Personal information | |||
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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]
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]
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]
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]
Winther made four appearances for the Danish U18 national team. For the Denmark U19 he gained six caps scoring one goal.[18]