Maurice Maximilian Malone (born 17 August 2000) is a

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professional

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who plays as a

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for

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on loan from

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club

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Club career

Born and grown up in

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, Malone played his youth football with local club

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. He went through several youth stages and after playing two seasons with the

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he advanced to their first team, signing his first professional contract, in the summer of 2019. However, he did not play once for the first team during the

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season and was therefore loaned out, to gain playing experience. Malone made his professional debut for Wehen Wiesbaden in the first round of the

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on 13 September 2020, coming on as a substitute in the 75th minute for Sebastian Mrowca against 2. Bundesliga side 1. FC Heidenheim. The home match finished as a 1–0 win for Wiesbaden. On 30 August 2021, Malone joined 2. Bundesliga club 1. FC Heidenheim on loan until the end of the season and in the following season he was loaned out to

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. On 11 August 2023, Swiss club

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announced that they had signed Malone on four-year contract and he joined them on the next day for their

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under head-coach

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. Malone played his debut for his new club in the

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away game on 20 August. He scored his first goal for the team in the same game, it was the team's fourth, as Basel went on to win 8–1 against amateur club FC Saint-Blaise. Malone played his domestic league debut for the team in the home game in the

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on 3 September as Basel played a 2–2 draw with

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. He scored his first league goal for the team in the away game in the Stade Municipal on 24 September. However it could not help them, as Basel were defeated 3–2 by

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. On 27 November, the club announced that Malone had sustained an injury to the meniscus in his right knee during the cup game against SC Kriens one month earlier. The injury required surgery and Malone was out for a few weeks as a result. In June 2024, Malone joined

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side

on a season-long loan deal with the option to buy.

International career

Born in Germany, Malone is of

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descent. He is a youth international for Germany. He is also eligible to play the

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References

External links

Maurice Malone at "Verein Basler Fussballarchiv"
* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Malone, Maurice 2000 births Living people German sportspeople of American descent Footballers from Augsburg German men's footballers Men's association football forwards Germany men's youth international footballers Germany men's under-21 international footballers American men's soccer players FC Augsburg II players FC Augsburg players SV Wehen Wiesbaden players Wolfsberger AC players FC Basel players 1. FC Heidenheim players FK Austria Wien players 2. Bundesliga players 3. Liga players Regionalliga players Austrian Football Bundesliga players Swiss Super League players German expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Austria German expatriate sportspeople in Austria Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland German expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland 21st-century American sportsmen 21st-century German sportsmen