Ludwig Kodjo Amla

Ludwig Kodjo Amla
Amla with HFX Wanderers
Personal information
Full name Kodjo Mavunio Ludwig Amla
Date of birth (2000-11-13) 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

Kodjo Mavunio Ludwig Amla (born 13 November 2000) is a Danish professional footballer who plays for FC Laval in Ligue1 Québec.

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

References

  1. ^ Dimovski, Ivan (February 12, 2021). "Македонија ЃП ја пронајде замената за Калид, го промовира Коџо Мавуњо Лудвиг" [Macedonia Gyp found the replacement for Khalid, promotes Kodjo Mavunjo Ludwig]. Gol (in Macedonian).
  2. ^ Amouzouvi, Perez (August 1, 2022). "Transfert : Halifax Wanderers enrôle Ludwig Kodjo Amla" [Transfer: Halifax Wanderers sign Ludwig Kodjo Amla]. Togo Foot (in French).
  3. ^ Allard, Jean (October 25, 2019). "L'espoir du B.67 - Ludwig Kodzo Amla" [The hope of the B.67 - Ludwig Kodzo Amla]. Collège Ahuntsic (in French).
  4. ^ "Un contrat professionnel pour Ludwig Kodzo Amla" [A professional contract for Ludwig Kodzo Amla]. ARS Richelieu Yamaska (in French). February 12, 2021.
  5. ^ a b "Ludwig Amla se joint au Football Club FK Makedonija GP – 1932 Skopje" [Ludwig Amla joins Football Club FK Makedonija GP – 1932 Skopje]. SE Sports Management (in French). February 12, 2021. Archived from the original on June 24, 2022.
  6. ^ "Le RSEQ dévoile ses récipiendaires 2018 en soccer collégial division 1" [The RSEQ announces its 2018 recipients in college soccer division 1]. RSEQ (in French). October 31, 2018.
  7. ^ "Championnat provincial collégial de soccer division 1 – Résultats et équipes d'étoiles" [Division 1 College Provincial Soccer Championship – Results and all-star teams]. RSEQ (in French). October 29, 2018.
  8. ^ Dubois, Julien (August 2, 2022). "Le duo Amla – Salter de St-Hubert reconstitué en Canadian Premier League" [The duo Amla – Salter of St-Hubert reconstituted in the Canadian Premier League]. Just eSoccer (in French).
  9. ^ "Македонија ЃП ја презентираше замената за Калид" [Macedonia GP presented the replacement for Khalid]. 24Fudbal (in Macedonian). February 12, 2021.
  10. ^ "Ново засилување за нападот на "лавовите" од Канада" [New reinforcement for the attack of the "lions" from Canada]. Sport1 (in Macedonian). February 12, 2021.
  11. ^ "Лудвиг Коџо е нов напаѓач на Македонија Ѓорче Петров" [Ludwig Kodzo is the new striker of Macedonia Gjorce Petrov]. Sportski (in Macedonian). February 12, 2021.
  12. ^ "Македонија Ѓорче Петров го претстави Лудвиг Амла Коџо" [Macedonia Gjorce Petrov presented Ludwig Amla Kodzo]. Ekipa (in Macedonian). February 12, 2021.
  13. ^ Ninkovski, Kris (March 7, 2021). "1.MFL overview of Round 22". Macedonian Football.
  14. ^ a b "HFX Wanderers announce signing of Canadian striker Ludwig Kodjo Amla". Canadian Premier League. July 30, 2022.
  15. ^ "'He combines pace, height and finishing': Wanderers sign young Canadian striker Ludwig Kodjo Amla". HFX Wanderers FC. July 30, 2022.
  16. ^ a b Jacques, John (August 2, 2022). "Halifax Hands New Striker Kodjo Amla A Chance To Shine". Northern Tribune.
  17. ^ "CPL Soccer Athlete Suspended for the Presence of Terbutaline". Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport. August 2, 2023.
  18. ^ "Canadian Premier League player Amla suspended two years for anti-doping violation". Toronto Star. August 2, 2023.
  19. ^ Bailey, Mitchell. "Halifax Wanderers player receives two-year ban following doping violation". Global News.
  20. ^ Jacques, John (August 2, 2023). "Wanderers Striker Ludwig Amla Gets Two-Year Ban For Doping Violation". Northern Tribune.
  21. ^ Healey, Josh (August 7, 2023). "HFX Wanderers sign TFC's Jordan Perruzza on loan, move Ludwig Amla's contract to ineligible list". HFX Football Post.
  22. ^ Ludwig Kodjo Amla at Soccerway
  23. ^ a b c d e "PTS-Ligue Archive" (in French). TSI Sports. Retrieved August 12, 2020.
  24. ^ "Ligue1 Quebec Stats". Spordle (in French).
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