Scott Stewart (footballer)

Scott 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.

Scott Stewart
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-04-29) 29 April 1996
Place of birth Edinburgh, Scotland[1]
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[1][2]
Position(s) Full-back / Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Arbroath
Number 16
Youth career
Airdrie United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2019 Airdrieonians 131 (12)
2019– Arbroath 24 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:35, 4 January 2021 (UTC)

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 re-named 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]

References
  1. S. Stewart, Soccerway
  2. Burnside footballer following in his father's footsteps, Daily Record, 3 April 2014
  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. 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
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