Gareth Stewart
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Gareth Stewart in 2024. | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Gareth John Stewart | ||
| Date of birth | 3 February 1980 | ||
| Place of birth | Preston, England | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team |
AFC Bournemouth (first team goalkeeping coach) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1997–1999 | Blackburn Rovers | 0 | (0) |
| 1999–2008 | AFC Bournemouth | 163 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 | Dorchester Town | 41 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | Welling United | 11 | (0) |
| 2011–2015 | Yeovil Town | 3 | (0) |
| 2017 | Weymouth | 2 | (0) |
| Total | 220 | (0) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2011–2015 | Yeovil Town (goalkeeper coach) | ||
| 2017– | AFC Bournemouth (goalkeeper coach) | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Gareth John Stewart (born 3 February 1980) is an English former professional footballer who is first-team goalkeeping coach for AFC Bournemouth.
Stewart started his professional career with Blackburn Rovers in 1997 representing England various times at a young age, but left for AFC Bournemouth in 1999 having never made an appearance for Blackburn. He established himself as Bournemouth's number one goalkeeper during the 2000–01 season, only to be dislodged during the 2002–03 season. Having been the club's number one goalkeeper again during the 2005–06 season, he played less regularly in the next two seasons, and was released by Bournemouth in 2008, having made 179 appearances for the club. He then switched to Conference South side Dorchester Town, making 47 appearances before briefly leaving competitive football. He joined Conference South side Welling United in 2010, and made 12 appearances before joining Yeovil Town as a player/goalkeeping coach. Now, being promoted to assistant first team goalkeeping coach alongside Neil Moss, Stewart follows club plans to achieve premier league status once more and continue Bournemouth's well known goalkeeping department producing careers for many goalkeepers. Aiming to maintain his position and reputation but always striving for more.