Josh Windass

Joshua Dean Windass (born 9 January 1994) is an English professional footballer who plays as a attacking midfielder for Sheffield Wednesday on loan from Wigan Athletic. 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[1]
Place of birth Hull, England
Playing position(s) Midfielder / Forward
Club information
Current team
 Sheffield Wednesday
(on loan from Wigan Athletic)
Number 47
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– Wigan Athletic 54 (9)
2020– → Sheffield Wednesday (loan) 4 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 09:33, 8 March 2020 (UTC)

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 before 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]

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 of Kilmarnock and Morelos.[18]

Wigan Athletic

He signed for Wigan Athletic on 9 August 2018.[19]

In January 2020 he moved on loan to Sheffield Wednesday.[20]

Personal life

Windass was born in Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire,[1] and is the son of former professional Dean Windass.[2][21]

Career statistics
As of 17 March 2020
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Accrington Stanley 2013–14[22] League Two 100100000110
2014–15[23] 35630101[lower-alpha 1]0406
2015–16[24] 32162110003517
Total 77226120108623
Rangers 2016–17[25] Scottish Premiership 210204100271
2017–18[26] 33134530104118
2018–19[27] 1000004[lower-alpha 2]050
Total 55136571507319
Wigan Athletic 2018–19[27] EFL Championship 395100000405
2018–19[27] 154100000164
Total 549200000569
Sheffield Wednesday (loan) 2019–20[30] EFL Championship 4200000042
Career total 19046146916021953
  1. Appearance in Football League Trophy
  2. Soccerbase does not include the two Europa Games against NK Osijek which Windass appeared in.[28][29]

Playing style

Primarily an attacking midfielder, Windass can also play as a forward.[31]

References
  1. "Josh Windass". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
  2. Hart, Simon (30 October 2015). "Josh Windass is helping Accrington Stanley's promotion push". The Independent. London: Independent News & Media. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
  3. "Baker's at the double for City reserves". Telegraph & Argus. Bradford: Newsquest Media Group. 24 April 2012. Retrieved 9 November 2013.
  4. David Watters (22 December 2012). "Saturday's Transfer List". Evo-Stik Northern Premier League. Retrieved 9 November 2013.
  5. "Accrington Stanley sign Josh Windass on one-year contract". BBC Sport. BBC. 24 July 2013. Retrieved 25 July 2013.
  6. "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.
  7. "Accrington 0–1 Tranmere". BBC Sport. BBC. 9 November 2013. Retrieved 9 November 2013.
  8. "Josh Windass: Accrington forward to 'make own decision' on future". BBC Sport. BBC. 17 November 2015. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
  9. "Rangers talk to Accrington's Matt Crooks and Josh Windass". BBC Sport. BBC. 4 January 2016. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
  10. "Rangers: Josh Windass and Matt Crooks sign pre-contract deals". BBC Sport. BBC. 6 January 2016. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
  11. "Rangers and Accrington agree cash deal for Josh Windass and Matt Crooks". Daily Record. Glasgow: Trinity Mirror. 20 June 2016. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
  12. 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.
  13. McLaughlin, Chris (16 July 2016). "Motherwell 0–2 Rangers". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 16 December 2016.
  14. Young, Chick (22 July 2016). "East Stirlingshire 0–3 Rangers". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 16 December 2016.
  15. Hedworth, Alice (29 July 2016). "Windass Chasing Fitness". Rangers.co.uk. Rangers Football Club. Retrieved 16 December 2016.
  16. "Josh Windass: Celtic semi-final my worst Rangers performance". The Scotsman. Edinburgh: Johnstone Press. 26 October 2016. Retrieved 16 December 2016.
  17. Benson, Rory (6 December 2016). "Rangers' former Town midfielder linked to Newcastle and Derby". Huddersfield Examiner. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
  18. "Top Scorers - Scottish Premiership - Football". BBC Sport. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
  19. "Josh Windass and Joe Garner: Wigan Athletic sign Rangers midfielder and Ipswich striker". BBC Sport. 9 August 2018. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  20. "Josh Windass joins Wednesday on loan". www.swfc.co.uk. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  21. Thomson, Doug (21 May 2010). "Famous fathers of new Huddersfield Town academy players". Huddersfield Examiner. Retrieved 9 November 2013.
  22. "Games played by Josh Windass in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
  23. "Games played by Josh Windass in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
  24. "Games played by Josh Windass in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
  25. "Games played by Josh Windass in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
  26. "Games played by Josh Windass in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
  27. "Games played by Josh Windass in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
  28. "NK Osijek 0-1 Rangers: Alfredo Morelos header earns away win". BBC Sport. 26 July 2018. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
  29. "Rangers 1-1 NK Osijek (agg 1-0)". BBC Sport. 2 August 2018. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
  30. "Games played by Josh Windass in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  31. "Josh Aiming For Top Scorer". Rangers Football Club, Official Website. 16 March 2018. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
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