Anthony Ciaran Winters (born May 29, 2001) is an American professional

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player who plays as a

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for

Tulsa Athletic Tulsa Athletic is an American soccer team and are based in Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States. The 2023 NPSL National Champion, 2013 was their inaugural season in the National Premier Soccer League (NPSL), which is a national league at the fourth tie ...

Club career

Born in

Tulsa Tulsa ( ) is the second-most-populous city in the state of Oklahoma, after Oklahoma City, and the 48th-most-populous city in the United States. The population was 413,066 as of the 2020 census. It is the principal municipality of the Tul ...

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, Winters began his career with Tulsa Soccer Club, where his coach was future

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head coach Michael Nsien. He soon moved to the youth academy of

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before moving back to his hometown and signing an academy contract with

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side

on December 27, 2019. The amateur deal meant that Winters was able to retain his

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eligibility for

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. On January 12, 2021, Winters signed a professional contract with

, becoming the first academy-to-professional player in club history. He then made his senior debut for the club on April 24, 2021, in their opening match against

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, coming on as a late substitute during the 3–1 victory. On April 6, 2022, Winters signed with

USL League One USL League One (USL1) is a professional men's association football, soccer league in the United States that had its inaugural season in 2019 USL League One season, 2019. The United States soccer league system, Division III league is operated ...

club

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on a season-long loan ahead of their inaugural season. He was recalled by Tulsa on May 28, 2022, without having made a league appearance for Northern Colorado during his loan spell, appearing only for the club on two occasions in the

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. He was released by Tulsa following the 2022 season. In 2023, Winters played with

during their UPSL season and appeared for the club in the

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against his former side Kansas City.

Career statistics

Personal

Winters is the son of former

Tulsa Roughnecks Tulsa Roughnecks may refer to any of four distinct professional soccer teams: *Tulsa Roughnecks (1978–1984), the original top-flight team that played in the North American Soccer League from 1978 to 1984. *Tulsa Roughnecks (1993–2000), the team ...

player Tony Winters.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Winters, Ciaran 2001 births Living people Sportspeople from Tulsa, Oklahoma American men's soccer players Men's association football midfielders FC Tulsa players Northern Colorado Hailstorm FC players USL Championship players Soccer players from Oklahoma Tulsa Athletic players 21st-century American sportsmen United Premier Soccer League players