Stern John

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Stern John
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Personal information
Full name Stern Christopher James John
Date of birth (1976-10-30) 30 October 1976 (age 47)
Place of birth Trincity, Trinidad and Tobago
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Position(s) Forward
Youth career
1995 Mercer CC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996 Malta Carib Alcons 7 (1)
1997 Carolina Dynamo 5 (0)
1997 New Orleans Riverboat Gamblers 26 (16)
1998–1999 Columbus Crew 55 (44)
1999–2002 Nottingham Forest 72 (18)
2002–2004 Birmingham City 77 (16)
2004–2007 Coventry City 78 (26)
2005 → Derby County (loan) 7 (0)
2007 Sunderland 16 (5)
2007–2009 Southampton 47 (19)
2008–2009 → Bristol City (loan) 24 (2)
2009–2010 Crystal Palace 16 (2)
2009–2010 → Ipswich Town (loan) 7 (1)
2011–2012 North East Stars ? (1)
2012 Solihull Moors ? (?)
2014- WASA FC (1)
International career‡
1995–2012[1] Trinidad and Tobago 115 (70)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11:38, 11 February 2014 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 November 2011

Stern Christopher James John CM (born 30 October 1976 in Trincity, Trinidad and Tobago) is a Trinidadian football player who recently came out of retirement to play for WASA FC. He played for a number of high-profile English football clubs that included Bristol City, Nottingham Forest, Birmingham City, Sunderland, Southampton, Crystal Palace, Coventry City and Derby County.

Club career

Early Career in US

John moved to the United States to attend Mercer County Community College in 1995. He joined the Columbus Crew of Major League Soccer from the now-defunct New Orleans Riverboat Gamblers of the A-League for the 1998 season. John received a try-out with Crew based on the good word from his older cousin, Columbus Crew defender and Trinidad and Tobago international, Ansil Elcock. With the Crew, he proved to be one of the most prolific scorers in league history. John led the league with 26 goals (and also with 57 points to be named the MLS Scoring Champion) in 1998. He was named to the MLS Best XI that year as well, and tied for the lead with 18 goals in 1999.

Nottingham Forest

After the 1999 season with Columbus, John was acquired by Nottingham Forest of the English First Division for a fee of £1.5 million. However, eventual financial difficulties at Forest following the team's failed bid at promotion forced John's sale to Birmingham City, then pushing for promotion to the Premier League for the sum of £100,000. John scored 18 goals in 49 starts for Forest.

Birmingham City

At Birmingham, John rarely played, as he had trouble breaking through an accomplished roster of forwards. However when he did play there were some memorable moments in the blue shirt of Birmingham. For example his majestic turn and finish away at West Ham in 2002, or more memorably his last minute equaliser at Villa Park in the crunch Birmingham derby. His greatest moment in a Birmingham shirt had to be his last minute goal away at Millwall which put Birmingham through to the Playoff Final in 2002.[2] This led to him being very popular with the Birmingham fans for his crucial and sometimes brilliant goals.[citation needed] However after generally falling out of favour he was sold to Coventry City on 14 September 2004.

Coventry City

In his first season with Coventry, John finished as the team's second highest goalscorer, managing to score 12 goals despite starting in barely half of Coventry's games.

Derby County

At the start of the 2005–06 season, following the signing of James Scowcroft, John found himself outside of manager Micky Adams's first-team plans. As a result he was loaned to Derby County on 16 September 2005. He rejoined Coventry three months later.

Sunderland

On 29 January 2007, John was transferred to Sunderland for an undisclosed fee. The signing was Sunderland manager Roy Keane's sixth signing of the 2006–07 season January transfer window. He scored his first goals against Southend United in a 4–0 victory on 17 February 2007.

Southampton

On 29 August 2007, John moved to Southampton as part of a deal that took his international teammate Kenwyne Jones in the opposite direction.[3][4]

He scored his first goals with two in a 3–2 win against West Bromwich Albion on 6 October 2007. From then on he scored regularly for "The Saints", with nine goals in his first fifteen appearances, including a second half hat trick against Hull City on 8 December 2007.[5] He finished the season 2007–08 as the 4th top scorer in the Championship with 19 goals for Southampton. he also scored one goal for Sunderland in the Premier League. John scored twice in Southampton's final game of the season (one of them the match winner) against Sheffield United, helping them to narrowly avoid relegation to League One. John was later sent off for a second bookable offence.

Bristol City

John was loaned to Bristol City in October 2008 until the end of the 2008–09 season.[6] John made his first Bristol City appearance, coming on as a substitute, against Barnsley in a 0–0 draw. John scored his first goal for Bristol City in a 4–1 defeat to Reading at Ashton Gate Stadium on 1 November 2008.

Crystal Palace

On 29 July 2009 John signed for Crystal Palace on a year-long deal after turning down an offer to stay at Southampton.[7] He made his debut on the opening day of the season against Plymouth Argyle, he had to come off after 35 minutes due to an injury. He returned in mid-October, but joined Ipswich Town on a one-month loan at the end of November. He scored his first goal for Ipswich in a 3–2 win over Coventry City on 16 January 2010.[8] Upon his return to Palace he scored his first goal for the club in a 3–1 win at Watford on 30 March 2010.[9] New Palace manager George Burley had hoped to discuss the player's future at the end of the season, but no contact took place and John left the club.[10]

Solihull Moors

In August 2012, after two seasons out of English football, John returned, signing for Solihull Moors.[11] However, as of November 2012, he has yet to make an appearance in any competition for the club.

WASA FC

John retired and moved back to his native Trinidad and Tobago after his spell at Solihull Moors, only to come out of retirement a second time in January 2014 to join WASA FC, playing in the National Super League of Trinidad and Tobago. He scored on his debut[12]

International career

John made his international debut for Trinidad and Tobago national football team on 15 February 1995 against Finland in a Friendly match at the Queen's Park Oval, scoring one goal on his debut. John has been a vital player for the Soca Warriors, currently the team's all-time leading scorer with 70 goals in 115 caps (as of 9 February 2011), and is also the 7th highest international goalscorer according to the list of Top international association football goal scorers by country, behind Pelé, Ferenc Puskás and Ali Daei. He is also the all-time top CONCACAF goal scorer. He was instrumental in helping his country qualify for the 2006 FIFA World Cup and played in all three of his country's World Cup group matches at Germany 2006. In Germany, he scored an offside goal. He was also named Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation Player of the Year in 2002. John is currently the second most capped Trinidad and Tobago international behind former teammate Angus Eve. He was the only player to score in 12 consecutive international matches, from 1998 to 1999.

Honours

Career statistics

Club statistics

Club statistics
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Columbus Crew 1998[13][14] Major League Soccer 27 26 3 1 5[lower-alpha 1] 3 35 30
1999[13][15] Major League Soccer 28 18 2 2 5[lower-alpha 1] 5 35 25
Total 55 44 5 3 10 8 70 55
Nottingham Forest 1999–2000[16] First Division 17 3 3 0 — — 20 3
2000–01[17] First Division 29 2 1 0 2 1 — 32 3
2001–02[18][19] First Division 26 13 1 0 1 1 — 28 14
Total 72 18 5 0 3 2 — 80 20
Birmingham City 2001–02[18] First Division 15 7 — — 3[lower-alpha 2] 1 18 8
2002–03[20] Premier League 30 5 1 1 1 3 — 32 9
2003–04[21] Premier League 29 4 2 0 1 0 — 32 4
2004–05[22] Premier League 3 0 — — — 3 0
Total 77 16 3 1 2 3 3 1 85 21
Coventry City 2004–05[22] Championship 30 11 2 1 1 0 — 33 12
2005–06[23] Championship 25 10 3 1 1 0 — 29 11
2006–07[24] Championship 23 5 2 1 1 0 — 26 6
Total 78 26 7 3 3 0 — 88 29
Derby County (loan) 2005–06[23] Championship 7 0 — — — 7 0
Sunderland 2006–07[24] Championship 15 4 — — — 15 4
2007–08[25] Premier League 1 1 — 0 0 — 1 1
Total 16 5 — 0 0 — 16 5
Southampton 2007–08[25] Championship 40 19 2 0 — — 42 19
2008–09[26] Championship 7 0 — 3 1 — 10 1
Total 47 19 2 0 3 1 — 52 20
Bristol City (loan) 2008–09[26] Championship 24 2 2 0 — — 26 2
Crystal Palace 2009–10[27] Championship 16 2 — 0 0 — 16 2
Ipswich Town (loan) 2009–10[27] Championship 7 1 2 0 — — 9 1
Career total 399 133 26 7 11 6 13 9 449 155
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Appearances in MLS Cup Playoffs
  2. ↑ Appearances in Football League play-offs

International goals

Scores and results list Trinidad and Tobago's goal tally first.[1]

[note 1]

Notes

  1. ↑ Matches against Martinique and Guadeloupe are not considered full internationals by FIFA.

References

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  11. ↑ http://nonleague.pitchero.com/news/stern-john-makes-comeback-with-moors-15487/
  12. ↑ http://www.socawarriors.net/league/league-news/national-super-league/13639-stern-salvages-point-for-struggling-wasa-fc.html
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