Ludwig Kodjo Amla

Ludwig Kodjo Amla

Amla with HFX Wanderers
Personal information
Full name	Kodjo Mavunio Ludwig Amla
Date of birth	November 13, 2000
Place of birth	Skjern, Denmark
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	HFX Wanderers
Number	25
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–	HFX Wanderers	9	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of October 9, 2022

Kodjo Mavunio Ludwig Amla (born November 13, 2000) is a Danish professional footballer who plays for HFX Wanderers of the Canadian Premier League.

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. He began playing football at the age of six with the B.67 soccer organization in Denmark. In 2011, he moved to Canada, where he played youth football with Cosmos de Granby, 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 in the Première ligue de soccer du Québec.

In February 2021, he began training with Makedonija GP 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.

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 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. 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.

Career statistics

As of match played October 9, 2022