Earnie Stewart
American soccer player / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Earnest Lee Stewart Jr. (born March 28, 1969) is a former soccer player who played as a forward or midfielder. His career spanned 17 years from 1988 until his retirement in 2005, with the majority of the years spent in the Netherlands, the country of his birth. Stewart also represented the United States in international soccer.
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Full name | Earnest Lee Stewart Jr.[1][2] | |||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1969-03-28) March 28, 1969 (age 55) | |||||||||||||
Place of birth | Veghel, Netherlands | |||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | |||||||||||||
Position(s) | Forward, midfielder | |||||||||||||
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Current team | PSV Eindhoven (director of football) | |||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||
1980–1987 | UDI '19 | |||||||||||||
1987–1988 | VVV-Venlo | |||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
1988–1990 | VVV-Venlo | 62 | (15) | |||||||||||
1990–1996 | Willem II | 170 | (49) | |||||||||||
1996–2002 | NAC Breda | 189 | (50) | |||||||||||
2003–2004 | D.C. United | 47 | (4) | |||||||||||
2005 | VVV-Venlo | 6 | (1) | |||||||||||
Total | 474 | (119) | ||||||||||||
International career | ||||||||||||||
1990–2004 | United States | 101 | (17) | |||||||||||
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Since his retirement from professional soccer, Stewart has served as a soccer executive in various positions for multiple organizations. He is currently the director of football for PSV Eindhoven.[3]
In 2011, Stewart was inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame.[4]