Tony Mamodaly

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Tony Mamodaly
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Mamodaly in 2011
Personal information
Date of birth (1990-08-02) 2 August 1990 (age 34) [1]
Place of birth Mannheim, Germany
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) [2]
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
2006–2008 1899 Hoffenheim
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2013–2016 St. Thomas University Bobcats
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2008–2009 Karlsruher SC II
2009–2011 Dynamo Dresden II 16 (0)
Total16(0)
International career
2010 Madagascar 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Tony Mamodaly (born 2 August 1990) is a sports agent and former professional footballer who played as a forward. Born in Germany, he represented Madagascar at international level.

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Early and personal life

Mamodaly was born in Mannheim, Germany. [2] His father was from Madagascar. [3] Mamodaly initially combined his football career with handball, playing for Rhein-Neckar Löwen and the Germany national youth team, [4] [5] before giving it up to concentrate on football. [3]

Club career

Mamodaly joined TSG 1899 Hoffenheim at the age of 16. [4] After playing with Karlsruher SC II, he trialled with Scottish club Dundee United along with eight teammates, including Lukas Rupp and Matthias Zimmermann. [4] His proposed transfer to Dundee fell through and he instead moved to Dynamo Dresden II, [4] signing for them in October 2009. [5] Mamodaly viewed his time with Dynamo Dresden as a "catastrophe" and that he was bullied by the manager. [4] After two years he trialled with French club Lorient, but that transfer also fell through. [4] He left Dynamo Dresden, and trained with a VDV camp for contractless players. [4] He trialled with 1. FC Nürnberg. [4]

He moved to the United States to play college soccer with the St. Thomas University Bobcats. [4] He spent four seasons with the team, [2] and became their captain. [4] He ended his career in 2016 due to knee problems. [4]

International career

Mamodaly earned two caps for Madagascar in 2010. [2]

Later career

Mamodaly began studying for an MBA at Columbia University before returning to Miami to undertake a master's degree. [4] He also set up a sports agency for young players from Germany, Italy and Brazil to study and play in the United States. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "Tony Mamodaly". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL Medien GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Tony Mamodaly". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
  3. 1 2 Dennis Melzer. "Tony Mamodaly : Die Schönheit der verpassten Chancen" (in German). Goal. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Stephan Reich (1 August 2017). ""Ich habe so viel Scheiße gefressen"" (in German). 11 Freunde. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
  5. 1 2 "Mamodaly hofft auf Mauksch" (in German). Kicker. 18 December 2009. Retrieved 12 July 2018.


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