Martin Vingaard

Martin Vingaard (born 20 March 1985) is a Danish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He currently manages the under-17 team of FC Copenhagen.

Martin Vingaard

Vingaard in 2013
Personal information
Full name	Martin Vingaard Hansen
Date of birth	(1985-03-20) 20 March 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth	Odense, Denmark[1]
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[2]
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Copenhagen (U17 manager)
Youth career
	Skt. Klemens
	Dalum IF
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2003–2005	B.1913
2005–2008	Esbjerg fB	79	(16)
2009–2013	Copenhagen	97	(16)
2013–2016	Nordsjælland	91	(4)
2016–2018	Tampa Bay Rowdies	51	(1)
2019–2020	HB Køge	33	(1)
International career
2003–2004	Denmark U19	10	(2)
2004–2005	Denmark U20	6	(0)
2008–2011	Denmark	9	(1)
Managerial career
2020–2021	Copenhagen (U17 assistant)
2021–2022	Copenhagen (U15)
2022–	Copenhagen (U17)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Vingaard was born in Odense, Denmark, and grew up in the suburb of Fangel.^[1] After a strong season with his club FC Copenhagen, Vingaard was one of the nominees for Danish Football Player of the Year 2010, an award eventually won by teammate and captain William Kvist.

On 22 April 2019, Vingaard signed for the rest of the season with HB Køge.^[3] His retirement from football was announced on 16 July 2020.^[4]

International career

He scored his first goal for the Denmark national football team in the friendly match against Poland on 1 June 2008.^[5]

Coaching career

At the end of July 2020, he was appointed under-17s assistant coach of his former club, FC Copenhagen.^[6] On 21 December 2021 Copenhagen confirmed, that Vingaard had taken charge of the clubs under-15 team.^[7] He took over as head coach of the under-17s in September 2022.^[8]

Honours

Copenhagen

• Danish Superliga: 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2012–13
• Danish Cup: 2008–09, 2011–12

Individual

• Tipsbladet Player of the Spring: 2018^[9]

References

1. "Her er Vingaards hjemmebane". Fyens Stiftstidende (in Danish). 31 August 2011. Archived from the original on 4 March 2023. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
2. "Martin Vingaard". F.C. København (in Danish). Archived from the original on 25 September 2022. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
3. HB Køge skriver med Martin Vingaard, hbkoge.dk, 22 April 2019
4. 35-årige Martin Vingaard stopper karrieren, bold.dk, 16 July 2020
5. "Danmark-Polen 1–1 (Danish)". DBU. Retrieved 29 December 2008.
6. TRÆNERROKADER I TALENTAFDELINGEN, fck.dk, 28 July 2020
7. NIELS LAWAETZ STOPPER - MARTIN VINGAARD NY U15-TRÆNER, fck.dk, 21 December 2021
8. Bech, Malthe Graungaard (29 September 2022). "Trænerrokade i FCK: Martin Vingaard ny U17-chef". bold.dk (in Danish). Archived from the original on 3 December 2022. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
9. "Forårets Profil: Se alle de tidligere vindere". Tipsbladet (in Danish). 19 May 2022. Archived from the original on 6 July 2022. Retrieved 4 March 2023.

External links

• Martin Vingaard national team profile at the Danish Football Association (in Danish)
• Martin Vingaard official Danish Superliga statistics at danskfodbold.com (in Danish)
• Martin Vingaard on FC Nordsjælland at the Wayback Machine (archived 2 October 2015) (in Danish)
• Martin Vingaard at Soccerway