Frederik Winther
Personal information
Full name Frederik Franck Winther[1]
Date of birth (2001-01-04) 4 January 2001 (age 23)
Place of birth Gentofte, Denmark[1]
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[2]
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Estoril
(on loan from Augsburg)
Number 6
Youth career
2007–2014 B 1903
2014–2018 Lyngby
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2020 Lyngby 38 (0)
2020– Augsburg 5 (0)
2020– Augsburg II 4 (0)
2020–2021 → Lyngby (loan) 17 (1)
2023 → Brøndby (loan) 15 (0)
2024– → Estoril (loan) 0 (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 20:10, 27 January 2024 (UTC)

Frederik Franck Winther (Danish pronunciation: [ˈve̝nˀtɐ]; born 4 January 2001) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Portuguese Primeira Liga club Estoril on loan from Bundesliga club Augsburg.[3]

Club career

Lyngby

Winther began his career with B 1903 in 2007 at age six.[4] He progressed through the club's academy to the under-13 team before making a move to the Lyngby youth team in 2014.[4]

Winther progressed through the Lyngby academy while playing matches for his primary school, Kildegård Privatskole in the Ekstra Bladet School Football Tournament in 2016.[5] 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.[6][7] 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.[8] That season he made ten appearances.[9] Winther soon established himself as a first-team regular in the Superliga, attracting interest from Dutch clubs Ajax and PSV,[10] as well as German and Austrian clubs RB Leipzig and Red Bull Salzburg.[11]

FC Augsburg

On 5 October 2020, it was confirmed, that Winther had signed a deal until 2025 with German club FC Augsburg.[12] 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.[13] He made his debut for the club on 19 February, starting in a 5–2 home win over AC Horsens.[14] He returned to Augsburg at the end of his loan, after making 15 appearances for Brøndby.[15]

On 29 January 2024, Augusburg announced that Winther would spend the remainder of the 2023–24 season on loan at Portuguese Primeira Liga club Estoril Praia.[16]

International career

Winther made four appearances for the Danish U18 national team. For the Denmark U19 he gained six caps scoring one goal.[17]

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Frederik Winther". FC Augsburg. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
  3. ^ Frederik Winther at Soccerway
  4. ^ a b Harder, Mads (16 September 2017). "B1903'er skriver kontrakt med superligaklub". Boldklubben 1903. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
  5. ^ Schou, Henrik (3 November 2016). "TV: Drama-drengene i endnu en gyser". Ekstra Bladet. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ "Lyngby vs. Silkeborg – 20 March 2019". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
  8. ^ Græsdal Maajen, Anton (27 May 2019). "Lyngby belønner ung stopper med lang aftale". bold.dk. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
  9. ^ Frederik Winther at Soccerway
  10. ^ Carlskov, Thor (26 July 2019). "Lyngby håber at holde på 18-årig komet". bold.dk. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
  11. ^ Wehlast, Mads Glenn (7 August 2019). "I kikkerten hos storklub". Ekstra Bladet. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
  12. ^ FCA nimmt Frederik Winther unter Vertrag, fcaugsburg.de, 5 October 2020
  13. ^ "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.
  14. ^ 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.
  15. ^ 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.
  16. ^ "Frederik Winther moves to Portugal on loan". FC Augsburg. 29 January 2024. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
  17. ^ "Frederik Winther". dbu.dk. Danish Football Union. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
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