Jamie Stevenson (footballer)
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| Jamie Stevenson | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | James Stevenson | |
| Date of birth | 13 July 1984 | |
| Place of birth | Glasgow, Scotland | |
| Playing position | Midfielder | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Morton | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 2001 2001-2003 2003-2004 2004-2006 2006- |
Aberdeen Alloa Athletic Real Mallorca Alloa Athletic Greenock Morton |
0 (0) 2 (0) 0 (0) 79 (13) 52 (10) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Jamie Stevenson (born 13 July 1984 in Glasgow) is a Scottish footballer. He is currently playing for Greenock Morton in the Scottish First 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 La 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 Son Moix stadium because 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 who were 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. He does, however, have a dislike for players over 6-foot tall, as he himself is only 5'8.[1]
[edit] External links
- Jamie Stevenson career stats at Soccerbase
- BBC Article: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/a/alloa/2519081.stm
- The Scotsman Article: http://sport.scotsman.com/football.cfm?id=178902004
- www.gmfc.net player profile: http://www.gmfc.net/the-squad/view-profile.asp?profileID=9
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