| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Earnest Lee Stewart Jr.[1][2] | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth | March 28, 1969 | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Veghel, Netherlands | |||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | |||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Forward, midfielder | |||||||||||||
| Team information | ||||||||||||||
Current team | PSV Eindhoven (director of football) | |||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||
| 1980–1987 | UDI '19 | |||||||||||||
| 1987–1988 | VVV-Venlo | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 1988–1990 | VVV-Venlo | 62 | (15) | |||||||||||
| 1990–1996 | Willem II | 170 | (49) | |||||||||||
| 1996–2002 | NAC Breda | 189 | (50) | |||||||||||
| 2003–2004 | D.C. United | 47 | (4) | |||||||||||
| 2005 | VVV-Venlo | 6 | (1) | |||||||||||
| Total | 474 | (119) | ||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||
| 1990–2004 | United States | 101 | (17) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||
Earnest Lee Stewart Jr. (born March 28, 1969) is an American former soccer player who played as a forward or midfielder. His career spanned 17 years from 1988 until his retirement in 2005, with the majority of the years spent in the Netherlands, the country of his birth. Stewart also represented the United States in international soccer.
Since his retirement from professional soccer, Stewart has served as a soccer executive in various positions for multiple organizations. He is currently the director of football for PSV Eindhoven.[3]
In 2011, Stewart was inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame.[4]
- ^ "United States Soccer Federation". FIFA. Retrieved July 21, 2022.
- ^ "Een prachtige ontdek kingsreis" [A wonderful journey of discovery]. Booming Magazine (in Dutch). No. 1. 2019. p. 7. Retrieved July 23, 2022.
- ^ Straus, Brian (February 20, 2023). "Earnie Stewart Exit Interview: The State of U.S. Soccer As Sporting Director Departs". Sports Illustrated. Sports Illustrated. Retrieved March 8, 2023.
- ^ "Earnie Stewart - 2011 Inductee | National Soccer Hall of Fame". Earnie Stewart - 2011 Inductee | National Soccer Hall of Fame. Retrieved December 18, 2023.