Kodjo Mavunio Ludwig Amla (born November 13, 2000) is a Danish professional
footballer
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who plays for
HFX Wanderers
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Skjern, Denmark
Skjern is a railway town located in western Jutland, Denmark with a population of 7,862 (1 January 2022).CS Longueuil, and FC Saint-Hyacinthe.
He played college soccer at Collège Ahuntsic. In 2018, he was named Championship MVP and was an RSEQ Division I regular season all-star and championship all-star, as his team won the gold medal. Soon after, he had offers to join American universities to play college soccer, but he elected to turn professional instead.
Club career
He began his senior career with
CS St-Hubert
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History
The club was originally formed in 1980. Prior to joining the PLSQ, the club played in the Ligue de Soccer Elite Queb ...
Makedonija GP
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in the Macedonian First Football League. On February 12, he signed a two-year contract with the club. He scored his first goal on March 6 against
FK Sileks
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History
The club was founded in 1965.
Sileks biggest accomplishment in 90s came in the Yugoslav Cup where they rea ...
.
In 2022, he returned to
CS St-Hubert
CS St-Hubert is a Canadian semi-professional soccer club based in Saint-Hubert, Quebec that plays in Ligue1 Québec.
History
The club was originally formed in 1980. Prior to joining the PLSQ, the club played in the Ligue de Soccer Elite Queb ...
. He scored a hat trick on July 16 against
AS Blainville
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and scored two goals in a friendly against HFX Wanderers U23 on July 27.
On July 30, 2022, he signed a contract through the 2023 season, with an option for 2024 with Canadian Premier League club HFX Wanderers FC, after trialing with the club for a couple of weeks and playing in the friendly against the HFX U23 side for his former club CS St-Hubert, in which he scored 2 goals in a 3–2 victory for St-Hubert. He made his debut for the Wanderers on August 1 against
York United FC
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. On June 15, 2023, Amla was suspended by the Canadian Anti-Doping Program for a period of two years (backdated to the original Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport notice of charge date) until February 7, 2025, with him being "unable to participate in any capacity in any sport that is a signatory to the CADP", due to testing positive for terbutaline, which was in his asthma inhaler. He had yet to feature with the club that season, as a result of the suspension while under appeal. Upon the suspension becoming official, Amla was put on the ineligible list and removed from the active roster.