Scott Stewart (footballer)

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Scott Stewart
Personal information
Full name Scott Alexander Stewart
Date of birth (1996-04-29) 29 April 1996 (age 27)
Place of birth Edinburgh, Scotland [1]
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) [1] [2]
Position(s) Full-back / Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Arbroath
Number 16
Youth career
Airdrie United
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2013–2019 Airdrieonians 131 (12)
2019– Arbroath 130 (8)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 March 2024

Scott Alexander Stewart (born 29 April 1996) is a Scottish footballer who plays for Arbroath as a full-back or midfielder. He began his career at Airdrieonians.

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Career

Airdrieonians

Stewart was born in Edinburgh but raised in Rutherglen, South Lanarkshire where he attended Stonelaw High School. [2] [3] His father Sandy was a footballer who spent the majority of his career with the original Airdrieonians club and also served as player and manager at its successor Airdrie United, [2] where Scott began his career in the youth setup. [3]

At the age of 17, Stewart received his first call-up to the senior squad at the club (now renamed Airdrieonians) in August 2013, [1] making his senior debut two months later in a 2–0 home defeat to Forfar Athletic in Scottish League One, with his first start in the competition against Stranraer in March 2014. [3] He initially began his career as a midfielder but retrained as a full-back, which he stated drew more scrutiny on his performances from his father, who had played the same position. [4] After three seasons as a squad member, he became a regular starter for the Diamonds in the 2016–17 campaign, going on to make over 100 appearances over the next three years, [1] [5] including a promotion playoff semi-final defeat to Alloa Athletic on penalties in 2017 [6] (the closest Airdrie came to either being promoted or relegated in his time with the club) and a Scottish Cup visit to holders Celtic in 2019. [7]

He was voted the Airdrieonians 'Young Player of the Year' for 2016–17 [8] and the overall 'Player of the Year' for 2017–18, [8] having been named team captain in the latter part of that season [9] and agreed a new contract to stay at the club. [10]

Arbroath

In June 2019, Stewart transferred to Arbroath, newly promoted to the Scottish Championship. [11] He made his debut for the club on 23 July 2019, in a 3–0 defeat away to Hibernian in the group stage of the 2019–20 Scottish League Cup. [12] He was an important member of the Red Lichties team in their bid for promotion to the Scottish Premiership in the 2021–22 season, while also working as a P.E. teacher at Rutherglen's Trinity High School. [13] [14]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 S. Stewart, Soccerway
  2. 1 2 3 Burnside footballer following in his father's footsteps, Daily Record, 3 April 2014
  3. 1 2 3 "Scott Stewart dedicates first career start to Airdrieonians legend dad Sandy". Daily Record. 2 April 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
  4. ↑ "Airdrieonians v East Fife: Scott Stewart wants to prove he's chip off the old block". Daily Record. 17 September 2016. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
  5. ↑ Scott Stewart, Soccerbase
  6. ↑ Alloa Athletic 1–0 Airdrieonians, BBC Sport, 13 May 2017
  7. ↑ Celtic 3–0 Airdrieonians, BBC Sport, 19 January 2019
  8. 1 2 Player of the Year, Airdrieonians FC
  9. ↑ Airdrieonians captain Scott Stewart calls for players to turn draws into wins for play-off push, Daily Record, 2 February 2018
  10. ↑ Airdrieonians snap up Scott Stewart on new deal in signing 'coup' as clubs track star, Daily Record, 28 February 2018
  11. ↑ New signing – Scott Stewart, Arbroath FC, 3 June 2019
  12. ↑ Hibs 3, Arbroath 0. Hibs are convincing winners in the Betfred Cup, Edinburgh Evening News, 23 July 2019
  13. ↑ Inside the Arbroath fairytale as Scott Stewart says Dick Campbell is keeping top flight talk to a minimum, Scott McDermott, Daily Record, 6 February 2022
  14. ↑ PE teacher Arbroath ace Scott Stewart reveals bid to turn post-holiday pupil jibes into adulation, Scott Lorimer, The Courier, 14 April 2022
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