{{Short description|Footballer from Northern Ireland}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox football biography |name = Jude Winchester |image = |caption = |fullname = |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1993|4|13|df=y}} |birth_place = Belfast, Northern Ireland |height = |position = Midfielder |currentclub = St James' Swifts |clubnumber = 19 |youthyears1 = |youthclubs1 = Linfield |years1 = 2011–2014 |clubs1 = Kilmarnock |caps1 = 14 |goals1 = 3 |years2 = 2014 |clubs2 = → Cliftonville (loan) |caps2 = 7 |goals2 = 0 |years3 = 2014–2018 |clubs3 = Cliftonville |caps3 = 109 |goals3 = 12 |years4 = 2018–2022 |clubs4 = Ballymena United |caps4 = 83 |goals4 = 10 |years5 = 2022– |clubs5 = Crusaders |caps5 = 68 |goals5 = 3 |nationalyears1 = 2013 |nationalteam1 = Northern Ireland U21 |nationalcaps1 = 1 |nationalgoals1 = 0 |club-update = 1 June 2024 }}
'''Jude Winchester''' (born 13 April 1993) is a Northern Irish semi-professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for St James' Swifts.
==Career== After playing youth football with Linfield alongside his twin brother Carl,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://linfieldfc.com/rangersprofiles.asp?pid=138|title=Profile|publisher=Linfield F.C.|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402015622/http://www.linfieldfc.com/rangersprofiles.asp?pid=138|archivedate=2012-04-02}}</ref> Winchester signed for Scottish club Kilmarnock in August 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sport.stv.tv/football/clubs/kilmarnock/268438-kilmarnock-recruit-northern-ireland-midfielder-jude-winchester/|title=Kilmarnock recruit Northern Ireland midfielder Jude Winchester|date=31 August 2011|publisher=STV|access-date=3 May 2012|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304002133/http://sport.stv.tv/football/clubs/kilmarnock/268438-kilmarnock-recruit-northern-ireland-midfielder-jude-winchester/|url-status=dead}}</ref> He signed a four-year contract in November 2011,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/football/spl/kilmarnock/2011/11/24/kilmarnock-boss-kenny-shiels-hands-winger-jude-winchester-new-four-year-deal-86908-23584529/|title=Kilmarnock boss Kenny Shiels hands winger Jude Winchester new four-year deal|date=24 November 2011|publisher=Daily Record}}</ref> and made his senior professional debut on 28 August 2011, appearing as a substitute in a 4–3 victory against Inverness Caledonian Thistle.<ref>{{soccerbase|64961}}</ref> He went on to score his first goal for Kilmarnock against Dunfermline Athletic on 12 May 2012.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/17967099 | title=Dunfermline 1–2 Kilmarnock | publisher=BBC | work=BBC Sport | date=12 May 2012 | access-date=12 May 2012}}</ref>
On 30 January 2014, Winchester signed for Cliftonville on loan until the end of the 2013–14 season.<ref>{{cite web|title=Jude terms|url=http://www.cliftonvillefc.net/news_signing_300114.html|publisher=cliftonvillefc.net|date=30 January 2014|accessdate=31 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140531191854/http://www.cliftonvillefc.net/news_signing_300114.html|archive-date=31 May 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
On 4 June 2014, Winchester signed permanently with Cliftonville, on a two-year contract.<ref>{{cite web|title=Cliftonville sign midfielder Jude Winchester|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/27693526|publisher=BBC Sport|date=4 June 2014|access-date=3 August 2014}}</ref>
On 13 January 2022, Winchester signed for Crusaders.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/59982156 |title=Jude Winchester joins Crusaders from Ballymena United to focus on mental health |publisher=BBC Sport |date=13 January 2022 |accessdate=14 January 2022}}</ref> On 21 January, Winchester was sent off on his Crusaders debut, for a foul on Glentoran player Joe Crowe.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/60092268 |title=Irish Premiership: Glentoran beat Crusaders in thriller as Cliftonville win at Larne |publisher=BBC Sport |date=21 January 2022 |accessdate=21 January 2022}}</ref>
==Career statistics== {{Updated|7 May 2023}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://uk.soccerway.com/players/jude-winchester/129143/|title=Northern Ireland - J. Winchester|publisher=Soccerway|accessdate=15 June 2022}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" |- !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !rowspan="2"|Division !colspan="2"|League !colspan="2"|Cup !colspan="2"|League Cup !colspan="2"|Europe !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total |- !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals |- |rowspan="4"|Kilmarnock |2011–12 |Premier League |2||1||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||0||0||2||1 |- |2012–13 |Premier League |8||2||1||0||1||0||colspan="2"|–||0||0||10||2 |- |2013–14 |Premiership |4||0||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||0||0||4||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !14!!3!!1!!0!!1!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!16!!3 |- |rowspan="6"|Cliftonville |2013–14 |Premiership |7||0||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||0||0||7||0 |- |2014–15 |Premiership |31||3||1||0||2||0||1||0||1||0||36||3 |- |2015–16 |Premiership |15||3||1||0||1||0||colspan="2"|–||0||0||17||3 |- |2016–17 |Premiership |33||3||0||0||2||0||4||0||0||0||39||3 |- |2017–18 |Premiership |30||3||0||0||3||0||colspan="2"|–||0||0||33||3 |- !colspan="2"|Total !116!!12!!2!!0!!8!!0!!5!!0!!1!!0!!132!!12 |- |rowspan="5"|Ballymena United |2018–19 |Premiership |29||4||1||0||4||2||colspan="2"|–||0||0||34||6 |- |2019–20 |Premiership |18||2||4||0||0||0||3||1||0||0||25||3 |- |2020–21 |Premiership |20||2||0||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||0||0||20||2 |- |2021–22 |Premiership |16||2||1||0||2||1||colspan="2"|–||0||0||19||3 |- !colspan="2"|Total !83!!10!!6!!0!!6!!3!!3!!1!!0!!0!!98!!14 |- |rowspan="3"|Crusaders |2021–22 |Premiership |11||1||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||0||0||11||1 |- |2022–23 |Premiership |32||1||4||0||1||0||4||1||2||0||43||2 |- !colspan="2"|Total !43!!2!!4!!0!!1!!0!!4!!1!!2!!0!!54!!3 |- !colspan="3"|Career total !256!!27!!13!!0!!16!!3!!12!!2!!3!!0!!300!!32 |}
==Honours== '''Crusaders''' *Irish Cup: 2022–23<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sport/football/irish-league/crusaders-destroy-ballymena-united-in-irish-cup-final-romp/1897901145.html|title=Crusaders destroy Ballymena United in Irish Cup Final romp|date=7 May 2023 |publisher=Belfast Telegraph|accessdate=7 May 2023}}</ref> *NIFL Charity Shield: 2022<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nifootballleague.com/news/2022/august/charity-shield-success-for-the-crues/|title=Charity Shield Success For The Crues|publisher=Northern Ireland Football League|accessdate=6 August 2022}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{Soccerbase}} *[http://nifootball.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/jude-winchester.html Northern Ireland profile] at NIFG
{{DEFAULTSORT:Winchester, Jude}} Category:1993 births Category:Living people Category:Association footballers from Belfast Category:Men's association footballers from Northern Ireland Category:Men's association football midfielders Category:Kilmarnock F.C. players Category:Linfield F.C. players Category:Cliftonville F.C. players Category:Crusaders F.C. players Category:Ballymena United F.C. players Category:NIFL Premiership players Category:Scottish Premier League players Category:Scottish Professional Football League players Category:Northern Ireland men's under-21 international footballers Category:21st-century sportsmen from Northern Ireland