Jordan Stewart

Football player infobox
playername = Jordan Stewart


fullname = Jordan Barrington Stewart
height = height|ft=6|in=0
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1982|3|3|df=y
cityofbirth = Birmingham
countryofbirth = England
currentclub = Derby County
clubnumber = 5
position = Left Back/Left Midfield
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1999–2005
2000
2005–2008
2008–
clubs = Leicester City
→ Bristol Rovers (loan)
Watford
Derby County

caps(goals) = 110 (6)
004 (0)
105 (2)
000 (0)
nationalyears = ?
nationalteam = England U-21
nationalcaps(goals) = 001 (0)
pcupdate = 14:28, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
ntupdate = 24 October 2007

Jordan Barrington Stewart (born 3 March 1982 in Birmingham) is an English footballer, who is currently playing for Championship side Derby County. He plays either as a left-back or left-winger.

Stewart started his career at Leicester City, where he was relegated twice and once promoted to the Premier League. Whilst at Leicester he also spent a loan spell at Bristol Rovers. He joined Watford in 2005, and was part of a side that won promotion to Premier League, before being subsequently relegated. He left the club in 2008 and subsequently signed for Derby.

Stewart has stated he wishes to end his career playing for LA Galaxy in MLS and plans to buy a house there. [cite news|url=http://www.sportinglife.com/football/nationwide1/news/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=soccer/07/10/16/manual_192708.html&TEAMHD=nationwide1|publisher=Sporting Life|title=Stewart Wants LA Move]

Club career

Leicester City

Stewart started his career at Leicester City, signing professional terms in the summer of 1999.fact|date=May 2008 He made his debut for the club against West Ham United on 22 January 2000. He made one more appearance for Leicester that season before being loaned to Division Two side Bristol Rovers, for whom he made four appearances. Semi-regular appearances from the bench followed in the 2001–02 season, before he established himself as a member of the first-team in 2002–03, after the club's relegation to Division One.

On 4 August 2002, Stewart scored the first goal at Leicester's new Walkers Stadium, in a friendly match with Athletic Bilbao.fact|date=May 2008 Leicester's return to the Premiership in 2003–04 saw fewer games for Stewart, although he did score a memorable goal against Manchester City at the City of Manchester Stadium in Leicester's 3–0 win in November 2003.fact|date=May 2008 Relegation again saw Stewart hold down a starting position in 2004–05.

Watford

Stewart became Adrian Boothroyd's signing for Watford, joining for £125,000 in July 2005. [cite news|url=http://www.watfordfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10400~1307310,00.html|pulisher=Watford Official Website|title=JORDAN STEWART RELEASED] He started as Watford's first-choice left-back, but was dropped in October 2005 after a run of poor form.fact|date=May 2008 He retook the position from James Chambers in January, and started every game until he was dropped for the game against Wolverhampton Wanderers on 14 April 2006, after another run of poor form.fact|date=May 2008 However, he returned to the side as they went on to win the Championship play-offs, playing all three games. He was the only player in Watford's squad to appear in every single match 16 in 2005–06.fact|date=May 2008

Stewart was a first-team regular through the club's 2006–07 Premiership campaign. Pre-season press speculation linked Stewart with a move to Rangers, but no move came to fruition.cite news|url=http://www.sundaymail.co.uk/sport/football/tm_headline=jordan-s-on-radar-for-gers%26method=full%26objectid=19614333%26siteid=64736-name_page.html|publisher=Sunday Mail website|title=JORDAN'S ON RADAR FOR GERS]

Watford were relegated, and started their 2007–08 Championship season away at Wolverhampton Wanderers. Stewart scored his first goal for the club, a deflected free-kick, to equalise in an eventual 2–1 win. Up to the end of 2007, he started every league game in the campaign. He scored his second goal for the club on his 26th birthday, in a 2–2 draw away at Burnley. On 7 May 2008 Watford announced ahead of their play-off game with Hull City that they had agreed to release Stewart early from his contract. [cite news|url=http://www.watfordfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10400~1307310,00.html|pulisher=Watford Official Website|title=JORDAN STEWART RELEASED]

Derby County

On 30 May 2008 Stewart, along with former Watford teammate Nathan Ellington, signed for Derby County. He signed a three year contract with the club, who had just been relegated from the Premier League. [cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/d/derby_county/7416191.stm|pulisher=BBC|title= Rams sign Ellington and Stewart]

References

External links

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Persondata
NAME = Jordan Stewart
ALTERNATIVE NAMES =
SHORT DESCRIPTION = Footballer
DATE OF BIRTH = 3 March 1982
PLACE OF BIRTH = Birmingham, England
DATE OF DEATH =
PLACE OF DEATH =