Frederik Beyer Tingager (born 22 February 1993) is a Danish professional

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who plays as a

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for Danish Superliga club AGF.

Career

Early career

Born in

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, Tingager began his career at Tuse IF and eventually joined the

Brøndby IF Brøndbyernes Idrætsforening (, usually abbreviated to Brøndby IF (), is a professional association football club based in Brøndbyvester, Capital Region of Denmark. The club was founded in 1964 as a merger between two local clubs and was p ...

academy after spending a few years in the youth department of Holbæk B&I. In January 2012, Tingager returned to Holbæk, to play for their first team competing in the third division.

OB

In January 2016, Tingager joined Danish Superliga club OB after a successful trial. He made his professional debut on 8 May 2016, when OB lost 1–0 to FC Copenhagen. He came to six appearances and one goal that season, as OB finished seventh in the league table. In the 2016–17 season, the club also managed to avoid relegation.

Eintracht Braunschweig

In January 2018, Tingager moved to

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in Germany. He made 14 appearances and one goal in his first season. The club suffered relegation at the end of the season from the

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. On 29 December 2018, his contract, which ran until June 2020, was terminated at the end of the year; the team had been in the relegation zone of the

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since the third matchday.

AGF

In January 2019, days after agreeing the termination of his contract with

, Tingager returned to Denmark signing with AGF. He made his debut as a starter on 8 February in AGF's 2–0 league win over

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. On 27 August 2020, Tingager scored his first goal for AGF, opening the score in a 5–2 victory against Finnish club FC Honka in the UEFA Europa League qualifiers. Tingager continued as a regular starter in the subsequent seasons, initially under the leadership of head coach

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, and, since 2022, under

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. He helped AGF to third-place finishes in

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and

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Honours

Individual * Danish Superliga Team of the Month: March 2024

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Frederik Tingager
at AGF
Frederik Tingager
at Danish Superliga * {{DEFAULTSORT:Tingager, Frederik 1993 births Living people Danish men's footballers Danish expatriate men's footballers Danish expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Men's association football defenders Holbæk B&I players Brøndby IF players Odense Boldklub players Eintracht Braunschweig players Aarhus Gymnastikforening players Danish Superliga players 2. Bundesliga players 3. Liga players People from Holbæk Municipality Footballers from Region Zealand