Ludwig Kodjo Amla
Danish footballer (born 2000)
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Kodjo Mavunio Ludwig Amla (born 13 November 2000) is a Danish professional footballer who plays for FC Laval in Ligue1 Québec.
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Amla with HFX Wanderers | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Kodjo Mavunio Ludwig Amla | ||
| Date of birth | 13 November 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Skjern, Denmark | ||
| Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | FC Laval | ||
| Number | 3 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| B.67 | |||
| 2011–2013 | Cosmos de Granby | ||
| 2014 | CS Longueuil | ||
| 2015–2016 | FC Saint-Hyacinthe | ||
| 2017 | CS St-Hubert | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Aigles du Collège Ahuntsic | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2020 | CS St-Hubert | 26 | (10) |
| 2021 | Makedonija GP | 10 | (1) |
| 2022 | CS St-Hubert | 5 | (3) |
| 2022–2023 | HFX Wanderers | 9 | (0) |
| 2025– | FC Laval | 9 | (3) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of September 23, 2025 | |||
Early life
Amla is of Togolese descent and was born in Skjern, Denmark, but grew up in Canada from a young age and holds a Canadian passport.[1][2] He began playing football at the age of six with the B.67 soccer organization in Denmark.[3] In 2011, he moved to Canada, where he played youth football with Cosmos de Granby, CS Longueuil, and FC Saint-Hyacinthe.[4][5]
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.[6][7] Soon after, he had offers to join American universities to play college soccer, but he elected to turn professional instead.[8]
Club career
He began his senior career with CS St-Hubert in the Première ligue de soccer du Québec.[5]
In February 2021, he began training with Makedonija GP in the Macedonian First Football League.[9][10] On 12 February, he signed a two-year contract with the club.[11][12] He scored his first goal on March 6 against FK Sileks.[13]
In 2022, he returned to CS St-Hubert.[14] He scored a hat trick on 16 July against AS Blainville and scored two goals in a friendly against HFX Wanderers U23 on 27 July.[14]
On 30 July 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[15] 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.[16] He made his debut for the Wanderers on August 1 against York United FC.[16] On 15 June 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 7 February 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.[17][18][19] He had yet to feature with the club that season, as a result of the suspension while under appeal.[20] Upon the suspension becoming official, Amla was put on the ineligible list and removed from the active roster.[21]
Career statistics
- As of match played 23 September 2025[22]
| Club | Season | League | Playoffs | National cup | League cup | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| CS St-Hubert | 2017[23] | Première ligue de soccer du Québec | 5 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | ||
| 2018[23] | 14 | 6 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 16 | 7 | ||||
| 2019[23] | 5 | 2 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | ||||
| 2020[23] | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | |||||
| Total | 26 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 11 | ||
| Makedonija GP | 2020–21 | Macedonian First Football League | 10 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 11 | 1 | ||
| CS St-Hubert | 2022[23] | Première ligue de soccer du Québec | 5 | 3 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | ||
| HFX Wanderers FC | 2022 | Canadian Premier League | 9 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 9 | 0 | ||
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| FC Laval | 2025[24] | Ligue1 Québec | 9 | 3 | – | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | |
| Career total | 59 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 64 | 18 | ||