Carl Stewart (footballer)

Carl Leon Stewart (born 2 May 1997) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Southern League Division One Central club Northwood.^[2]

Carl Stewart

Personal information
Full name	Carl Leon Stewart[1]
Date of birth	(1997-05-02) 2 May 1997 (age 28)
Place of birth	Hammersmith, England
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Northwood
Youth career
2006–2015	Watford
2015	Udinese
2015–2017	Watford
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2017–2018	Watford	0	(0)
2018	Oxford City	2	(0)
2018	Banbury United
2018	Bedfont Sports
2018–2019	Wingate & Finchley
2019–2020	Zaglebie Sosnowiec	5	(0)
2020	→ Piast Żmigród (loan)	1	(0)
2020–2021	Marlow	1	(1)
2021	Rayners Lane	0	(0)
2021–2022	Beaconsfield Town	6	(0)
2021–2022	→ Northwood (dual-reg)	22	(1)
2022–2024	Northwood	72	(2)
2024–2025	Harrow Borough	34	(1)
2025–	Northwood	0	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 10:44, 29 June 2025 (UTC)

Career

A graduate of the Watford youth system, Stewart spent half a season in Italy with the youth team of Udinese in 2015, before returning to Watford.^[3] He made his competitive debut for Watford on 7 January 2017 in their 2–0 home FA Cup victory against Burton Albion, coming on as a 97th minute substitute for Jerome Sinclair.^[4]

In April 2018, Watford announced that Stewart would be released at the conclusion of his contract in June 2018.^[5]

In August 2018 Stewart signed for National League South side Oxford City.^[6] After two league appearances, he joined Banbury United in October 2018^[7] before having spells with Bedfont Sports^[8] and Wingate & Finchley.^[9]

On 12 July 2019, Stewart joined Polish I liga side Zaglebie Sosnowiec on a two-year deal.^[10] In February 2020, Stewart joined III liga side Piast Żmigród on loan until the end of the season.^[11]

Stewart returned to England and joined Isthmian League side Marlow in October 2020.^[12]

After a short spell at Rayners Lane, Stewart joined Southern League Premier Division South side Beaconsfield Town in 2021.

In November 2021, Stewart joined Northwood - initially on dual-registration from Beaconsfield before making the move permanent in the summer of 2022.^[13]

Stewart remained with Northwood until the end of the 2023–24 season, but was one of a number of Northwood players who followed manager Ben Bukowski to Harrow Borough in the summer of 2024.

Following just one season with Harrow Borough, Stewart returned to Northwood in June 2025.^[14]