| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Maurice Maximilian Malone[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (2000-08-17)17 August 2000 (age 24) | ||
| Place of birth | Augsburg, Germany | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Austria Wien (on loan fromBasel) | ||
| Number | 77 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2008–2019 | FC Augsburg | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019–2020 | FC Augsburg II | 23 | (13) |
| 2019–2023 | FC Augsburg | 0 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | →Wehen Wiesbaden (loan) | 35 | (12) |
| 2021–2022 | →1. FC Heidenheim (loan) | 20 | (2) |
| 2022–2023 | →Wolfsberger AC (loan) | 27 | (8) |
| 2023– | Basel | 12 | (1) |
| 2024– | →Austria Wien (loan) | 16 | (6) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2017 | Germany U17 | 10 | (2) |
| 2018 | Germany U18 | 2 | (0) |
| 2018 | Germany U19 | 2 | (1) |
| 2022– | Germany U21 | 3 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 December 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:27, 28 March 2023 (UTC) | |||
Maurice Maximilian Malone (born 17 August 2000) is a German professionalfootballer who plays as acentre-forward forAustria Wien on loan fromSwiss Super League clubBasel. He is also eligible for the Republic of Ireland through parents from County Leitrim. Icelandic coach Hallgrímsson is on the verge of calling him up for the Irish national football team this year.[2]
Born and grown up inAugsburg, Malone played his youth football with local clubFC Augsburg.[3] He went through several youth stages and after playing two seasons with thereserve team 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 the2019–20 Bundesliga season and was therefore loaned out, to gain playing experience.
Malone made his professional debut forWehen Wiesbaden in the first round of the2020–21 DFB-Pokal on 13 September 2020, coming on as a substitute in the 75th minute forSebastian Mrowca against2. Bundesliga side1. FC Heidenheim. The home match finished as a 1–0 win for Wiesbaden.[4]
On 30 August 2021, Malone joined 2. Bundesliga club1. FC Heidenheim on loan until the end of the season and in the following season he was loaned out toWolfsberger AC.[5]
On 11 August 2023, Swiss clubFC Basel announced that they had signed Malone on four-year contract and he joined them on the next day for their2023–24 FC Basel season under head-coachTimo Schultz.[6] Malone played his debut for his new club in theSwiss Cup 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.[7] Malone played hisdomestic league debut for the team in the home game in theSt. Jakob-Park on 3 September as Basel played a 2–2 draw withZürich.[8] He scored his first league goal for the team in the away game in theStade Municipal on 24 September. However it could not help them, as Basel were defeated 3–2 byYverdon.[9]
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.[10]
In June 2024, Malone joinedAustrian Bundesliga sideAustria Wien on a season-long loan deal with the option to buy.[11]
Born in Germany, Malone is of American descent. He is a youth international for Germany. He is also eligible for the Republic of Ireland and the United States. Malone is being scouted by the Irish national football team.[12]
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