Jamie Stevenson (footballer)

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Personal information
Jamie Stevenson
Full name	James Stevenson
Date of birth	13 July 1984
Place of birth	Glasgow, Scotland
Height	5.9
Position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Greenock Morton F.C.
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (goals)
????-2001 2001-2003 2003-2004 2004-2006 2006-	Aberdeen Alloa Athletic Real Mallorca Alloa Athletic Greenock Morton	0 (0) 2 (0) 0 (0) 70 (13) 0 (0)
* Professional club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of July 28, 2006. ** National team caps and goals correct as of July 28, 2006.

Jamie Stevenson (born 13 July 1984 in Glasgow) is a Scottish footballer. He is currently playing for Greenock Morton in the Scottish Second Division.

Stevenson began his career with Scottish Premier League club Aberdeen. He was released by the club because they believed he was too small to make the grade in professional football.

From there he dropped down the leagues and joined Alloa Athletic. It was after just two first team appearances with the club that Stevenson's life was turned up side down. In what has been described as a 'Roy of the Rovers' moment Stevenson was spotted playing a game of football with his uncle on the Spanish island of Mallorca. A scout for Spanish Primera Liga side Real Mallorca approached Stevenson and offered him a trial. Stevenson made such an impression in this trial that he was offered a 3 year contract with the Spanish giants.

Stevenson only lasted 18 months at the San Moix stadium due to the fact that he was terribly homesick. In his time in Spain he did not make a first team appearance but was a regular in the B side. For whom he scored a goal on his debut.

Real Mallorca were keen to hold on to Stevenson and part of his release stated that he could only return to his former club Alloa, which he did in 2004.

In season 2005/06 he was a star man for Alloa Athletic almost single handedly keeping them in the Scottish Second Division via the end of season 2nd Division / 3rd Division playoffs.

His form alerted several larger clubs but to many people's surprise he chose to sign a pre-contract agreement with Greenock Morton; a club in the same division as Alloa (but who at the time Stevenson signed were still optomistic of promotion via the play-offs). Morton agreed to pay Alloa a nominal sum believed to be in the region of £16,000.

Stevenson has made an exciting start to his Morton career. Showing a particular aptitude for set pieces.