O'Vonte Mullings (born October 9, 2000) is a Canadian

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player who currently plays as a fullback for AB in the

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Early life

Mullings played youth soccer with Mooredale SC. He later played with the FC Durham Academy.

College career

In November 2016, Mullings committed to attend the

University of Vermont The University of Vermont and State Agricultural College, commonly referred to as the University of Vermont (UVM), is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Burlington, Vermont, United States. Foun ...

in the fall of 2018. However, he would later decommit from Vermont and instead committed to

Florida Gulf Coast University Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) is a public university in Lee County, Florida, near Fort Myers. It is part of the State University System of Florida and is its second-youngest member. The university was established on May 3, 1991, and is acc ...

, after Vermont coach Jesse Cormier left Vermont and was hired as the Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's soccer head coach. On August 26, 2018, Mullings scored his first collegiate goals, netting a brace in a 2-0 victory over the

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, subsequently earning

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Player of the Week honours. At the end of his freshman season, he was named ASUN Freshman of the Year and was named to the All ASUN-Freshman Team, the ASUN All-Conference First Team, and the All-Atlantic Region Second Team. He was also named the school's Scholar-Athlete of the Month for January. In his sophomore season, he recorded two braces, and earned back-to-back ASUN Player of the Week honours in October. At the end of the season, he was named an ASUN First Team All-Conference, the All-Atlantic Region Third Team, and the ASUN All-Tournament Team. At the end of the school year, he was named the school's co-Most Outstanding Athlete and was named to the ASUN All-Decade Team. Ahead of his junior season, he was named the ASUN Preseason Player of the Year and was named to the Preseason All-Conference Team. On March 6, 2021, he scored a brace against the

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, earning College Soccer News Team of the Week honours. At the end of the season, he was named ASUN Player of the Year and selected to the ASUN All-Conference First Team and the ASUN All-Tournament Team. Ahead of his senior season, he was again named to the ASUN Preseason All-Conference team. After scoring back-to-back braces in mid-September, he again won ASUN Player of the Week honours. At the end of the season, he was once again named to the ASUN All-Conference First Team and was named to the All-Atlantic Region Second Team. He finished his time at FGCU with 28 goals and 63 points in 57 games, ranking second in the school's all-time goals and points totals.

Club career

In 2019, Mullings played in

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with

Seattle Sounders FC U-23 Sound FC is an American soccer team based in Tacoma, Washington. Founded in 2006, the team most recently played in USL League Two, the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid. History 2006–2009: Playoffs The Tacoma team was introduced i ...

. In January 2022, Mullings was selected in the first round (20th overall) of the

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by the

New York Red Bulls The New York Red Bulls are an American professional association football, soccer club based in the New York metropolitan area. The Red Bulls compete in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the Eastern Conference (MLS), Eastern Conferenc ...

. In March 2022, he signed a contract with their second team,

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, in the

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. He made his professional debut on March 16, 2022, starting in a 1–0 win over

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and was also named the team captain that season. On July 30, 2022, he featured for the first team in a friendly against Spanish club

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. On August 9, 2022, Mullings scored his first professional goal, netting the winning goal for New York in a 2-1 victory over

. In late August 2022, he was named to the USL Championship Team of the Week for the first time for Week 24 of the season. In February 2023, he re-signed with the second team, ahead of their debut season in

MLS Next Pro MLS Next Pro (MLSNP) is a men's professional association football, soccer league in the United States and Canada that is affiliated with Major League Soccer (MLS). It launched in 2022 with 21 teams and now comprises 27 reserve sides of MLS clu ...

. Mullings signed a short-term loan with the first team on May 17, 2023. He made his

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debut the same day against

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, as a second-half substitution in a scoreless draw. He later signed an additional three short-terms loans in the remainder of the month, fulfilling his maximum of four. In August 2023, he was awarded the MLS Next Pro Goal of the Matchday for his goal on August 6 against

New England Revolution II New England Revolution II is a professional soccer club based in the Greater Boston area that competes in MLS Next Pro, the third division of American soccer. The team is owned by, and operates as the reserve team of the Major League Soccer club ...

. In February 2024, Mullins signed with

Akademisk Boldklub Akademisk Boldklub Gladsaxe (AB) is a Denmark, Danish professional football (soccer), football club from Gladsaxe north of Copenhagen, currently playing at the 3rd highest level of Danish domestic football in the Danish 2nd Division group 1. The ...

in the third tier

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