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Marcus Stewart
Personal information
Full name	William Stewart
Date of birth	November 7, 1972 (age 34)
Place of birth	Bristol, England
Playing position	Forward
Club information
Current club	Yeovil Town
Number	29
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1991-1996 1996-2000 2000-2002 2002-2005 2005-2007 2006 2006 2007-present	Bristol Rovers Huddersfield Town Ipswich Town Sunderland Bristol City Preston North End (Loan) Yeovil Town (Loan) Yeovil Town	171(57) 133 (58) 75 (27) 102 (31) 27 (5) 4 (0) 13 (5) 6 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21/02/2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Marcus Stewart (born William Stewart in Bristol on 7 November 1972) is a professional footballer who plays for Yeovil Town in League One. Stewart has played over 500 games and scored over 200 goals in his professional career.

Stewart signed for Bristol Rovers in 1991, where he played as a regular striker until 1996 when he signed for Huddersfield Town, the team that had beaten Bristol Rovers in the play-off final the season before. He was as great fans' favourite at Huddersfield before being controversially sold to rivals Ipswich Town in the final run in at the end of the 1999/2000 season^[1].

Ipswich were promoted to the Premiership at the end of the season ahead of Huddersfield due in no small part to Stewart's goals and he continued his great form for the next season being the Premiership's second top goalscorer during 2000-01 with 19 goals for Ipswich Town, who finished fifth and qualified for the UEFA Cup and leading for many fans to call for him to be included in the England team for the upcoming World Cup qualifiers.

Following Ipswich's fall from the heights they had recently achieved, Stewart signed for Sunderland where he had three successful seasons.

He played his last game for Sunderland on May 8, 2005, after a successful last season for the club which saw him score 17 goals. He departed Sunderland in good terms after deciding that he was too old to play to a Premiership standard. He then chose to sign for Bristol City, fulfilling his ambition to play for the team which he has supported since he was a boy - ironically, he began his career with City's neighbours and deadly rivals Bristol Rovers.

In March 2006, Stewart moved on-loan to Preston North End until the end of the 2005/06 season. After his return to Bristol he was publicly told by City's manager and chairman that he should seek another club, though he was not formally transfer-listed. In August 2006 he signed for Yeovil Town on a 3-month loan and scored a goal on his debut away at Swansea City on September 1, 2006.

Marcus Stewart at Soccerbase

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