Henry Wingo

Henry Wingo (born October 4, 1995) is an American soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Ferencvárosi TC in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I.

Henry Wingo
Personal information
Date of birth (1995-10-04) October 4, 1995
Place of birth Seattle, Washington, United States
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Ferencváros
Number 31
Youth career
2012–2014 Seattle Sounders FC
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2016 Washington Huskies 58 (2)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015 Puget Sound Gunners 2 (0)
2017–2019 Seattle Sounders FC 22 (0)
2017–2019 → Tacoma Defiance (loan) 31 (6)
2019–2021 Molde 23 (2)
2021– Ferencváros 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 27 January 2021

Career

Early career

Henry Wingo spent time as a youth playing for Northwest Nationals and Crossfire FC. Wingo then played for two seasons as part of the Seattle Sounders Academy where he scored 12 goals.[1]

Wingo played for three seasons at the University of Washington. During his time at UW, Wingo scored two goals and added four assists in 58 matches. With his efforts he earned All-Pac-12 Second Team honors in 2015 and 2016.[1]

He also played in the Premier Development League for Puget Sound Gunners.[2]

Seattle Sounders FC

Wingo was signed as a Homegrown Player on January 18, 2017.[3] Wingo made his professional debut on March 4, 2017, coming on as a substitute during the first game of the 2017 season in a 2–1 loss to Houston.[4]

Molde FK

On August 12, 2019, Wingo moved to Norwegian Eliteserien side Molde FK, reuniting him with former Sounder Magnus Wolff Eikrem.[5][6] He made his debut for the club on October 21, when he came in as an 89th minute substitute in Molde's 3–1 win against Haugesund.[7] In one and half seasons with Molde, Wingo made 23 league appearances and scored two goals in the Eliteserien.[8] He made a further 8 appearances for the club in both the UEFA Europa League and the UEFA Champions League.[8]

Ferencváros

On January 18, 2021, Ferencváros announced through its Twitter account that the club had signed Wingo from Molde.[9] Wingo made his debut for the club on January 27th, coming on in the 80th minute in a 3–0 win against Budafoki MTE.[10]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played December 19, 2020[11]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Seattle Sounders 2 2017 USL Championship 122–––122
2018 123–––123
2019 71–––123
Total 316------316
Seattle Sounders 2017 Major League Soccer 11020–10140
2018 50104000100
2019 6010–0070
Total 220404010310
Molde 2019 Eliteserien 300000–30
2020 2020080–282
Total 232008000312
Ferencváros 2020–21 Nemzeti Bajnokság I 3000000030
Career total 7984012010968

Personal life

Wingo’s brother, Teddy, played professionally in Norway for Stryn FK.[12] Henry grew up in Lake Forest Park, Washington. A suburb of Seattle. Since the age of 3, Henry and his brothers Teddy and Connor were raised by their single mother Erica. Henry Wingo attended Shorecrest High School in Shoreline, Washington.[13]

Honors

Molde

Individual
  • All-Pac-12 Selection: Second Team 2015, 2016[1]

References
  1. "Wingo Signs With Seattle Sounders". GoHuskies.com. January 3, 2017. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
  2. "2015 Puget Sound Gunners stats". ssl.demosphere.com. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
  3. "Seattle Sounders sign Henry Wingo and Seyi Adekoya as Homegrown Players". SoundersFC.com. January 17, 2017. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
  4. "Sounders FC falls 2-1 in Houston to open 2017 MLS season". SoundersFC.com. March 4, 2017. Retrieved March 7, 2017.
  5. "Sounders FC transfers midfielder Henry Wingo to Norwegian side Molde FK | Seattle Sounders FC".
  6. "Henry Wingo klar for Molde FK". Molde.
  7. "Molde vs. Haugesund 3–1". uk.soccerway.com. Soccerway. October 20, 2019. Retrieved October 21, 2019.
  8. "USA - H. Wingo - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
  9. "𝙏𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙛𝙚𝙧 𝙉𝙚𝙬𝙨 Henry Wingo will continue his career in Ferencváros". Twitter. January 18, 2021. Retrieved January 18, 2021. line feed character in |title= at position 14 (help); |first= missing |last= (help)
  10. "Budafoki MTE vs. Ferencvaros - 27 January 2021 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2021-02-07.
  11. "H.Wingo". soccerway.com/. Henry Wingo. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
  12. "Henry Wingo". SoundersFC.com. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
  13. "Henry Wingo". soundersfc.com. soundersfc.com. Retrieved 28 November 2017.



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