Fredrik Winsnes

Fredrik Winsnes
Photo:Jarle Vines
Personal information
Full name Fredrik Guttormsen Lærum Winsnes
Date of birth (1975-12-28) 28 December 1975 (age 48)
Place of birth Trondheim, Norway
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Ranheim
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996–2005 Rosenborg 173 (14)
2002 → Hammarby (loan) 25 (2)
2006–2007 AaB 45 (4)
2007–2009 Strømsgodset 67 (7)
2010–2011 Rosenborg 43 (1)
Total 353 (28)
International career
2001–2009 Norway 19 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Fredrik Guttormsen Lærum Winsnes (born 28 December 1975) is a Norwegian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder, primarily for Rosenborg BK in the Norwegian Premier League. He also played 19 games for the Norway national football team.

Career

Born in Trondheim, Winsnes started his senior career with local team Rosenborg in 1996. He played nine seasons at Rosenborg, winning seven Norwegian Premier League championships and two Norwegian Cups. Though playing for Rosenborg until the end of 2005, he spent the 2002 season on loan at Swedish team Hammarby IF. In December 2005, he signed a three-year long deal with Aalborg Boldspilklub (AaB) in the Danish Superliga. He joined the AaB squad on 4 January 2006 during the training for the second half of the 2005–06 Superliga season.

He played one and a half season at AaB, helping them win bronze medals in the 2006–07 Superliga season; the best AaB result in eight years. After the season, he was named 2006-07 AaB Player of the Year.[1] Having played a total 57 games and scored five goals for AaB, the birth of his daughter prompted Winsnes and his wife to move back to Norway to be closer to their family.[2] He continued his career at Strømsgodset. August 20, 2008 he made a comeback on the Norwegian national team in a friendly match against Ireland, almost five years since his last match for Norway. After the 2009 season Winsnes returned to Rosenborg in his hometown Trondheim.[3]

Career statistics

Season Club Division League Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
2005–06 AaB Superliga 13 1 0 0 13 1
2006–07 32 3 0 0 32 3
2007 Strømsgodset Tippeligaen 14 1 2 0 16 1
2008 25 3 5 2 30 5
2009 28 3 1 0 29 3
2010 Rosenborg 26 1 5 0 31 1
2011 17 0 4 2 21 2
Career Total 155 12 17 4 172 16

Honours

Club

Rosenborg

Individual

  • AaB Player of the Year: 2006–07

References

  1. ^ "AaB A/S - Artikel". Archived from the original on 2007-09-29. Retrieved 2009-06-17.
  2. ^ "AaB A/S - Artikel". Archived from the original on 2007-09-29. Retrieved 2009-06-17.
  3. ^ "Fredrik Winsnes snakker ut om overgangen til Rosenborg" (in Norwegian). Drammens Tidende. 28 November 2009. Retrieved 7 April 2010.
  4. ^ "Mestvinnende spillere" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. 19 October 2006. Retrieved 2 November 2010.