Kodjo Mavunio Ludwig Amla (born November 13, 2000) is a Danish professional

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who plays for

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Early life

Amla is of Togolese descent and was born in

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, and FC Saint-Hyacinthe. He played college soccer at

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. 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 in the

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. In February 2021, he began training with Makedonija GP in the

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. On February 12, he signed a two-year contract with the club. He scored his first goal on March 6 against

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. In 2022, he returned to CS St-Hubert. He scored a hat trick on July 16 against AS Blainville 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

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club

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, 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

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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

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, 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.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Amla, Kodjo 2000 births Living people Sportspeople from Ringkøbing-Skjern Municipality Danish men's footballers Canadian men's soccer players Danish emigrants to Canada Danish people of Togolese descent Canadian people of Togolese descent Men's association football forwards CS Longueuil players CS St-Hubert players FK Makedonija G.P. players HFX Wanderers FC players Ligue1 Québec players Macedonian First Football League players Canadian Premier League players Collège Ahuntsic alumni 21st-century Canadian sportsmen 21st-century Danish sportsmen FC Laval players University and college men's soccer players in Canada