Jonas Wind

Jonas Wind

Wind with Copenhagen in 2019
Personal information
Full name	Jonas Older Wind [1]
Date of birth	(1999-02-07) 7 February 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth	Hvidovre, Denmark
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) [2]
Position(s)	Striker, second striker
Team information
Current team	VfL Wolfsburg
Number	23
Youth career
2007–2010	Avedøre
2010–2012	Rosenhøj Boldklub
2012–2017	Copenhagen
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2018–2022	Copenhagen	88	(36)
2022–	VfL Wolfsburg	72	(22)
International career‡
2015–2016	Denmark U17	12	(0)
2016–2017	Denmark U18	3	(1)
2017–2018	Denmark U19	9	(8)
2019	Denmark U21	2	(1)
2020–	Denmark	26	(8)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:02, 21 May 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:09, 23 March 2024 (UTC)

Jonas Older Wind (born 7 February 1999) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Bundesliga club VfL Wolfsburg and the Denmark national team. ^[3] He is the son of former goalkeeper Per Wind.

Career

Early career

Wind began his career in Avedøre IF in 2007 and moved to Rosenhøj Boldklub in 2010, where he was named youth player of the year in 2011. At only twelve years old, he was the youngest player ever to receive this honour.

Wind played 12 games for Denmark's U17 national team and three matches for the U18 national team. He scored eight goals in nine matches for the U19 national team. In March 2019, he had his two first matches in the U21 national team, scoring in the second against Belgium in the 90th minute.

FC Copenhagen

In July 2012, Wind was admitted to the FCK School of Excellence. He played for the club's U17, U18 and U19 teams until 2018. Here, he scored nine goals for U17 in the 2014/15 season, became top scorer in the U17 league and for FCK's U17 team in 2015–16 with 28 goals in 24 games. He was the third-highest scoring player in the U19 league in 2016–17.

Wind signed a contract for the senior team with FC Copenhagen on his nineteenth birthday on 7 February 2018, and debuted at Wanda Metropolitano against Atletico Madrid on 22 February. He scored his first senior goal in FC Copenhagen's 2–1 Superliga win against AaB on 18 April. On 26 April 2018, Wind was awarded Kjøbenhavns Boldklub's youth talent award 'Granen'. ^[4]

On 4 November 2018, Wind secured a derby victory over rivals Brøndby IF when he first-timed a Robert Skov cross in goal during overtime. ^[5]

Wind kicked off the 2019–20 Superliga season in fine fashion with goals in the first three games against OB, AGF, and AC Horsens.

On 6 August 2019, Wind scored a Panenka penalty kick in the exact same stadium as the original Panenka forcing the goalkeeper to his right and chipping the ball in high in the middle of the goal. This sealed the match result to a 1–1 draw between Red Star Belgrade and Copenhagen in the first leg of the third qualifying round to the 2019–20 UEFA Champions League. ^[6] Through his first 42 games for FC Copenhagen in all competitions, he had scored twelve goals and provided seven assists. ^[7]

On 5 August 2020, Wind scored two goals in a 3–0 win over Turkish champions İstanbul Başakşehir to secure a place in the quarter-finals of the Europa League. ^[8]

Wolfsburg

On 31 January 2022, Wind signed a contract with German club VfL Wolfsburg until 2026. ^[9] On 19 February, he scored his first goal in a 2–1 home defeat against Hoffenheim. ^[10] In the 2022–23 season, he became the joint-top scorer at the club with six goals in all competitions, along with Yannick Gerhardt and Omar Marmoush. ^[11]

In his first ten matches of the 2023–24 season, he managed to score eight goals including two back-to-back braces against Heidenheim and Köln in the first two opening matches. ^[12]

International career

On 7 October 2020, Wind made his international debut in a 4–0 friendly win over the Faroe Islands. ^[13] On 25 May 2021, he got called up by coach Kasper Hjulmand for the UEFA Euro 2020. ^[14] In November 2022, he was named in the 26-man squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. ^[15]

Personal life

Wind is an Arsenal supporter. ^[16]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 18 May 2024 ^[3]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup [lower-alpha 1]		Europe		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Copenhagen	2017–18	Danish Superliga	10	2	0	0	1 [lower-alpha 2]	0	11	2
	2018–19	Danish Superliga	21	6	1	0	2 [lower-alpha 2]	0	24	6
	2019–20	Danish Superliga	13	7	0	0	6 [lower-alpha 3]	3	19	10
	2020–21	Danish Superliga	28	15	1	0	3 [lower-alpha 2]	2	32	17
	2021–22	Danish Superliga	16	6	1	0	10 [lower-alpha 4]	5	27	11
	Total		88	36	3	0	22	10	113	46
VfL Wolfsburg	2021–22	Bundesliga	14	5	—		—		14	5
	2022–23	Bundesliga	24	6	2	0	—		26	6
	2023–24	Bundesliga	34	11	3	1	—		37	12
	Total		72	22	5	1	—		77	23
Career total			160	58	8	1	22	10	190	69

1. Includes Danish Cup, DFB-Pokal
2. Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
3. Four appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, two appearances and two goals in UEFA Europa League
4. Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League

International

As of match played 23 March 2024 ^[17]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Denmark	2020	4	2
	2021	8	2
	2022	3	1
	2023	10	3
	2024	1	0
Total		26	8

Scores and results list Denmark's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Wind goal. ^[18]

List of international goals scored by Jonas Wind

No.	Date	Venue	Cap	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	11 November 2020	Brøndby Stadion, Brøndbyvester, Denmark	2	Sweden	1–0	2–0	Friendly
2	18 November 2020	Den Dreef, Leuven, Belgium	4	Belgium	1–1	2–4	2020–21 UEFA Nations League A
3	25 March 2021	Bloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv, Israel	5	Israel	2–0	2–0	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
4	4 September 2021	Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands	11	Faroe Islands	1–0	1–0	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
5	13 June 2022	Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, Denmark	15	Austria	1–0	2–0	2022–23 UEFA Nations League A
6	16 June 2023		18	Northern Ireland	1–0	1–0	UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying
7	7 September 2023		20	San Marino	3–0	4–0	UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying
8	14 October 2023		22	Kazakhstan	1–0	3–1	UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying

Honours

Copenhagen

• Danish Superliga: 2018–19 ^[19] 2021–22

Individual

• Bundesliga Rookie of the Month: February 2022 ^[20]
• Bundesliga Goal of the Month: February 2022 ^[21]

References

1. "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™: List of Players: Denmark" (PDF). FIFA. 15 November 2022. p. 9. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 December 2022. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
2. "Jonas Wind". Vfl Wolfsburg. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
3. Jonas Wind at Soccerway. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
4. "Jonas Wind årets KB-talent: Et stort skulderklap". F.C. København (in Danish). Retrieved 18 April 2019.
5. Highlights: Brøndby 0-1 FCK , retrieved 7 August 2019
6. "Jonas Wind: WACTH Panenka penalty vs Red Star Belgrade". F.C. København. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
7. "Jonas Wind". nipserstat.dk. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
8. "Copenhagen 3-0 İstanbul Başakşehir (agg: 3-1): Turkish champions stunned". UEFA. 5 August 2020. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
9. "Jonas Wind verpflichtet" (Press release) (in German). VfL Wolfsburg. 31 January 2022. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
10. "Hoffenheim go fourth with comeback win at Wolfsburg". ESPN. 19 February 2022. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
11. "Bundesliga-Serie: Wolfsburg setzt beim Toreschießen auf den Nachwuchs-Robben" (in German). Augsburger Allgemeine. 30 July 2023.
12. "Bundesliga top scorers 2023-24: Harry Kane, Serhou Guirassy & players with the most goals in Germany this season". Goal.com. 7 November 2023.
13. "Landsholdsdatabasen spiller information". www.dbu.dk. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
14. "26 spillere klar til EM for Danmark" [26 players ready for the European Championship for Denmark]. Danish Football Association (in Danish). 25 May 2021. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
15. "De sidste fem spillere til VM-truppen er udtaget" [The last five players for the World Cup squad have been selected] (in Danish). Danish Football Association. 13 November 2022. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
16. Gennery, Ewan (10 September 2022). "'Arsenal would be a dream destination' - Wolfsburg star Jonas Wind reveals ideal future transfer plan". GOAL. Retrieved 10 September 2022.
17. "Wind, Jonas". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
18. "Wind, Jonas". National Football Teams. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
19. "FC Copenhagen are Danish champions". The Copenhagen Post . 6 May 2019. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
20. "Bundesliga Rookie Award". Bundesliga. Archived from the original on 23 October 2020. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
21. "Bundesliga Goal of the Month". Bundesliga. Retrieved 18 November 2021.

External links

• Profile at the VfL Wolfsburg website