Jonas Wind: Who is Wolfsburg centre-forward set to feature for Denmark at UEFA Euro 2024?
Jonas Wind hit double figures in the 2023/24 Bundesliga for Wolfsburg and is now gearing up for Euro 2024 with Denmark. bundesliga.com profiles the centre-forward leading Die Wölfe's line...
Data correct as of 5 June 2024
Jonas Wind
Age: 25 (born 7 February 1995)
Position: Centre-forward
Club: Wolfsburg
Country: Denmark (26 caps/ 8 goals)
Key stats
A graduate of the Copenhagen youth academy, Wind scored 13 goals in 17 outings in the 2016/17 U19 Boys League. He made his debut in the Danish Superliga at the age of 19, before becoming a first-team staple during the 2018/19 season. After scoring 10 times across his first two domestic campaigns with the pros, the 6'3" right-footed striker tallied 11 goals in 18 league games in 2020/21.
Wind moved to Wolfsburg during the 2021/22 winter transfer window, having scored a further 10 goals earlier that season for Copenhagen, including four in five UEFA Conference League outings. He opened his Bundesliga account against Hoffenheim, on only his third appearance in a Wolfsburg shirt, and notched a brace against Mainz on his 11th. He ended with six strikes in 24 matches in 2022/23, a tally he almost doubled the following term. Wind set out like a house on fire, netting seven in the first six matches, including three braces. Although he was unable to carry on that scoring rate throughout the term, he did also rack up seven assists.
Wind is now also a regular feature in the Denmark squad since making his debut against the Faroe Islands in 2020. He was a part of the side that reached the UEFA Euro 2020 semi-finals, as well as the team that travelled to the 2022 FIFA World Cup - although he remained on the bench for all three group games as his nation exited early - and he now has eight goals in 26 caps.
Plays a bit like: Sebastien Haller
Despite his goalscoring pedigree, Wind doesn't quite fit the No.9 mould. Strong in the air and physical, the Dane has a habit of dropping deep from a starting striker role to get involved in the build-up, much like Ajax's Sebastien Haller in his Eintracht Frankfurt days.
Did you know?
Jonas is the son of Per Wind, a former goalkeeper, two-time Denmark international and 1978 Danish Cup winner, who made over 580 competitive appearances during a 20-year stint with BK Frem.
Wind senior later spent over a decade in the role of Copenhagen goalkeeping coach, before working under first-team boss Stale Solbakken between 2013 and 2021.
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What they're saying
"Jonas is the complete striker. He's adapted to the Bundesliga really well, which is great for me." - Wolfsburg head coach Florian Kohfeldt, for whom Wind signed
"Jonas has very good technique, finds solutions in the tightest of spaces, has a good heading game and really works for the team." - Wolfsburg sporting director Marcel Schäfer
"I have confidence in myself that when I'm ready and fit, then I have the qualities to do a good job and score some goals, and that's what I've done this season." Wind discussing his early season form in 2023/24
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