Frederik Winther

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Frederik Winther
Personal information
Full name Frederik Franck Winther
Date of birth (2001-01-04) 4 January 2001 (age 21)
Place of birth Denmark
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Club information
Current team
 FC Augsburg
Number 26
Youth career
2007–2014 B 1903
2014–2018 Lyngby
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2020 Lyngby 38 (0)
2020– FC Augsburg 2 (0)
2020–2021 → Lyngby (loan) 17 (1)
National team‡
2018–2019 Denmark U18 4 (1)
2019–2020 Denmark U19 7 (1)
2021– Denmark U20 2 (0)
2021– Denmark U21 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:32, 18 December 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23:35, 27 November 2021 (UTC)

Frederik Franck Winther (Danish pronunciation: [ˈve̝nˀtɐ]; born 4 January 2001) is a Danish professional footballer who plays for Bundesliga club FC Augsburg.[1]

Club career[]

Early years[]

A defender, Winther began his career with B 1903 in 2007 at age 6.[2] He progressed through the club's academy to the under-13 team before making the move to the Lyngby BK youth team in 2014.[2]

Lyngby[]

Winther progressed through the Lyngby academy while playing matches for his primary school, Kildegård Privatskole in the Ekstra Bladet School Football Tournament in 2016.[3] 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 in the Danish 1st Division, where Lyngby secured promotion.[4] That season he made 10 total appearances.[5] Winther soon established himself as a first-team regular in the Danish Superliga, attracting interest from Dutch clubs Ajax and PSV,[6] as well as German and Austrian clubs RB Leipzig and Red Bull Salzburg.[7]

FC Augsburg[]

On 5 October 2020, it was confirmed, that Winther had signed a deal until 2025 with German club FC Augsburg.[8] However, he would remain on loan at Lyngby for the 2020–21 season on a loan deal.

International career[]

Winther made four appearances for the Danish under-18 team. Currently, he is a part of the Denmark under-19 team, where he has gained six caps in which he has scored one goal.[9]

References[]

  1. ^ Frederik Winther at Soccerway
  2. ^ a b Harder, Mads (16 September 2017). "B1903'er skriver kontrakt med superligaklub". Boldklubben 1903. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
  3. ^ Schou, Henrik (3 November 2016). "TV: Drama-drengene i endnu en gyser". Ekstra Bladet. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
  4. ^ Græsdal Maajen, Anton (27 May 2019). "Lyngby belønner ung stopper med lang aftale". bold.dk. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
  5. ^ Frederik Winther at Soccerway
  6. ^ Carlskov, Thor (26 July 2019). "Lyngby håber at holde på 18-årig komet". bold.dk. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
  7. ^ Wehlast, Mads Glenn (7 August 2019). "I kikkerten hos storklub". Ekstra Bladet. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
  8. ^ FCA nimmt Frederik Winther unter Vertrag, fcaugsburg.de, 5 October 2020
  9. ^ "Frederik Winther". dbu.dk. Danish Football Union. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
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