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Dean Windass

Dean Windass
Dean Windass 05-12-2011 1.jpg
Windass in 2011
Personal information
Full name Dean Windass
Date of birth (1969-04-01) 1 April 1969 (age 47)
Place of birth Hull, England
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Playing position Midfielder / Striker
Youth career
Hull City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1990–1991 North Ferriby United
1991–1995 Hull City 176 (57)
1995–1998 Aberdeen 73 (21)
1998–1999 Oxford United 33 (15)
1999–2001 Bradford City 74 (15)
2001–2003 Middlesbrough 37 (3)
2001 Sheffield Wednesday (loan) 2 (0)
2002 Sheffield United (loan) 4 (3)
2003 Sheffield United 16 (3)
2003–2007 Bradford City 142 (60)
2007 Hull City (loan) 18 (8)
2007–2009 Hull City 42 (12)
2009 Oldham Athletic (loan) 11 (1)
2009 Darlington 6 (0)
2010 Barton Town Old Boys
2010–2012 Scarborough Athletic
2012– AFC Walkington
Total 634 (198)
Teams managed
2003 Bradford City (joint caretaker)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Dean Windass (born 1 April 1969) is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker. He is best known for his spells at Bradford City and contributing to his hometown team Hull City's promotion to the Premier League in 2008. He currently plays for AFC. Walkington in the Premier Division of the East Riding League, where his ex-teammate Leigh Palin is the manager.

Windass started his footballing career as a trainee at his hometown club, Hull City, and signed his first professional contract there. He scored 64 goals in 205 games for Hull, and, when he left, he brought the club a record transfer fee at the time, going on to play in the top divisions in both English and Scottish football. Later in his career, he returned to Hull City, and scored the only goal of the 2008 Football League Championship play-off final to take them to the top flight for the first time in their history.

Windass also had two spells at Bradford City, where he became the club's third-highest scorer of all time. He has also played for Aberdeen, Oxford United, Middlesbrough, Sheffield Wednesday, Sheffield United, and Oldham Athletic. He is seen as a controversial player, once being sent off three times in a game for Aberdeen, as well as grabbing another opponent's testicles in a match at Bradford City.

Windass scored his last Premier League goal at the age of 39, becoming Hull City's oldest-ever scorer. He officially announced his retirement from the game on 19 October 2009, but hoped to carry on with a career in coaching. He briefly worked as player-coach, under former manager Colin Todd at Darlington, but the pair only lasted nine games in charge.


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