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Joshua Dean Windass (born 9 January 1994) is an English professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Sheffield Wednesday. He can also play as a forward.

Josh Windass

Windass training with Accrington Stanley in 2014
Personal information
Full name	Joshua Dean Windass[1]
Date of birth	(1994-01-09) 9 January 1994 (age 28)[1]
Place of birth	Hull, England[2]
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[3]
Position(s)	Midfielder / Forward
Club information
Current team	Sheffield Wednesday
Number	11
Youth career
2002–2012	Huddersfield Town
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2012–2013	Harrogate Railway Athletic
2013–2016	Accrington Stanley	75	(22)
2016–2018	Rangers	55	(13)
2018–2020	Wigan Athletic	54	(9)
2020	→ Sheffield Wednesday (loan)	9	(3)
2020–	Sheffield Wednesday	67	(17)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:05, 12 November 2022 (UTC)

Career

Early career

Windass played youth football for Huddersfield Town, spending ten years with the club.[4] He was released in April 2012 and trialled with Bradford City that same month.[5] Windass began his senior career with non-league team Harrogate Railway Athletic in December 2012.[6] He played on a semi-professional basis, combining his football career with a job as a construction labourer.[4]

Accrington Stanley

He signed a professional contract with Accrington Stanley in July 2013.[7][8] He made his professional debut on 9 November 2013, in the FA Cup.[9] In November 2015 he turned down a new contract from the club on the advice of his father.[10] 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.[11] The duo agreed pre-contracts with Rangers later that month, ahead of the 2016–17 season.[12]

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 before completing their transfers after Rangers agreed a compensation fee with Accrington, reported to be around £60,000 per player.[13] 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.[14] His official debut was against Motherwell in the Scottish League Cup on 16 July[15] and Windass netted his first goal for the club against Lowland Football League side East Stirlingshire six days later.[16] Windass spent periods of the first half of the 2016–17 season on the sidelines due to a recurring hamstring injury in early August[17] and October.[18] 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.[19]

During the 2017–18 Rangers F.C. season Windass finished the season with 18 goals in all competitions, tied (with Alfredo Morelos) as the club's top scorer for the season; with 13 of Windass' strikes in the league, the third-highest total behind Kris Boyd and Morelos.[20]

Wigan Athletic

He signed for Wigan Athletic on 9 August 2018.[21]

Sheffield Wednesday

Windass joined Sheffield Wednesday on loan for the remainder of the 2019–20 season on 31 January 2020.[22] Due to Covid-19 his loan spell was extended until the end of July.[23]

On 2 September 2020, he made his move to Sheffield Wednesday a permanent signing for an undisclosed fee.[24][25] His first appearance on his return to the club was on 5 September 2020, in the EFL Cup away to Walsall, where he came on as a second half substitute.[26] He would score his first goal as a permanent Wednesday player, on the opening day of the season in an away win against Cardiff City.[26] He would win the clubs player of the month competition during his first month back at the club, after scoring 2 goals in 5 appearances. [27] Following relegation to League One, Windass was heavily linked with moves back to the Championship, with the club rejecting offers in the region of £1 million for him.[28]

During pre-season for the 2021–22 season, Windass suffered a hamstring injury during a friendly against West Bromwich Albion which would rule him out for two months and the start of the League One season.[29] Despite being injured, he signed a new two-year deal at the club on 10 August 2021, which would see him remain at the club until the summer of 2023.[30][31] Following his injury, he returned to the squad on 20 November as an unused substitute against Accrington Stanley[32] and made his playing come back a few days later, coming off the bench to score an injury time winner against Milton Keynes Dons.[33] Following the end of the 2021-22 season, there was again interest in him, with his ex Rangers manager Pedro Caixinha linking him with a surprise move to Atlético Talleres reported.[34]

Personal life

Windass was born in Hull, Humberside,[1] and is the son of former professional Dean Windass.[4][35]

Career statistics

As of 12 November 2022

Club	Season	League			National Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Accrington Stanley	2013–14[36]	EFL League Two	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	11	0
	2014–15[37]		35	6	3	0	1	0	1[lower-alpha 1]	0	40	6
	2015–16[38]		32	16	2	1	1	0	0	0	35	17
	Total		77	22	6	1	2	0	1	0	86	23
Rangers	2016–17[39]	Scottish Premiership	21	0	2	0	4	1	0	0	27	1
	2017–18[40]		33	13	4	5	3	0	1	0	41	18
	2018–19[41]		1	0	0	0	0	0	4[lower-alpha 2]	0	5	0
	Total		55	13	6	5	7	1	5	0	73	19
Wigan Athletic	2018–19[41]	EFL Championship	39	5	1	0	0	0	–		40	5
	2019–20[44]		15	4	1	0	0	0	–		16	4
	Total		54	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	56	9
Sheffield Wednesday (loan)	2019–20[44]	EFL Championship	9	3	0	0	0	0	–		9	3
Sheffield Wednesday	2020–21[26]	EFL Championship	41	9	1	0	2	1	–		44	10
	2021–22[45]	EFL League One	9	4	0	0	0	0	3[lower-alpha 3]	0	12	4
	2022–23[46]	EFL League One	17	4	1	1	1	1	0	0	19	6
	Total		67	17	2	1	3	2	3	0	75	20
Career total			262	64	16	7	12	3	8	0	298	74

Playing style

Primarily an attacking midfielder, Windass can also play as a forward.[47]

References

На других языках

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[de] Josh Windass

Joshua Dean Windass (* 9. Januar 1994 in Kingston upon Hull) ist ein englischer Fußballspieler der bei Sheffield Wednesday spielt. Er ist der Sohn des ehemaligen Fußballspielers Dean Windass.

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- [en] Josh Windass

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[es] Josh Windass

Joshua Dean Windass (Kingston upon Hull, 9 de enero de 1994), conocido deportivamente como Josh Windass, es un futbolista inglés que juega como centrocampista ofensivo o delantero en el Sheffield Wednesday Football Club de la English Football League One de Inglaterra.

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[fr] Josh Windass

Joshua Dean Windass, né le 9 janvier 1994 à Hull, en Angleterre, est un footballeur anglais. Il joue au poste de milieu de terrain pour le club de Sheffield Wednesday. Il est le fils de Dean Windass.

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[it] Josh Windass

Joshua Dean Windass, detto Josh (Kingston upon Hull, 9 gennaio 1994) è un calciatore inglese, centrocampista dello Sheffield Wednesday.

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