Born on 8th May 1971, Mumbai's goalkeeper Jude Menezes donned Indian colours for many years before migrating to New Zealand in 2002. The Olympian goalkeeper was with the National Men's team of New Zealand earlier and now is with the Women's national team as coach.

Jude  made his international debut at the 1997 Humburg Masters. His participation record peaked when selected for the 2000 Olympics and 1998 & 2002 World Cups.

While in India he represented Bharat Petroleum's hockey team in the domestic front.

JUDE MENEZES played the following tournaments for India
World Cup - Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) - 2002 
Prime Minister Gold Cup - Dhaka - 2001  
World Cup Qualifier - Manchester, England - 2001  
Champions Challenge Cup - Kuala Lumpur - 2001  
World Cup Qualifier - Milton Keyness, England - 2001 
Test Series - vs Germany in India - 2001     
Test Series - vs New Zealand in New Zealand - 2001  
Test Series - vs Malaysia in Malaysia - 2001  
Sultan Azlan Shah Cup - Malaysia - 2000     
Olympics - Sydney (Australia) - 2000     
Test Series - Vs Australia - 2000     
Test Series - in Europe - 2000     
Asia Cup - Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) - 1999     
Test Series - Vs South Africa - 1999     
Test Series - Vs Australia - 1999     
World Cup - Utrecht (The Netherlands) - 1998 
Commonwealth Games - Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) - 1998
Other Tournaments - Colorado Cup - 1998