Frederik Winther
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Frederik Franck Winther[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 4 January 2001 | ||
| Place of birth | Gentofte, Denmark[1] | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Hammarby | ||
| Number | 6 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2007–2014 | B 1903 | ||
| 2014–2018 | Lyngby | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018–2020 | Lyngby | 38 | (0) |
| 2020–2024 | Augsburg | 5 | (0) |
| 2020–2024 | Augsburg II | 4 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | → Lyngby (loan) | 17 | (1) |
| 2023 | → Brøndby (loan) | 15 | (0) |
| 2024 | → Estoril (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 2024– | Hammarby IF | 2 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2018–2019 | Denmark U18 | 4 | (1) |
| 2019–2020 | Denmark U19 | 7 | (1) |
| 2021 | Denmark U20 | 2 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | Denmark U21 | 7 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:33, 7 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
Frederik Franck Winther (Danish pronunciation: [ˈve̝nˀtɐ]; born 4 January 2001) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Swedish Allsvenskan club Hammarby.[3] Winther began his career with B 1903 in 2007 at the age of six and later joined Lyngby BK’s youth team in 2014. He has also played for FC Augsburg and Bröndby IF.[4]
Club career
[edit]Lyngby
[edit]Winther began his career with B 1903 in 2007 at age six.[5] He progressed through the club's academy to the under-13 team before making a move to the Lyngby youth team in 2014.[5]
Winther progressed through the Lyngby academy while playing matches for his primary school, Kildegård Privatskole in the Ekstra Bladet School Football Tournament in 2016.[6] He made his professional debut on 20 March 2019, replacing Jesper Christjansen in a 2–0 win over Silkeborg in the second-tier Danish 1st Division.[7][8] He signed a five-year professional contract on 27 May 2019, after making his first appearances for the Lyngby first-team during the 2018–19 season, where Lyngby would also secure promotion to the Danish Superliga.[9] That season he made ten appearances.[10] Winther soon established himself as a first-team regular in the Superliga, attracting interest from Dutch clubs Ajax and PSV,[11] as well as German and Austrian clubs RB Leipzig and Red Bull Salzburg.[12]
FC Augsburg
[edit]On 5 October 2020, it was confirmed, that Winther had signed a deal until 2025 with German club FC Augsburg.[13] However, he would remain on loan at Lyngby for the 2020–21 season on a loan deal.
Winther returned to Denmark on 31 January 2023, joining Brøndby on a five-month loan deal.[14] He made his debut for the club on 19 February, starting in a 5–2 home win over AC Horsens.[15] He returned to Augsburg at the end of his loan, after making 15 appearances for Brøndby.[16]
On 29 January 2024, Augsburg announced that Winther would spend the remainder of the 2023–24 season on loan at Portuguese Primeira Liga club Estoril Praia.[17]
Hammarby
[edit]On 28 March 2024, Augsburg announced that Winther’s loan at Estoril had been prematurely terminated and he had been permanently transferred to Allsvenskan club Hammarby.[4]
International career
[edit]Winther made four appearances for the Danish U18 national team. For the Denmark U19 he gained six caps scoring one goal.[18]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Frederik Franck Winther | FC Augsburg | Player Profile | Bundesliga". bundesliga.com - the official Bundesliga website. Archived from the original on 27 November 2021. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
- ^ "Frederik Winther". FC Augsburg. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
- ^ Frederik Winther at Soccerway
- ^ a b "Frederik Winther moves to Sweden". FC Augsburg. 28 March 2024. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
- ^ a b Harder, Mads (16 September 2017). "B1903'er skriver kontrakt med superligaklub". Boldklubben 1903. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
- ^ Schou, Henrik (3 November 2016). "TV: Drama-drengene i endnu en gyser". Ekstra Bladet. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
- ^ "Debutant Winther: Det var en fed kamp at komme ind i". Lyngby Boldklub (in Danish). 21 March 2019. Archived from the original on 9 December 2022. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
- ^ "Lyngby vs. Silkeborg – 20 March 2019". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
- ^ Græsdal Maajen, Anton (27 May 2019). "Lyngby belønner ung stopper med lang aftale". bold.dk. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
- ^ Frederik Winther at Soccerway
- ^ Carlskov, Thor (26 July 2019). "Lyngby håber at holde på 18-årig komet". bold.dk. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
- ^ Wehlast, Mads Glenn (7 August 2019). "I kikkerten hos storklub". Ekstra Bladet. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
- ^ FCA nimmt Frederik Winther unter Vertrag, fcaugsburg.de, 5 October 2020
- ^ "Tak for indsatsen til Rosted – og velkommen til Frederik Winther". Brøndby IF (in Danish). 31 January 2023. Archived from the original on 31 January 2023. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
- ^ Bech, Malthe Graungaard (19 February 2023). "BIF starter med Greve, Evjen og Winther – Slimane er bænket". bold.dk (in Danish). Archived from the original on 19 February 2023. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
- ^ Sand, Nicolai (26 June 2023). "Brøndby bekræfter Winther-exit: Er vendt retur til Augsburg". bold.dk (in Danish). Archived from the original on 27 January 2024. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
- ^ "Frederik Winther moves to Portugal on loan". FC Augsburg. 29 January 2024. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
- ^ "Frederik Winther". dbu.dk. Danish Football Union. Retrieved 13 May 2020.