Ryan Malone (born August 11, 1992) is an American professional
soccer
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player who plays as a
center-back
In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield position whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring.
Centre-backs are usually positioned in pairs, with one full-back on either s ...
or
defensive midfielder
A midfielder is an outfield position in association football.
Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
for German club
Hansa Rostock
FC Hansa Rostock () is a German association football club based in the city of Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. The club is also called as "the cog" because of its club crest. They have emerged as one of the most successful clubs from the forme ...
.
Career
College career
Malone played for
Springfield College
Springfield College is a private college in Springfield, Massachusetts. It confers undergraduate and graduate degrees.
It is known as the birthplace of basketball because the sport was invented there in 1891 by Canadian-American instructor J ...
from 2010 to 2015. In his first season, he made 20 appearances, scoring nine goals, but was forced to sit out the 2011 season due to an injury. After playing four seasons with Springfield, he finished his career with 66 appearances and scored 28 goals.
Professional career
Following his collegiate career, he signed with
1. FC Magdeburg on June 1, 2015.
He made his debut in a 3–0 win against
VfL Osnabrück
VfL Osnabrück is a German multi-sport club in Osnabrück, Lower Saxony. It currently fields teams in basketball, gymnastics, swimming, table tennis, and tennis but is by far best known for its football section.
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on September 15, 2015, playing for six minutes. His first goal came in a 1–0 win against
Wehen Wiesbaden. At the end of the season, Magdeburg decided not to extend the contract. In manager
Jens Härtel's opinion, Malone needed regular soccer to develop and the club were unable to guarantee that.
During the summer break, Malone signed a contract with
Regionalliga Südwest
The Regionalliga Südwest ( en, Regional League Southwest) is the fourth tier of the German football league system in the states of Hesse, Baden-Württemberg, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland. It is one of five leagues at this level, together wit ...
side
Stuttgarter Kickers
Stuttgarter Kickers is a German association football club that plays in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, founded on 21 September 1899 as FC Stuttgarter Cickers.
History
In its early years the club had a decent local squad that played in the Südk ...
.
On June 20, 2017, it was announced Malone had moved on from Kickers and joined
1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig on a two-year deal.
Personal life
A
Chicopee,
, native, Malone holds a degree in Sport Management.
References
External links
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1992 births
Living people
American soccer players
Men's association football central defenders
Men's association football midfielders
People from Chicopee, Massachusetts
USL League Two players
2. Bundesliga players
3. Liga players
Regionalliga players
Western Mass Pioneers players
1. FC Magdeburg players
Stuttgarter Kickers players
1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig players
VfB Lübeck players
FC Hansa Rostock players
Soccer players from Massachusetts
American expatriate soccer players
American expatriate soccer players in Germany
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