Josh Windass
![]() Windass training with Accrington Stanley in 2014 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Joshua Dean Windass[1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 9 January 1994||
Place of birth | Hull, England | ||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Rangers | ||
Number | 11 | ||
Youth career | |||
Years | Team | ||
2002–2012 | Huddersfield Town | ||
2013–2016 | Accrington Stanley | 75 | (21) |
2016– | Rangers | 36 | (5) |
Joshua Dean Windass (born 9 January 1994) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Scottish Premiership club Rangers.
Career
Early career
Windass played youth football for Huddersfield Town, spending ten years with the club.[2] He was released in April 2012 and trialled with Bradford City that same month.[3] Windass began his senior career with non-league team Harrogate Railway Athletic in December 2012.[4] He played on a semi-professional basis, combining his football career with a job as a construction labourer.[2]
Accrington Stanley
He signed a professional contract with Accrington Stanley in July 2013.[5][6] He made his professional debut on 9 November 2013, in the FA Cup.[7] In November 2015 he turned down a new contract from the club on the advice of his father.[8] In January 2016 Accrington announced that Scottish club Rangers had approached Windass and teammate Matt Crooks directly, due to them being in the final six months of their contracts.[9] The duo agreed pre-contracts with Rangers later that month, ahead of the 2016–17 season.[10]
Rangers
Windass joined Rangers on 1 July 2016, signing a four-year contract alongside fellow Accrington player Matt Crooks. Both players had already been training with the club prior to completing their transfers after Rangers agreed a compensation fee with Accrington, reported to be around £60,000 per player.[11] Windass made his debut for Rangers in a pre-season friendly against American side Charleston Battery on 7 July 2016, scoring the opening goal in a 2–1 win.[12] His official debut was against Motherwell in the Scottish League Cup on 16 July[13] and Windass netted his first goal for the club against Lowland Football League side East Stirlingshire six days later.[14] Windass spent periods of the first half of the 2016–17 season on the sidelines due to a recurring hamstring injury in early August[15] and October.[16] Despite this, Windass was linked with a return to England in December 2016, with EFL Championship sides Derby County and Newcastle United reportedly showing an interest in the midfielder.[17]
Personal life
Windass was born in Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire[1] and is the son of former professional Dean Windass.[2][18]
Career statistics
- As of 4 December 2017
Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Accrington Stanley | 2013–14[19] | League Two | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
2014–15[20] | League Two | 35 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 6 | |
2015–16[21] | League Two | 30 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 35 | 17 | |
Total | 75 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 86 | 23 | ||
Rangers | 2016–17[22] | Scottish Premiership | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 1 |
2017–18[23] | Scottish Premiership | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 5 | |
Total | 36 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 46 | 6 | ||
Career total | 111 | 26 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 133 | 30 |
References
- ^ a b c "Josh Windass". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
- ^ a b c Hart, Simon (30 October 2015). "Josh Windass is helping Accrington Stanley's promotion push". The Independent. London: Independent News & Media. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
- ^ "Baker's at the double for City reserves". Telegraph & Argus. Bradford: Newsquest Media Group. 24 April 2012. Retrieved 9 November 2013.
- ^ David Watters (22 December 2012). "Saturday's Transfer List". Evo-Stik Northern Premier League. Retrieved 9 November 2013.
- ^ "Accrington Stanley sign Josh Windass on one-year contract". BBC Sport. BBC. 24 July 2013. Retrieved 25 July 2013.
- ^ "Harrogate Railway winger Josh Windass joins Accrington Stanley". Ripon Gazette. 27 July 2013. Archived from the original on 9 November 2013. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
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- ^ "Josh Windass: Accrington forward to 'make own decision' on future". BBC Sport. BBC. 17 November 2015. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
- ^ "Rangers talk to Accrington's Matt Crooks and Josh Windass". BBC Sport. BBC. 4 January 2016. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
- ^ "Rangers: Josh Windass and Matt Crooks sign pre-contract deals". BBC Sport. BBC. 6 January 2016. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
- ^ "Rangers and Accrington agree cash deal for Josh Windass and Matt Crooks". Daily Record. Glasgow: Trinity Mirror. 20 June 2016. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
- ^ Ralston, Gary (7 July 2016). "Charleston Battery 1 Rangers 2: Josh Windass hits debut goal to help Gers win". Daily Record. Glasgow: Trinity Mirror. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
- ^ McLaughlin, Chris (16 July 2016). "Motherwell 0–2 Rangers". BBC Sport. BBC.
- ^ Young, Chick (22 July 2016). "East Stirlingshire 0–3 Rangers". BBC Sport. BBC.
- ^ Hedworth, Alice (29 July 2016). "Windass Chasing Fitness". Rangers.co.uk. Rangers Football Club.
- ^ "Josh Windass: Celtic semi-final my worst Rangers performance". The Scotsman. Edinburgh: Johnstone Press. 26 October 2016.
- ^ Hannah, Roger (5 December 2016). "CAUGHT WIND OF JOSH Rangers transfer news – Derby County and Newcastle eye Ibrox star Josh Windass". The Sun. Glasgow: News UK.
- ^ Doug Thomson (21 May 2010). "Famous fathers of new Huddersfield Town academy players". Huddersfield Examiner. Retrieved 9 November 2013.
- ^ "Games played by Josh Windass in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
- ^ "Games played by Josh Windass in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
- ^ "Games played by Josh Windass in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
- ^ "Games played by Josh Windass in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
- ^ "Games played by Josh Windass in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
External links
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- Josh Windass at Soccerbase
- 1994 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Kingston upon Hull
- Footballers from the East Riding of Yorkshire
- English footballers
- Association football midfielders
- Huddersfield Town A.F.C. players
- Harrogate Railway Athletic F.C. players
- Accrington Stanley F.C. players
- Rangers F.C. players
- Northern Football League players
- English Football League players
- Scottish Professional Football League players