Dean Windass

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1969 (57 years old)
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Kingston upon Hull, England

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Forward

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Retired

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5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)

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Dean Windass (born 1 April 1969) is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker. He played spells at Bradford City and contributed to his hometown team Hull City's promotion to the Premier League in 2008.

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.

He came out of retirement and played for Barton Town Old Boys before joining Scarborough Athletic on a game-by-game deal. In 2012 he began playing for AFC Walkington in the Premier Division of the East Riding League, where his ex-teammate Leigh Palin is the manager.

In 2025, Windass has been named to receive honorary degree from the University of Hull.

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Hull City	1991-1995	Permanent	176 app	57 gls
Aberdeen	1995-1998	Permanent	73 app	21 gls
Oxford United	1998-1999	Permanent	33 app	15 gls
Bradford City	1999-2001	Permanent	74 app	15 gls
Middlesbrough	2001-2003	Permanent	37 app	3 gls
Sheffield Wednesday	2001	Loan	2 app	0 gls
Sheffield United	2002	Loan	4 app	3 gls
Sheffield United	2003	Permanent	16 app	3 gls
Bradford City	2003-2007	Permanent	142 app	60 gls
Hull City	2007	Loan	18 app	8 gls
Hull City	2007-2009	Permanent	42 app	12 gls
Oldham Athletic	2009	Loan	11 app	1 gls
Darlington	2009	Permanent	6 app	0 gls
Scarborough Athletic	2010-2012	Permanent	-	-