O'Vonte Mullings

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O'Vonte Mullings
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Mullings with NY Red Bulls II in 2023
Personal information
Date of birth (2000-10-09) October 9, 2000 (age 23)
Place of birth Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Fullback, Forward
Team information
Current team
 Akademisk Boldklub
Youth career
Mooredale SC
North Toronto Nitros
2016–2018 FC Durham
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2018–2021 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles 57 (28)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2019 Seattle Sounders FC U-23 9 (3)
2022–2023 New York Red Bulls II 54 (5)
2023 → New York Red Bulls (loan) 2 (0)
2024– Akademisk Boldklub 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of December 12, 2023

O'Vonte Mullings (born October 9, 2000) is a Canadian soccer player who currently plays as a fullback for Akademisk Boldklub in the Danish 2nd Division.

Contents

Early life

Mullings played youth soccer with Mooredale SC. [1] He later played with the FC Durham Academy. [2] [3]

College career

In November 2016, Mullings committed to attend the University of Vermont in the fall of 2018. [4] However, he would later decommit from Vermont and instead committed to Florida Gulf Coast University, after Vermont coach Jesse Cormier left Vermont and was hired as the Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's soccer head coach. [5]

On August 26, 2018, Mullings scored his first collegiate goals, netting a brace in a 2-0 victory over the Presbyterian Blue Hose, subsequently earning Atlantic Sun Conference Player of the Week honours. [6] [7] At the end of his freshman season, he was named ASUN Freshman of the Year and was named to the All ASUN-Freshman Team, the ASUN All-Conference First Team, and the All-Atlantic Region Second Team. [8] [9] He was also named the school's Scholar-Athlete of the Month for January. [10]

In his sophomore season, he recorded two braces, [11] [12] and earned back-to-back ASUN Player of the Week honours in October. [13] [14] At the end of the season, he was named an ASUN First Team All-Conference, the All-Atlantic Region Third Team, and the ASUN All-Tournament Team. [15] [16] [17] At the end of the school year, he was named the school's co-Most Outstanding Athlete and was named to the ASUN All-Decade Team. [18] [19]

Ahead of his junior season, he was named the ASUN Preseason Player of the Year and was named to the Preseason All-Conference Team. [20] On March 6, 2021, he scored a brace against the Jacksonville Dolphins, earning College Soccer News Team of the Week honours. [21] [22] At the end of the season, he was named ASUN Player of the Year and selected to the ASUN All-Conference First Team and the ASUN All-Tournament Team. [23] [17]

Ahead of his senior season, he was again named to the ASUN Preseason All-Conference team. [24] After scoring back-to-back braces in mid-September, [25] [26] he again won ASUN Player of the Week honours. [27] At the end of the season, he was once again named to the ASUN All-Conference First Team and was named to the All-Atlantic Region Second Team. [28] [29] He finished his time at FGCU with 28 goals and 63 points in 57 games, ranking second in the school's all-time goals and points totals. [30]

Club career

In 2019, Mullings played in USL League Two with Seattle Sounders FC U-23. [31]

In January 2022, Mullings was selected in the first round (20th overall) of the 2022 MLS SuperDraft by the New York Red Bulls. [32] [33] In March 2022, he signed a contract with their second team, New York Red Bulls II, in the USL Championship. [34] He made his professional debut on March 16, 2022, starting in a 1–0 win over Atlanta United 2 [35] and was also named the team captain that season. [36] On July 30, 2022, he featured for the first team in a friendly against Spanish club FC Barcelona. [37] On August 9, 2022, Mullings scored his first professional goal, netting the winning goal for New York in a 2-1 victory over Atlanta United 2. [38] In late August 2022, he was named to the USL Championship Team of the Week for the first time for Week 24 of the season. [39] In February 2023, he re-signed with the second team, ahead of their debut season in MLS Next Pro. [40] [41] Mullings signed a short-term loan with the first team on May 17, 2023. [42] He made his MLS debut the same day against Toronto FC, as a second-half substitution in a scoreless draw. [43] He later signed an additional three short-terms loans in the remainder of the month, fulfilling his maximum of four. [44] [45] [46] In August 2023, he was awarded the MLS Next Pro Goal of the Matchday for his goal on August 6 against New England Revolution II. [47]

In February 2024, Mullins signed with Akademisk Boldklub in the third tier Danish 2nd Division. [48] [49]

Career statistics

As of match played October 6, 2023 [50]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeaguePlayoffsNational cupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Seattle Sounders U-23 2019 USL League Two 93———93
New York Red Bulls II 2022 USL Championship 311———311
2023 MLS Next Pro 23421——255
Total54521——566
New York Red Bulls (loan) 2023 Major League Soccer 2000100030
Career total658210000679

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