Henry Wingo

Henry Wingo (born October 4, 1995) is an American soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Molde in the Eliteserien.

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)
Playing position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Molde
Number 20
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– Molde 4 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18 June 2020

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]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 16 June 2020[8]
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 100000–10
Total 4000000040
Career total 576404010666

Personal life

Wingo’s brother, Teddy, played professionally in Norway for Stryn FK.[9] 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.[10]

Honors

Club

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. "H.Wingo". soccerway.com/. Henry Wingo. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
  9. "Henry Wingo". SoundersFC.com. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
  10. "Henry Wingo". soundersfc.com. soundersfc.com. Retrieved 28 November 2017.


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