Stead at Derby County in 2006
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Jonathan Graeme Stead | ||
Date of birth | 7 April 1983 | ||
Place of birth | Huddersfield, England | ||
Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
Playing position | Striker | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Notts County | ||
Number | 30 | ||
Youth career | |||
Huddersfield Town | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2002–2004 | Huddersfield Town | 68 | (22) |
2004–2005 | Blackburn Rovers | 42 | (8) |
2005–2007 | Sunderland | 35 | (2) |
2006–2007 | → Derby County (loan) | 17 | (3) |
2007–2008 | Sheffield United | 39 | (8) |
2008 | → Ipswich Town (loan) | 1 | (1) |
2008–2010 | Ipswich Town | 63 | (18) |
2010 | → Coventry City (loan) | 10 | (2) |
2010–2013 | Bristol City | 79 | (20) |
2013–2015 | Huddersfield Town | 19 | (2) |
2014 | → Oldham Athletic (loan) | 5 | (0) |
2014 | → Bradford City (loan) | 8 | (1) |
2014–2015 | → Bradford City (loan) | 32 | (6) |
2015– | Notts County | 59 | (20) |
National team | |||
2004–2005 | England U21 | 11 | (1) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 02:49, 29 December 2016 (UTC). |
Jonathan Graeme "Jon" Stead (born 7 April 1983 in Huddersfield) is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for League Two club Notts County. Stead is a former England Under-21 international earning 11 caps, scoring once.
Stead was raised in Honley and attended Honley High School in Huddersfield.
Stead began his career with home town club Huddersfield Town where he came through the club's academy. He made his league debut for Huddersfield Town, as a nineteen-year-old against Brentford on 10 August 2002 coming as a 69th-minute substitute in the 2–0 loss on the opening day of the season. In total Stead made 42 league appearances scoring 6 goals in the 2002/03 season.
He scored four goals in three games at the start of the 2003–04 season, igniting interest from larger clubs. 2 goals came in Town's opening game of the 2003/04 season in their 2–2 draw at home to Cambridge United. Stead went on to score two goals in a game on three further occasions for The Terriers during the first part of the 2003/04 season, with his other braces coming against Northampton Town on 13 September in a 3–0 home win, in a dramatic 3–3 away draw at Mansfield Town on 22 November and then again in a 3–1 home win over Doncaster Rovers on 3 January 2004.
He scored 18 goals for Huddersfield in 2003–04, with 16 of them coming in the league, before moving to Premier League side Blackburn Rovers in the January transfer window. His last game for Huddersfield came in their 2–0 win over Boston United on 17 January 2004.