Thomas Stewart (Irish footballer)

Thomas Stewart
Personal information
Full name Thomas Stewart
Date of birth (1986-11-12) 12 November 1986
Place of birth Craigavon, Northern Ireland
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current team
 Sacramento Republic
Number 10
Youth career
2001–2003 Portadown
2003–2006 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2006–2008 Linfield 46 (14)
2008–2009 Derry City 43 (10)
2010 Shamrock Rovers 32 (10)
2011–2012 Partick Thistle 17 (6)
2012–2013 Shamrock Rovers 42 (11)
2014– Sacramento Republic 40 (21)
National team
2006–2008 Northern Ireland U21 19 (4)
2007–2008 Northern Ireland U23 2 (0)
2007 Irish Football League 1 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

† Appearances (goals)

Thomas Stewart, (born 12 November 1986), is a Northern Irish footballer who plays for Sacramento Republic. He is known for his long range shooting and precise finishing.

Wolverhampton Wanderers

As an apprentice Stewart was the youth team's top goalscorer and played in a FA Youth semi-final against Southampton in 2005, but never made the breakthrough to first team football.

Linfield

After returning from England he signed a full-time contract with the Blues on 11 September 2006. He scored on his debut v Limavady on the 30th, but subsequently was used mostly as a wide midfielder by David Jeffrey. He moved to Derry City following successful seasons at Linfield.

Derry City

Stewart signed for Stephen Kenny (footballer) in June 2008 on a two and a half-year full-time contract. He made his debut in Sligo on 5 July.[1] Stewart scored on his home debut the following week.[2] He was the second opposition player to score at Tallaght Stadium in March 2009.[3] He had a productive couple of seasons at the Brandywell winning the FAI League Cup and playing and scoring in the UEFA Europa League.[4]

Shamrock Rovers

Despite agreeing terms with Carolina Railhawks in March 2010 [5] the player returned home to sign for Shamrock Rovers. He made his debut against University College Dublin A.F.C. on 2 April.[6] He scored Rovers' winner in the Europa League tie against Bnei Yehuda in July 2010 which set up the glamour tie against Italian giants Juventus.[7] Stewart proved to be a big game player and in the last league game of the 2010 League of Ireland season he scored on the night Rovers secured their 16th domestic crown.[8]

Partick Thistle

Stewart made his debut for Thistle in a home defeat against Falkirk F.C.. His first goal came in a 3–2 defeat away to Dundee F.C. on 30 April 2011.

Return to Rovers

In July 2012 Stewart signed back for The Hoops scoring 3 times in seven appearances and scored another 8 times in the following 2013 season.[9]

International

Stewart played for the Northern Ireland national under-19 football team in the 2005 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship finals that were hosted in Northern Ireland. He scored their only goal against Germany. Stewart captained his national U21 team against Scotland in a 1-0 victory in which he scored in.

Honours

Linfield
Shamrock Rovers
Derry City

References

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  4. ↑ "Derry City v CSKA Sofia - The Brandywell - Extratime.ie - League of Ireland Fixtures". extratime.ie. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
  5. ↑ "BBC Sport - Football - Ex-NI Under-21 striker Thomas Stewart signs for US club". news.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
  6. ↑ "Shamrock Rovers 0 UCD 0". airtricityleague.com. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
  7. ↑ "Bnei Yehuda 0-1 Shamrock Rovers (Agg 1-2) - RTÉ Sport". rte.ie. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
  8. ↑ "Bray Wanderers 2:2 Rovers". shamrockrovers.ie. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
  9. ↑ "Tommy Stewart signs". shamrockrovers.ie. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
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