Full name James Stewart 1972–1977 Kilmarnock Name Jim Stewart | 1970–1971 Troon Role Coach Years Team | |
Date of birth (1954-03-09) 9 March 1954 (age 61) | ||
Place of birth Kilwinning, Scotland | ||
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James Garvin Stewart (born 9 March 1954) is a Scottish former football goalkeeper.
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- Uefa goalkeeping seminar with pat bonner jim stewart craig gordon and more special guests
- Playing
- Coaching
- Personal life
- References
Playing
He began his career with local side Troon, and he went on to play for Kilmarnock, Middlesbrough, Rangers, St Mirren and Partick Thistle. Stewart earned 2 caps for Scotland, and was their third-choice goalkeeper at the 1974 FIFA World Cup.
Coaching
He was later the goalkeeping coach at Kilmarnock and Heart of Midlothian, who he left to rejoin Rangers in August 2007. He worked with the SFA as a youth goalkeeping coach before joined the Scotland national football team setup under Gordon Strachan in 2013, on a part time basis. Stewart left Rangers in March 2017, following the appointment of Pedro Caixinha as team manager. In May 2017, Stewart was unveiled as Nottingham Forest's new goalkeeping coach.
Personal life
His son Colin also played as a goalkeeper for Kilmarnock, and daughter-in-law Julie Fleeting is the all-time leading scorer for the Scotland women's national football team.