Jordan Stewart (footballer, born 1982)

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Jordan Stewart

Stewart with San Jose Earthquakes in 2013
Personal information
Full name	Jordan Barrington Stewart [1]
Date of birth	(1982-03-03) 3 March 1982 (age 42)
Place of birth	Birmingham, England
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Position(s)	Left-back, left winger
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1999–2005	Leicester City	110	(6)
2000	→ Bristol Rovers (loan)	4	(0)
2005–2008	Watford	105	(2)
2008–2009	Derby County	26	(2)
2009–2010	Sheffield United	23	(0)
2010–2011	Skoda Xanthi	14	(1)
2011–2012	Millwall	4	(0)
2012–2013	Notts County	10	(0)
2013	Coventry City	6	(0)
2013–2016	San Jose Earthquakes	71	(0)
2017	Phoenix Rising	23	(0)
Total		397	(11)
International career
2001	England U18	4	(0)
2003	England U21	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jordan Barrington Stewart (born 3 March 1982) is an English professional football manager and former footballer who played 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. In March 2013 he signed a three-month contract with Coventry City on a free transfer. He subsequently spent four seasons in the Major League Soccer with San Jose Earthquakes and one season in the USL Championship with Phoenix Rising. He took on his first head coaching role in 2024 with USL Championship side Monterey Bay FC.

Club career

Leicester City

Stewart started his career at Leicester City, signing professional terms in the summer of 1999. 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 Leicester's first goal at the new Walkers Stadium in a friendly match with Athletic Bilbao. ^[2] 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.^{[ citation needed ]} Relegation again saw Stewart hold down a starting position in 2004–05.

Watford

Stewart became Aidy Boothroyd's first signing for Watford, joining for £125,000 in July 2005. ^[3] He started as Watford's first-choice left-back, but was dropped in October 2005 after a run of poor form.^{[ citation needed ]} 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.^{[ citation needed ]} 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 in 2005–06.^{[ citation needed ]}

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. ^[4]

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. ^[3]

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. ^[5]

Stewart started the 2008–09 season as second choice left back, behind Jay McEveley, but soon established himself as first choice. With McEveley joining Preston and Charlton on loan, he became an ever-present in the Derby side. Stewart scored his first goal for Derby in the 3–0 win over Sheffield Wednesday, a stunning 30-yard strike. In his next home game, he scored another spectacular goal, this one coming against Preston. ^[6] Once McEveley had returned from his loan spells at the end of January, he re-established himself as first choice left back and after Derby's FA Cup defeat to Manchester United, Stewart only played one more game for the first team, against Charlton on 25 April. Even with McEveley suffering an injury that ruled him out for the season in early April, Stewart was unable to re-establish himself as Lewin Nyatanga was preferred at left back.

Sheffield United

On the final day of the 2009 Summer transfer window, Stewart held talks with Sheffield United over a possible move to the Bramall Lane club. The deal was finalised later the same day, with Lee Hendrie moving in the opposite direction. ^[7] Stewart made his début for the Blades a few days later in a 1–1 home draw against local rivals Doncaster Rovers. Stewart was largely used as a substitute or as defensive cover for the remainder of the season, playing twenty three times for the Blades.

Skoda Xanthi

Failing to hold down a first team place at Sheffield United he was released from his contract and signed for Super League Greece side Skoda Xanthi in June 2010. Where he joined former teammate Nathan Ellington. ^[8]

Millwall

Stewart signed a one-year deal with Football League Championship side Millwall on 7 July 2011, after a week-long trial with the club, stating his wish to return from Greece to an English team. ^[9]

Notts County

Stewart signed a short-term deal with Football League One side Notts County on 6 October 2012, and played later that day against table toppers Tranmere Rovers. ^[10] He scored his first and only goal for the club in a Football League Trophy tie against former club Sheffield United. ^[11]

Coventry City

In March 2013 Stewart signed a three-month contract with Football League One side Coventry City. ^[12] Coventry manager Steven Pressley announced on 30 April 2013 that Stewart's contract would not be renewed. ^[13] In total, Stewart made six appearances for the club.

San Jose Earthquakes

In July 2013, Stewart signed with Major League Soccer club San Jose Earthquakes. ^[14]

Phoenix Rising

Stewart moved to USL Championship side Phoenix Rising FC in February 2017. ^[15]

Management career

After serving as assistant coach for San Jose Earthquakes reserve side The Town FC for two seasons, Stewart was appointed as head coach of USL Championship side Monterey Bay FC in August 2024. He replaced former San Jose Earthquakes coach Frank Yallop. Simon Dawkins, a former teammate of Stewart's at San Jose, took on the assistant coach role for the remainder of 2024 and replaced Ramiro Corrales, another former teammate of Stewart. ^[16]

Personal life

Stewart and his close friend and fellow footballer Joleon Lescott launched a clothing label together in 2012 named LescottStewart. ^[17]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Leicester City	1999–2000 [18]	Premier League	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	2000–01	Premier League	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2001–02 [18]	Premier League	12	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	15	0
	2002–03 [18]	First Division	37	4	2	0	2	0	0	0	41	4
	2003–04 [18]	Premier League	25	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	29	1
	2004–05 [18]	Championship	35	1	4	0	1	0	0	0	40	1
	Total		110	6	11	0	6	0	0	0	127	6
Bristol Rovers (loan)	2000–01 [18]	Second Division	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
Watford	2005–06 [18]	Championship	35	0	1	0	2	0	3 [a]	0	41	0
	2006–07 [18]	Premier League	31	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	36	0
	2007–08 [18]	Championship	39	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	40	2
	Total		105	2	5	0	4	0	3	0	117	2
Derby County	2008–09 [18]	Championship	26	2	2	0	5	0	0	0	33	2
Sheffield United	2009–10 [18]	Championship	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	0
Skoda Xanthi	2010–11	Superleague Greece	14	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	15	1
Millwall	2011–12 [18]	Championship	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	7	0
Notts County	2012–13 [18]	League One	10	0	2	0	0	0	1 [b]	1	13	1
Coventry City	2012–13 [18]	League One	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
San Jose Earthquakes reserves	2013 [19]	USL Championship	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
San Jose Earthquakes	2013 [19]	MLS	12	0	0	0	0	0	1 [c]	0	13	0
	2014 [19]	MLS	30	0	0	0	0	0	1 [c]	0	31	0
	2015 [19]	MLS	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	0
	2016 [19]	MLS	15	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	16	0
	Total		71	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	74	0
Phoenix Rising	2017 [19]	USL Championship	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	0
Career total			397	11	22	0	18	0	6	1	443	12

1. Appearances in the 2005–06 Play-offs
2. Appearance in the Football League Trophy
3. Appearances in the CONCACAF Champions League

References

1. Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2010). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2010–11. Mainstream Publishing. p. 392. ISBN   978-1-84596-601-0.
2. "Jordan Stewart: Coffee To California". Leicester City FC. 13 April 2020. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
3. "JORDAN STEWART RELEASED". Watford Official Website. Archived from the original on 8 May 2008.
4. "JORDAN'S ON RADAR FOR GERS". Sunday Mail website.
5. "Rams sign Ellington and Stewart". BBC. 30 May 2008. Retrieved 5 January 2010.
6. "Derby 3–0 Sheff Wed". BBC Sport. 15 November 2008. Retrieved 14 March 2010.
7. "Stewart in, Hendrie out". BBC Sport. 1 September 2009. Archived from the original on 4 September 2009. Retrieved 14 March 2010.
8. "Stewart leaves for Greece". Sheffield United F.C. 22 June 2010. Archived from the original on 25 June 2010. Retrieved 22 June 2010.
9. "Lions land leftie". millwallfc.co.uk. 7 July 2011. Archived from the original on 9 July 2011. Retrieved 7 July 2011.
10. "Ashley Eastham & Jordan Stewart join club". BBC Sport. 6 October 2012. Retrieved 6 October 2012.
11. "Notts County 1-4 Blades - report". sufc.co.uk. 17 October 2012. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
12. "Free agent Jordan Stewart joins Sky Blues". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 1 March 2013. Archived from the original on 3 March 2013. Retrieved 1 March 2013.
13. "Coventry City: Five released as manager plans squad overhaul". BBC Sport. 30 April 2013. Retrieved 2 May 2013.
14. "Signing: Versatile EPL veteran Stewart joins club". San Jose Earthquakes. 9 July 2013. Archived from the original on 15 July 2013. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
15. "Phoenix Rising Football Club Signs Former Leicester City and Watford Defender Jordan Stewart". Phoenix Rising Football Club. 22 February 2017. Archived from the original on 14 October 2020. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
16. "Monterey Bay F.C. Begins New Era, Names former English Premier League and SJ Earthquakes Defender Jordan Stewart Permanent Head Coach". Monterey Bay F.C. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
17. "Schoolboy's design catches eye of Man City star Lescott". Fingal Independent. 26 October 2012. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
18. "Jordan Stewart". Soccerbase. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
19. "J. Stewart". Soccerway. Retrieved 13 October 2020.

External links

• Jordan Stewart at Soccerbase