Stewart Downing

Stewart Downing
Downing training with Middlesbrough in 2016
Personal information
Full name Stewart Downing
Date of birth (1984-07-22) 22 July 1984 (age 42)
Place of birth Middlesbrough, England
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Position(s) Left Winger, attacking midfielder
Youth career
0000–2001 Middlesbrough
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2009 Middlesbrough 181 (17)
2003 → Sunderland (loan) 7 (3)
2009–2011 Aston Villa 63 (9)
2011–2013 Liverpool 65 (3)
2013–2015 West Ham United 69 (7)
2015–2019 Middlesbrough 153 (9)
2019–2021 Blackburn Rovers 59 (2)
Total 597 (50)
International career
2001 England U16 2 (0)
2002 England U18 3 (0)
2002–2003 England U19 7 (0)
2004–2005 England U21 8 (0)
2007 England B 1 (2)
2005–2014 England 35 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Stewart Jason Downing (born 22 July 1984) is an English footballer. He started playing for the Middlesbrough first team in 2001. He went on loan to Sunderland in 2003, and spent the next six years at Middlesbrough. When they were relegated in 2009 he left to join Aston Villa, and spent the next two years there. He had a two-year spell with Liverpool from 2011, and joined West Ham United in 2013. He went back to Middlesbrough for four years, then finished his career playing for Blackburn Rovers.

Football career

Start with Middlesbrough

He joined the Middlesbrough first team in 2001, having played for the Academy. In his first two seasons, he played in five Premier League matches, and failed to score any goals during that time.

Sunderland loan

In 2003, he joined Sunderland on loan, and stayed there until 30 November 2003. He scored three goals in seven matches.

Next six years with Middlesbrough

He became a regular at Middlesbrough, and spent the next six seasons there. They had some highs and some lows, but were relegated to the Championship at the end of the 2008–09 season. Downing left Middlesbrough at the end of 2008–09.

Start with England team

In 2005, he began playing for the England team.

Move to Aston Villa

After Middlesbrough's relegation, he joined Aston Villa for the 2009–10 Premier League. He played there for two seasons.

Joining Liverpool

He joined Liverpool in 2011 and stayed there for two seasons.

Move to London with West Ham

In 2013, he joined London club West Ham United, where he spent the next two seasons.

Move back to Middlesbrough

He re-joined Middlesbrough in 2015, and stayed with the side for four seasons.

Move to Blackburn Rovers

Downing joined Blackburn Rovers and played for two seasons between 2019–20 and 2020–21.

Career statistics

Club

Downing warming up for Liverpool in 2011
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Middlesbrough 2001–02 Premier League 300000—30
2002–03 Premier League 200011—31
2003–04 Premier League 2002020—240
2004–05 Premier League 355202091486
2005–06 Premier League 121500090261
2006–07 Premier League 3428000—422
2007–08 Premier League 3895120—4510
2008–09 Premier League 3705210—432
Total 181172738118123422
Sunderland (loan) 2003–04 First Division 73———73
Aston Villa 2009–10 Premier League 252604100353
2010–11 Premier League 387302110448
Total 6399062107911
Liverpool 2011–12 Premier League 3606240—462
2012–13 Premier League 2932020122455
Total 6538260122917
West Ham United 2013–14 Premier League 3211040—371
2014–15 Premier League 3764010—426
Total 6975050—797
Middlesbrough 2015–16 Championship 4530040—493
2016–17 Premier League 3013110—342
2017–18 Championship 403203020473
2018–19 Championship 3821010—402
Total 153961902017010
Blackburn Rovers 2019–20 Championship 4121011—433
2020–21 Championship 1801000—190
Total 5922011—623
Career total 5975057635433372263
  1. 1 2 Appearances in UEFA Cup
  2. 1 2 Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  3. ↑ Appearances in Championship play-offs

International

As of match played 18 November 2014
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Competitive Friendly Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
England 2005 0 0 1 0 1 0
2006 6 0 2 0 8 0
2007 5 0 2 0 7 0
2008 1 0 4 0 5 0
2009 0 0 2 0 2 0
2011 5 0 4 0 9 0
2012 0 0 2 0 2 0
2014 0 0 1 0 1 0
Total170180350
  1. ↑ 3 appearances in the 2006 FIFA World Cup and 3 appearances in the UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying
  2. ↑ Appearances in the UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying
  3. ↑ Appearances in the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
  4. ↑ Appearances in the UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying

Honours

Middlesbrough

Aston Villa

Liverpool

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "Notification of shirt numbers: Blackburn Rovers" (PDF). English Football League. p. 5. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
  2. ↑ Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2010). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2010–11. Edinburgh: Mainstream Publishing. p. 124. ISBN 978-1-84596-601-0.
  3. ↑ "19. Stewart Downing". Liverpool F.C. Archived from the original on 22 August 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
  4. ↑ "Games played by Stewart Downing in 2001/2002". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
  5. ↑ "Games played by Stewart Downing in 2002/2003". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
  6. 1 2 "Games played by Stewart Downing in 2003/2004". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
  7. ↑ "Games played by Stewart Downing in 2004/2005". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
  8. ↑ "Games played by Stewart Downing in 2005/2006". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
  9. ↑ "Games played by Stewart Downing in 2006/2007". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
  10. ↑ "Games played by Stewart Downing in 2007/2008". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
  11. ↑ "Games played by Stewart Downing in 2008/2009". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
  12. ↑ "Games played by Stewart Downing in 2009/2010". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
  13. ↑ "Games played by Stewart Downing in 2010/2011". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
  14. ↑ "Games played by Stewart Downing in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
  15. ↑ "Games played by Stewart Downing in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
  16. ↑ "Games played by Stewart Downing in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
  17. ↑ "Games played by Stewart Downing in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  18. ↑ "Games played by Stewart Downing in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  19. ↑ "Games played by Stewart Downing in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
  20. ↑ "Games played by Stewart Downing in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
  21. ↑ "Games played by Stewart Downing in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
  22. ↑ "Games played by Stewart Downing in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
  23. ↑ "Games played by Stewart Downing in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm.
  24. ↑ "Downing, Stewart". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
  25. ↑ "Boro lift Carling Cup". BBC Sport. 29 February 2004. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
  26. ↑ "Middlesbrough 0–4 Sevilla". BBC Sport. 10 May 2006. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
  27. ↑ Anderson, John, ed. (2016). Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2016–2017. London: Headline Publishing Group. pp. 234–235. ISBN 978-1-4722-3395-0.
  28. ↑ McNulty, Phil (28 February 2010). "Aston Villa 1–2 Man Utd". BBC Sport. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  29. ↑ Bevan, Chris (26 February 2012). "Cardiff 2–2 Liverpool". BBC Sport. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  30. ↑ McNulty, Phil (5 May 2012). "Chelsea 2–1 Liverpool". BBC Sport. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  31. ↑ "Saint-Maximin voted North-East FWA Player of the Year". footballwriters.co.uk. 13 January 2022. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
  32. ↑ "Alan Hardaker Trophy winners". The Football League. 24 February 2003. Archived from the original on 21 September 2016. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  33. ↑ Kendrick, Mat (11 May 2011). "Aston Villa: Stewart Downing happy to stay on at 'fantastic club'". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  34. ↑ "Downing nets yet another top title". Teesside Gazette. Middlesbrough. 17 May 2005. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  35. ↑ "Boateng beats pain". Teesside Gazette. Middlesbrough. 6 May 2004. Retrieved 7 December 2017.

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