Jon Stead
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| Jon Stead | ||
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| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Jonathan Graeme Stead | |
| Date of birth | April 7, 1983 | |
| Place of birth | Huddersfield, England | |
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | |
| Playing position | Striker/Winger | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Sheffield United | |
| Number | 8 | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 2002–2004 2004–2005 2005–2007 2006–2007 2007– |
Huddersfield Town Blackburn Rovers Sunderland → Derby County (loan) Sheffield United |
68 (22) 42 (8) 35 (2) 17 (3) 38 (8) |
| National team | ||
| 2004–2005 | England U21 | 11 (1) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Jonathan Graeme "Jon" Stead (born April 7, 1983 in Huddersfield, England) is an English football player who currently plays for Sheffield United as a forward.
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[edit] Education
Raised in Honley, Jon Stead attended Honley High School, Huddersfield.
[edit] Club career
[edit] Huddersfield Town
Stead made his league debut for Huddersfield Town, as a nineteen-year-old against Brentford.
He scored four goals in three games at the start of the 2003-04 season, igniting interest from big clubs.
[edit] Blackburn Rovers
In February 2004, he moved to Blackburn Rovers[1] marking his debut by scoring the only goal in a match against Middlesbrough[2] before scoring again in his next game against Newcastle United.
However, the goals for Blackburn dried up and with manager Mark Hughes signing additional forwards including Welsh international Craig Bellamy, Stead was transferred on June 13, 2005 to Sunderland in a deal worth £1.8 million.[3]
[edit] Sunderland
During his time at Sunderland Stead scored only two goals, the first of which was on April 1, 2006 against Everton at Goodison Park in a 2-2 draw, breaking his duck of 11 months without a goal. He scored his second Sunderland goal in the 3-1 defeat to Southend at Roots Hall on August 19, 2006.
On October 13, 2006, he completed a loan move to Derby County [4] and after failing to find the back of the net in his first 6 games, he finally broke his Derby duck with the first goal in a 2-1 win away at Coventry City on November 11. He followed that goal with the opener in a 2-0 win at Luton Town to make it two in eight appearances and then again went on to bag Derby's first in the 1-0 home win against Leicester. He was nominated for Powerade Player of the Month as a result of his form at Derby in November.
[edit] Sheffield United
Stead was signed by Sheffield United from Sunderland for a fee of £750,000, which could potentially rise to £1.2 million, on a three-and-a-half year deal on January 11, 2007.[5]
On January 13, 2007, Stead played his first Premier League game with Sheffield against Portsmouth [6] He scored his first goal for the Blades in his third game, against Fulham on January 30, 2007. He would go on to score his second goal for the Blades in the next match against his former club Blackburn Rovers on February 3, 2007. Stead's muted celebration further endeared him to the Rovers fans, who remained grateful for the considerable contribution he had made during the relegation scrap in 2004. His fifth goal came on the last day of the season against Wigan Athletic on May 12, but his goal wasn't enough to keep United up, because West Ham United were 1-0 up against Manchester United, thanks to a goal from controversial Argentinian striker Carlos Tévez and Wigan scored a second goal from the penalty spot which relegated Sheffield on goal difference from Wigan.
[edit] Statistics
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Europe | Others | Total | ||||||
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| App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | ||
| Sheffield United | 2007-081 | 24 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 6 |
| 2006-07 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 5 | |
| Derby County (loan) | 2006-07 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 3 |
| Sunderland | 2006-07 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 2005-06 | 30 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 1 | |
| Blackburn Rovers | 2004-05 | 29 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 2 |
| 2003-04 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 6 | |
| Huddersfield Town | 2003-04 | 26 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 17 |
| 2002-03 | 42 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 46 | 6 | |
| Total | 201 | 42 | 11 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 235 | 47 | |
1 Last updated 5 May 2008
[edit] International career
His early goalscoring exploits at Blackburn Rovers led to a call-up for the England Under-21 side against the Netherlands in February 2004. However, he managed just 1 goal in 11 appearances.
[edit] References
- ^ Blackburn Sign Stead, BBC Sport, February 2, 2004
- ^ Premiership clockwatch, BBC Sport, February 7, 2004
- ^ Sunderland snap up striker Stead, BBC Sport, June 13, 2005
- ^ Stead makes loan switch to Derby, BBC Sport, October 13, 2006
- ^ "Blades sign Stead from Sunderland", BBC Sport, 2007-01-11. Retrieved on 2007-04-22.
- ^ Tactical Formation. Football-Lineups.com. Retrieved on January 20, 2007.
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| Persondata | |
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| NAME | Stead, Jonathan |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Stead, Jon |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | footballer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1983-04-7 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Huddersfield, England |
| DATE OF DEATH | |
| PLACE OF DEATH | |
