scoring in the 74th minute and receiving a second yellow in the 90th minute.[9][10] After being at the bottom of the 3. Liga table, the manager was fired[11] and, as a result, Amundsen played sporadically over the following three months following the regime change, appearing in 14 total matches across all competitions for the German club.[2][12]

Return to Denmark

After a "challenging" 2018, Amundsen returned to Denmark, signing a three-and-a-half-year contract with Vejle Boldklub on 15 January 2019.[13][14] He scored two goals for his new club, the first goal coming in a 2–1 loss versus Skive IK, and the second coming in a 3–2 win against Lyngby, with Amundsen scoring the game winner from outside the box.[15]

Major League Soccer

New York City FC

On 10 February 2021, it was announced that Vejle and New York City FC of Major League Soccer had successfully negotiated a transfer of Amundsen for a reported fee of around ten million Danish Krone.[16][17] During his first year in the United States, Amundsen appeared in 36 games across all competitions, starting in 17 of them.[18][19] On 25 July 2021, Amundsen scored his first goal and got his first assist for the club in a 5–0 drubbing of Orlando City.[20] In October he assisted on two goals in the 6–0 thrashing of D.C. United.[21] Amundsen was part of the squad that won the 2021 MLS Cup, the first in the club's history.[22]

Columbus Crew

On 25 April 2023, Amundsen was traded to the Columbus Crew in exchange for a potential figure of up to $500,000 In General Allocation Money.[23][24] He made his first appearance for the Crew on 10 May 2023, starting in a Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup win against Loudoun United.[25] He scored his first two goals with his new club in back-to-back games, the first in a 2–0 victory versus LA Galaxy on 17 May, and his second in a 3–2 loss versus FC Cincinnati on 20 May.[26] At the conclusion of the 2023 season, Amundsen scored 5 goals across all competitions, including a long-range goal against Atlanta United in the playoffs.[19][27] He also provided the game-winning assist to Yaw Yeboah in the MLS Cup Final, where Columbus secured a 2–1 victory, earning Amundsen his second MLS Cup title.[28]

Career statistics

Club

As of matches played 23 February 2024[29][30][31]
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 1 0 — — 10 0
2016–17 31 0 3 0 — — 32 0
2017–18 19 1 3 0 — — 20 1
Total 60 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 67 1
Rosenborg 2018 Eliteserien 0 0 2 0 — 1[a] 0 3 0
Eintracht Braunschweig (loan) 2018–19 3. Liga 12 1 1 0 — 1[b] 0 14 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 Major League Soccer 32 1 0 0 0 0 4[c] 0 36 1
2022 27 0 2 0 6 0 — 27 0
Total 59 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 63 1
Columbus Crew 2023 Major League Soccer 22 3 2 0 — 9[d] 2[e] 31 5
Career total 195 7 8 0 0 0 5 0 203 7
  1. ^ Appearance(s) in Mesterfinalen
  2. ^ Appearance(s) in Landespokal Niedersachsen
  3. ^ Appearance(s) in MLS Cup Playoffs
  4. ^ Includes 3 appearances in Leagues Cup and 6 appearances in MLS Cup Playoffs
  5. ^ Includes 1 goal in Leagues Cup and 1 goal in MLS Cup Playoffs


Honours

Rosenborg

New York City FC

Columbus Crew

References

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