PORT Adelaide 2013 All-Australian Chad Wingard will miss at least four weeks of training after having minor knee surgery.

Wingard, 21, won the AFL’s Mark of the Year last season and is a crucial piece of the Power’s premiership plans for 2015.

Now he is racing the clock to play in Port’s Round 1 clash against Fremantle on April 5.

He had clean-up surgery to his right knee on Tuesday morning after complaining about soreness during training last week.

Port fitness coach Darren Burgess said he expected Wingard to return to training within 4-6 weeks, giving him a chance to be ready for the start of the regular season.

“With the season still 9-10 weeks away, we decided the right course of action was to get the surgery done now rather than waiting to see if rest would allow him to recover,” Burgess said.