Jude Winchester

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Jude Winchester
Personal information
Date of birth (1993-04-13) 13 April 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth Belfast, Northern Ireland
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Crusaders
Number 19
Youth career
Linfield
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2011–2014 Kilmarnock 14 (3)
2014Cliftonville (loan) 7 (0)
2014–2018 Cliftonville 109 (12)
2018–2022 Ballymena United 83 (10)
2022– Crusaders 68 (3)
International career
2013 Northern Ireland U21 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 June 2024

Jude Winchester (born 13 April 1993) is a Northern Irish semi-professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Crusaders.

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Career

After playing youth football with Linfield alongside his twin brother Carl, [1] Winchester signed for Scottish club Kilmarnock in August 2011. [2] He signed a four-year contract in November 2011, [3] and made his senior professional debut on 28 August 2011, appearing as a substitute in a 4–3 victory against Inverness Caledonian Thistle. [4] He went on to score his first goal for Kilmarnock against Dunfermline Athletic on 12 May 2012. [5]

On 30 January 2014, Winchester signed for Cliftonville on loan until the end of the 2013–14 season. [6]

On 4 June 2014, Winchester signed permanently with Cliftonville, on a two-year contract. [7]

On 13 January 2022, Winchester signed for Crusaders. [8] On 21 January, Winchester was sent off on his Crusaders debut, for a foul on Glentoran player Joe Crowe. [9]

Career statistics

As of 7 May 2023 [10]
ClubSeasonDivisionLeagueCupLeague CupEuropeOtherTotal
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Kilmarnock 2011–12 Premier League 2100000021
2012–13 Premier League 82101000102
2013–14 Premiership 4000000040
Total14310100000163
Cliftonville 2013–14 Premiership 7000000070
2014–15 Premiership 31310201010363
2015–16 Premiership 153101000173
2016–17 Premiership 33300204000393
2017–18 Premiership 303003000333
Total116122080501013212
Ballymena United 2018–19 Premiership 294104200346
2019–20 Premiership 18240003100253
2020–21 Premiership 2020000202
2021–22 Premiership 162102100193
Total8310606331009814
Crusaders 2021–22 Premiership 111000000111
2022–23 Premiership 32140104120432
Total43240104120543
Career total256271301631223030032

Honours

Crusaders

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