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Stewart Downing
Sign in to saveEnglish association football player (born 1984)
Key facts
- 2001
- England U16
- 2002
- England U18
- 2003
- → Sunderland (loan)
- 2007
- England B
- Full name
- Stewart Downing
- Date of birth
- ( 1984-07-22 ) 22 July 1984 (age 41)
- Place of birth
- Middlesbrough , England
- Height
- 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
- Positions
- Left winger left-back
- 0000 2001
- Middlesbrough
- Years
- Team
- 2001 2009
- Middlesbrough
- 2009 2011
- Aston Villa
- 2011 2013
- Liverpool
- 2013 2015
- West Ham United
- 2015 2019
- Middlesbrough
- 2019 2021
- Blackburn Rovers
- 2002 2003
- England U19
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Middlesbrough
- Occupation
- association football coach
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Participant in
- UEFA Euro 2012
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- England men's national association football team
- Position played
- wing half
- League
- Premier League
- Country for sport
- England
- Mass
- 76
- Image
- Stewart Downing 2016.jpg
- Height
- 180
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- Stewart Downing
- date of birth
- 1984-07-22
- sport number
- 19
- name in native language
- Stewart Downing
- start of work period
- 2002-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Stewart Downing (born 22 July 1984) is an English former professional footballer. He played most of his career as a winger or left-back He is currently the assistant coach for Leeds United's U21 squad.
Downing started his career at Middlesbrough, where after a loan at Sunderland, he became a key part of the team, winning the League Cup in 2004 and helping them to the UEFA Cup final two years later. In 2009, after Boro's relegation, he joined Aston Villa for an initial £10 million, then moved on to Liverpool for twice that amount two years later, again winning the League Cup in 2012. He played for two seasons at West Ham United before returning to Middlesbrough, where he won promotion to the Premier League. In 2019, he was released by Middlesbrough after 404 total appearances, and signed for Blackburn Rovers, remaining there for two seasons before retiring in 2021.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Stewart Downing” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.