Malte Meineche Amundsen (born 11 February 1998) is a Danish professional

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who plays as a defender for New York City FC of

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Club career

Born in Næstved, Amundsen started his youth career with hometown club

Næstved Boldklub Næstved Boldklub is a Danish association football team based in Næstved in the South of Zealand. Næstved Boldklub is the professional superstructure of the parent club Næstved Idræts Forening (Næstved IF) and currently plays in the Danish ...

, before moving to the

HB Køge HB Køge () is a professional Danish football club based primarily in the town of Herfølge, and secondly in the town of Køge, both in the Køge Municipality, part of 'Region of Zealand', in the eastern part of Zealand, south of Copenhagen. It w ...

youth academy in January 2013. He made his debut in the Danish Cup on 23 September 2015 against AC Horsens. A few months later, 29 November 2015, he made his league debut coming on against

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. Amundsen signed for Rosenborg in January 2018. On 20 April 2018, he made his debut for Rosenborg playing the full game against Trygg/Lade in a

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game which Rosenborg won 4–2. A week later, he started against

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in the

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and helped secure a 1–0 victory. 15 January 2019, Amundsen returned to Denmark, signing a three-and-a-half-year contract with Vejle Boldklub. On 10 February 2021, it was announced that Vejle and New York City FC of the

had successfully negotiated a transfer of Amundsen for a fee of DKK ten million. New York City announced the transfer on 12 February 2021.

Career statistics

Club

Honours

Rosenborg *

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New York City FC *

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Amundsen, Malte 1998 births Living people Danish men's footballers Denmark youth international footballers Association football defenders HB Køge players Rosenborg BK players Vejle Boldklub players Eintracht Braunschweig players 3. Liga players Danish Superliga players Danish 1st Division players Danish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate footballers in Norway Expatriate footballers in Germany Danish expatriate sportspeople in Norway Danish expatriate sportspeople in Germany Danish expatriate sportspeople in the United States Næstved Boldklub players People from Næstved Municipality New York City FC players Expatriate soccer players in the United States Major League Soccer players Sportspeople from Region Zealand