Sammy Stewart is an Northern Irish

People of Northern Ireland

Northern Irish people or people of Northern Ireland are "all persons born in Northern Ireland and having, at the time of their birth, at least one parent who is a British citizen, an Irish citizen or is otherwise entitled to reside in Northern Ireland without any restriction on their period of...

 professional football

Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 player currently playing with Glenavon

Glenavon F.C.

Glenavon F.C. is a semi-professional, Northern Irish football club playing in the IFA Premiership. The club, founded in 1889, hails from Lurgan and plays its home matches at Mourneview Park...

 in the Irish Premiership.

Glenavon

Stewart started his career with the Irish Premier League

Irish Premier League

The IFA Premiership – formerly the Irish Premier League, and before that the Irish Football League–and still known in popular parlance simply as the Irish League, is the national football league in Northern Ireland, and was historically the league for the whole of Ireland. Clubs in the league are...

 side Glenavon

Glenavon F.C.

Glenavon F.C. is a semi-professional, Northern Irish football club playing in the IFA Premiership. The club, founded in 1889, hails from Lurgan and plays its home matches at Mourneview Park...

 in 2007

Irish Premier League 2007-08

-League table:P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD= Goal difference; Pts = PointsC = Champions; P = Playoffs R = Relegated;...

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Aberdeen

In May 2008, Stewart signed a two-year deal with Scottish Premier League

Scottish Premier League

The Scottish Premier League , also known as the SPL , is a professional league competition for association football clubs in Scotland...

 side Aberdeen

Aberdeen F.C.

Aberdeen Football Club are a Scottish professional football club based in Aberdeen...

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He scored his first goal for The Dons in a friendly against Inverurie

Inverurie Loco Works F.C.

Inverurie Loco Works are a semi-professional senior football club from Inverurie who currently play in the Highland League in Scotland and were founded in 1903.-Recent history:...

 on 5 August 2008.

His first (and only) competitive appearance for Aberdeen was on 24 May 2009, when he replaced Sone Aluko

Sone Aluko

Omatsone "Sone" Aluko is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for Scottish Premier League club Rangers. Aluko began his career at Birmingham City but failed to make any league appearances. He joined Aberdeen on loan in the 2007–2008 season and was loaned to Blackpool at the...

 in the last game of the season against Hibernian

Hibernian F.C.

Hibernian Football Club are a Scottish professional football club based in Leith, in the north of Edinburgh. They are one of two Scottish Premier League clubs in the city, the other being their Edinburgh derby rivals, Hearts...

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On 5 January 2010, he was released by Aberdeen by mutual consent.

Return to Glenavon

In August 2010, Stewart returned to Glenavon

Glenavon F.C.

Glenavon F.C. is a semi-professional, Northern Irish football club playing in the IFA Premiership. The club, founded in 1889, hails from Lurgan and plays its home matches at Mourneview Park...

, signing a one year deal.

Personal life

His brother Thomas

Thomas Stewart (footballer)

Thomas Stewart is an English former footballer who represented Great Britain at the 1952 Summer Olympics.-References:...

 plays for Shamrock Rovers and Johnny, a pacy midfielder, plays for Ambassadors FC in Northern Ireland and is known to have rejected a move to Bayern Munich as a schoolboy.

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