Josh Windass

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Josh Windass
Josh Windass 12-04-2014 1.jpg
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
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[2]
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 48 (13)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:50, 1 February 2022 (UTC)

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.

Career[]

Early career[]

Windass played youth football for Huddersfield Town, spending ten years with the club.[3] He was released in April 2012 and trialled with Bradford City that same month.[4] Windass began his senior career with non-league team Harrogate Railway Athletic in December 2012.[5] He played on a semi-professional basis, combining his football career with a job as a construction labourer.[3]

Accrington Stanley[]

He signed a professional contract with Accrington Stanley in July 2013.[6][7] He made his professional debut on 9 November 2013, in the FA Cup.[8] In November 2015 he turned down a new contract from the club on the advice of his father.[9] 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.[10] The duo agreed pre-contracts with Rangers later that month, ahead of the 2016–17 season.[11]

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.[12] 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.[13] His official debut was against Motherwell in the Scottish League Cup on 16 July[14] and Windass netted his first goal for the club against Lowland Football League side East Stirlingshire six days later.[15] Windass spent periods of the first half of the 2016–17 season on the sidelines due to a recurring hamstring injury in early August[16] and October.[17] 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.[18]

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.[19]

Wigan Athletic[]

He signed for Wigan Athletic on 9 August 2018.[20]

Sheffield Wednesday[]

Windass joined Sheffield Wednesday on loan for the remainder of the 2019–20 season on 31 January 2020.[21] Due to Covid-19 his loan spell was extended until the end of July.[22]

On 2 September 2020, he made his move to Sheffield Wednesday permanent signing for an undisclosed fee.[23][24] 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.[25] 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.[25] 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. [26] 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.[27]

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.[28] 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.[29][30] Following his injury, he returned to the squad on 20 November as an unused substitute against Accrington Stanley[31] and made his playing come back a few days later, coming off the bench to score an injury time winner against Milton Keynes Dons.[32]

Personal life[]

Windass was born in Hull, Humberside,[1] and is the son of former professional Dean Windass.[3][33]

Career statistics[]

As of 1 February 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[34] EFL League Two 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
2014–15[35] 35 6 3 0 1 0 1[a] 0 40 6
2015–16[36] 32 16 2 1 1 0 0 0 35 17
Total 77 22 6 1 2 0 1 0 86 23
Rangers 2016–17[37] Scottish Premiership 21 0 2 0 4 1 0 0 27 1
2017–18[38] 33 13 4 5 3 0 1 0 41 18
2018–19[39] 1 0 0 0 0 0 4[b] 0 5 0
Total 55 13 6 5 7 1 5 0 73 19
Wigan Athletic 2018–19[39] EFL Championship 39 5 1 0 0 0 – 40 5
2019–20[42] 15 4 1 0 0 0 – 16 4
Total 54 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 56 9
Sheffield Wednesday (loan) 2019–20[42] EFL Championship 9 3 0 0 0 0 – 9 3
Sheffield Wednesday 2020–21[25] EFL Championship 41 9 1 0 2 1 – 44 10
2021–22[43] EFL League One 7 4 0 0 0 0 1[a] 0 8 4
Total 48 13 1 0 2 1 1 0 52 14
Career total 243 60 15 6 11 2 6 0 275 68
  1. ^ a b Appearance(s) in the EFL Trophy.
  2. ^ Soccerbase does not include the two Europa Games against NK Osijek which Windass appeared in.[40][41]

Playing style[]

Primarily an attacking midfielder, Windass can also play as a forward.[44]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c "Josh Windass". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
  2. ^ Josh Windass at Soccerbase
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "Baker's at the double for City reserves". Telegraph & Argus. Bradford: Newsquest Media Group. 24 April 2012. Retrieved 9 November 2013.
  5. ^ David Watters (22 December 2012). "Saturday's Transfer List". Evo-Stik Northern Premier League. Retrieved 9 November 2013.
  6. ^ "Accrington Stanley sign Josh Windass on one-year contract". BBC Sport. BBC. 24 July 2013. Retrieved 25 July 2013.
  7. ^ "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.
  8. ^ "Accrington 0–1 Tranmere". BBC Sport. BBC. 9 November 2013. Retrieved 9 November 2013.
  9. ^ "Josh Windass: Accrington forward to 'make own decision' on future". BBC Sport. BBC. 17 November 2015. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
  10. ^ "Rangers talk to Accrington's Matt Crooks and Josh Windass". BBC Sport. BBC. 4 January 2016. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
  11. ^ "Rangers: Josh Windass and Matt Crooks sign pre-contract deals". BBC Sport. BBC. 6 January 2016. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
  12. ^ "Rangers and Accrington agree cash deal for Josh Windass and Matt Crooks". Daily Record. Glasgow: Trinity Mirror. 20 June 2016. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
  13. ^ 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.
  14. ^ McLaughlin, Chris (16 July 2016). "Motherwell 0–2 Rangers". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 16 December 2016.
  15. ^ Young, Chick (22 July 2016). "East Stirlingshire 0–3 Rangers". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 16 December 2016.
  16. ^ Hedworth, Alice (29 July 2016). "Windass Chasing Fitness". Rangers.co.uk. Rangers Football Club. Retrieved 16 December 2016.
  17. ^ "Josh Windass: Celtic semi-final my worst Rangers performance". The Scotsman. Edinburgh: Johnstone Press. 26 October 2016. Retrieved 16 December 2016.
  18. ^ Benson, Rory (6 December 2016). "Rangers' former Town midfielder linked to Newcastle and Derby". Huddersfield Examiner. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
  19. ^ "Top Scorers - Scottish Premiership - Football". BBC Sport. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
  20. ^ "Josh Windass and Joe Garner: Wigan Athletic sign Rangers midfielder and Ipswich striker". BBC Sport. 9 August 2018. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  21. ^ "Josh Windass joins Wednesday on loan". www.swfc.co.uk. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  22. ^ "Owls loanees extend deals". Sheffield Wednesday F.C. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
  23. ^ "Josh Windass rejoins Wednesday". Sheffield Wednesday F.C. 2 September 2020. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  24. ^ "Kachunga and Windass sign for Wednesday" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  25. ^ a b c "Games played by Josh Windass in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  26. ^ "Windass voted Wednesday's Player of the Month". Sheffield Wednesday Football Club. Sheffield Wednesday Football Club. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
  27. ^ "Sheffield Wednesday reject another bid for Josh Windass as Millwall try again". Sheffield Star. Sheffield Star. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  28. ^ "Major Sheffield Wednesday blow with Josh Windass facing long injury lay-off". YorkshireLive. YorkshireLive. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  29. ^ "Josh Windass signs new Owls contract". Sheffield Wednesday F.C. 10 August 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  30. ^ "Windass signs Owls deal as Sow joins" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  31. ^ "Josh Windass returns as Sheffield Wednesday boss Darren Moore starts Massimo Luongo v Accrington". YorkshireLive. 20 November 2021. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  32. ^ "Josh Windass hits last-gasp Owls winner". SkySports. 23 November 2021. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
  33. ^ Thomson, Doug (21 May 2010). "Famous fathers of new Huddersfield Town academy players". Huddersfield Examiner. Retrieved 9 November 2013.
  34. ^ "Games played by Josh Windass in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
  35. ^ "Games played by Josh Windass in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
  36. ^ "Games played by Josh Windass in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
  37. ^ "Games played by Josh Windass in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
  38. ^ "Games played by Josh Windass in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
  39. ^ a b "Games played by Josh Windass in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
  40. ^ "NK Osijek 0-1 Rangers: Alfredo Morelos header earns away win". BBC Sport. 26 July 2018. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
  41. ^ "Rangers 1-1 NK Osijek (agg 1-0)". BBC Sport. 2 August 2018. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
  42. ^ a b "Games played by Josh Windass in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  43. ^ "Games played by Josh Windass in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  44. ^ "Josh Aiming For Top Scorer". Rangers Football Club, Official Website. 16 March 2018. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
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