Joakim

Mæhle

Joakim Mæhle history

Joakim Mæhle was born on 20 May 1997 in Östervra and plays for VfL Wolfsburg. He played for Östervra Idraetsforening from 2008-2009, for Aalborg BK from 2009-2017, for KRC Genk from 2017-2021, for Atalanta Bergamo from 2021-2023 and has played for VfL Wolfsburg since 2023.

Current season 2024/25

In this season, Joakim Mæhle has scored three goals and takes fourth place within his squad. He shares this rank with Maximilian Arnold, Mattias Svanberg, Patrick Wimmer and Lukas Nmecha. With four assists, the 1.86m-tall defender presently has the third-most in his team along with Patrick Wimmer. In 25 of the previous 28 games of the season, Joakim Mæhle was in the starting line-up. Of these 28 games, he won 9 with his club. Additionally, he was substituted in for three games.

The player with the shirt number 21 is in fourth place in his team's internal ranking for both pass success rate (82.75 per cent) and tackle success rate (49.31 per cent).

Last game

Joakim Mæhle played his last game on the 34th matchday of the 2024/25 season (17 May 2025). Playing for VfL Wolfsburg, he won against Borussia M'gladbach 1-0. He played as a defender throughout this entire game. In terms of total touches, Joakim Mæhle had 73 individual ball possessions, which is the highest amount of any player in his club. Furthermore, he had 19 tackle challenges in the last match. Of these, he was able to win 10. The 28-year-old was additionally able to make 35 successful passes – the best performance within his club for this game. He covered a distance of 11.6 km during his total playing time in this game. In doing so, he had a total of 28 sprints.

Bundesliga career and records

Joakim Mæhle has played 58 matches in the course of his career in the Bundesliga. Of these, he has won 17. He has played all the matches of his career in the Bundesliga as a member of VfL Wolfsburg. Here, Joakim Mæhle has put a total of five balls in the net.