Adrian Winter

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| name = Adrian Winter

| image = YB vs. FCL - Winter 4.jpg

| caption = Adrian Winter with FC Luzern in 2014

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| height = {{height|m=1.78}}

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1986|7|8}}

| birth_place = Thalwil, Switzerland

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| position = Attacking midfielder

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| years1 = 2005–2007 | clubs1 = FC Red Star Zürich | caps1 = 50 | goals1 = 11

| years2 = 2007–2009 | clubs2 = FC Wil 1900 | caps2 = 33 | goals2 = 3

| years3 = 2009–2011 | clubs3 = FC St. Gallen | caps3 = 63 | goals3 = 7

| years4 = 2011–2015 | clubs4 = FC Luzern | caps4 = 130 | goals4 = 15

| years5 = 2015–2016 | clubs5 = Orlando City | caps5 = 22 | goals5 = 5

| years6 = 2016–2021 | clubs6 = FC Zürich | caps6 = 118 | goals6 = 17

| nationalyears1 = 2012

| nationalteam1 = Switzerland

| nationalcaps1 = 1

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| club-update = 13:10, 3 June 2021 (UTC)

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Adrian Winter (born 8 July 1986) is a Swiss former professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder.{{cite web|url=http://www.fcz.ch/de/profis/news.htm?id=3732|title=Der FC Zürich verpflichtet Offensivspieler Adrian Winter|publisher=fcz.ch|date=5 July 2016|accessdate=5 July 2016|language=de}}{{Cite web |date=2024-03-19 |title=Fussball-Prominenz in der 3. Liga – Ex-Profi Adrian Winter verstärkt den FC Wädenswil |url=https://www.zsz.ch/fussball-prominenz-in-der-3-liga-ex-profi-adrian-winter-verstaerkt-den-fc-waedenswil-978244512933 |access-date=2024-05-02 |website=Zürichsee-Zeitung |language=de}} Winter has also been capped for Switzerland. As of March 2024, he plays in the Swiss third-tier team FC Wädenswil.

Career

In July 2015, it was announced that Winter was acquired by Major League Soccer team Orlando City SC.{{cite web|title=David Mateos, Adrian Winter acquired by Orlando City pending paperwork|url=http://www.espnfc.com/major-league-soccer/story/2541392/orlando-city-acquire-david-mateos-adrian-winter-mls|website=ESPN FC|publisher=ESPN|accessdate=6 March 2017|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150801000231/http://www.espnfc.com/major-league-soccer/story/2541392/orlando-city-acquire-david-mateos-adrian-winter-mls|archivedate=1 August 2015|date=29 July 2015}} Winter made his debut for Orlando City on 8 August as a 72nd-minute substitution for Servando Carrasco.{{cite web|last1=Mercer|first1=Kevin|title=Winter is Coming: On Adrian Winter's Orlando City Debut|url=http://www.themaneland.com/2015/8/12/9134439/winter-is-coming-adrian-winters-orlando-city-debut|website=SB Nation|publisher=Vox Media|accessdate=6 March 2017|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160826162346/http://www.themaneland.com/2015/8/12/9134439/winter-is-coming-adrian-winters-orlando-city-debut|archivedate=26 August 2016}} He later scored his first two MLS goals in a 3–1 win over Sporting Kansas City on 13 September.{{cite web|title=Winter scores twice to help Orlando City snap 6-game winless skid|url=http://www.foxsports.com/florida/story/adrian-winter-scores-twice-to-help-orlando-city-snap-6-game-winless-skid-091315|website=Fox Sports|publisher=21st Century Fox|accessdate=6 March 2017|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160824050449/http://www.foxsports.com/florida/story/adrian-winter-scores-twice-to-help-orlando-city-snap-6-game-winless-skid-091315|archivedate=24 August 2016|date=13 September 2015}} After playing well into the 2016 MLS season, Winter parted ways with Orlando City on 1 July due to family reasons and returned to Switzerland to play for FC Zürich.{{cite web|last1=DelGallo|first1=Alicia|title=Orlando City releases midfielder Adrian Winter from contract|url=http://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/orlando-city-lions/os-orlando-city-adrian-winter-0701-story.html|website=Orlando Sentinel|publisher=Tribune Publishing|accessdate=6 March 2017|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160705140654/http://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/orlando-city-lions/os-orlando-city-adrian-winter-0701-story.html|archivedate=5 July 2016|date=1 July 2016}}{{cite web|last1=DelGallo|first1=Alicia|title=Adrian Winter reportedly to join FC Zürich after Orlando City release|url=http://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/orlando-city-lions/on-the-pitch/os-adrian-winter-fc-zurich-orlando-city-20160702-story.html|website=Orlando Sentinel|publisher=Tribune Publishing|accessdate=6 March 2017|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160706012130/http://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/orlando-city-lions/on-the-pitch/os-adrian-winter-fc-zurich-orlando-city-20160702-story.html|archivedate=6 July 2016|date=2 July 2016}} He made his league debut for Zürich in a 2-0 home victory on 25 July 2016 over FC Winterthur. He played all ninety minutes of the match.{{cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2016/07/25/switzerland/challenge-league/fc-zurich/fc-winterthur/2243365/|title=Zurich vs. Winterthur – 25 July 2016 – Soccerway|website=int.soccerway.com|accessdate=5 November 2018}} He scored his first league goal for the club not long later, on 6 August 2016 in a 4-0 home victory over FC Wohlen. His goal, the third of the match, came in the 40th minute.{{cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2016/08/06/switzerland/challenge-league/fc-zurich/fc-wohlen/2243372/|title=Zurich vs. Wohlen – 6 August 2016 – Soccerway|website=int.soccerway.com|accessdate=5 November 2018}}