Stewart Greacen
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| Full name | Stewart Greacen | ||||||||
| Date of birth | 31 March 1982 | ||||||||
| Place of birth | Lanark, Scotland | ||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||
| Playing position | Centre back | ||||||||
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| Current club | Stenhousemuir | ||||||||
| Number | TBA | ||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||
| –1998 | Rangers | ||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† | ||||||
| 1998–2000 | Airdrieonians | 3 | (0) | ||||||
| 2000–2003 | Livingston | 0 | (0) | ||||||
| 2000 | → Queen of the South (loan) | 3 | (0) | ||||||
| 2001–2002 | → Greenock Morton (loan) | 15 | (0) | ||||||
| 2003 | Forfar Athletic | 17 | (1) | ||||||
| 2003–2010 | Greenock Morton | 220 | (18) | ||||||
| 2011 | Dundee (trial) | 1 | (0) | ||||||
| 2011–2012 | Derry City | 47 | (2) | ||||||
| 2012 | Glentoran | 2 | (0) | ||||||
| 2013 | Derry City | 12 | (0) | ||||||
| 2014- | Stenhousemuir | 0 | (0) | ||||||
Honours
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12:39, 1 June 2013 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). | |||||||||
Stewart Greacen (born 31 March 1982 in Lanark) is a Scottish footballer. He is currently playing for Stenhousemuir in the Scottish League One. He regularly played as a central defender.
Greacen started his career as a youth player with Rangers, before making his first competitive appearances with Airdrieonians. Following only three league games, he was signed by the at-the-time Scottish Premier League side Livingston where he spent most of his time on loan at Queen of the South and Morton.
After leaving Livi, he played for Forfar Athletic before moving on to become captain at Morton where he had previously been on loan.
Career
He began his senior career at now defunct Airdrieonians and from there he moved to Livingston. Livingston then sent him on loan to Queen of the South and Greenock Morton, where he played in the team that was relegated from the Scottish Second Division in the 2001–02 season. Livingston released Greacen in 2003 and he was immediately signed by Forfar Athletic. He played the second half of the 2002–03 season season at Forfar on a short-term contract. At the end of the season Forfar offered Greacen a long term deal which he rejected in favour of a deal at Morton. The main reason for this was that Morton offered a full-time contract in comparison to Forfar's part-time contract.
Greacen plays at centre back in the Morton defence. He is a tall commanding defender with a strong physical presence. He is good in the air and this helps in both an attacking and defensive way as he often scores from headers at set pieces. At 24 years old, Greacen became Greenock Morton's captain.
In May 2008, it was announced that Greacen had rejected a new contract from Morton and was being tracked by rival Scottish First Division sides Dunfermline Athletic, Queen of the South and Livingston.
Greacen was Morton's Player of the Year for 2008–2009.[1]
On 22 December 2010, Greacen was released by Morton after nearly 250 appearances over two spells from the club.[2]
He was on trial at Dundee, where he was eligible to play in a maximum of three league games – he however could not be signed due to their current transfer embargo.[3]
He, therefore, chose the safe option of playing in the Airtricity Premier League with championship favourites Derry City hoping to gain a move to a bigger club in the summer.
He linked up Glentoran on 21 December 2011[4] but was released from his contract at the end of January 2012 as he wished to play full-time football again and has found the travelling from Scotland and not being able to train with the Glentoran squad an issue.[5] He then joined up again with former club Derry City for training, admitting that he was in talks to sign a new contract.[6] He subsequently rejoined them.[7]
Honours
Greenock Morton
- Scottish Football League Second Division (1): 2006–07
Derry City
- League of Ireland Cup (1): 2011
- FAI Cup (1): 2012
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| Preceded by Stuart McCluskey |
Greenock Morton captain 2004–2010 |
Succeeded by Stuart McCaffrey |
References
- ↑ Graham, Roger (11 May 2009). "A lacklustre finale". Greenock Telegraph. Retrieved 18 May 2009.
- ↑ "Stewart Greacen". Greenock Morton FC. 22 December 2010. Retrieved 22 December 2010.
- ↑ "Dempsey on trial at Dundee". invernessreds.co.uk. 26 January 2011. Retrieved 26 January 2011.
- ↑ "Derry City defender Stewart Greacen to join Glentoran". BBC Sport. 20 December 2011. Retrieved 7 February 2012.
- ↑ "Transfer deadline day news". Glentoran FC. 31 January 2012. Retrieved 5 February 2012.
- ↑ "Greacen set for "Brandy" Return?". Derry Journal. 3 February 2012. Retrieved 5 February 2012.
- ↑ "Stewart Greacen leaves Glentoran to rejoin Derry City". BBC Sport. 6 February 2011. Retrieved 7 February 2012.
External links
See also
- Greenock Morton F.C. season 2008-09 | 2009–10 | 2010–11
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