Cornelius Stewart (born 7 October 1989) is a Saint Vincentian professional

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who plays as a forward for Liga 1 club Semen Padang and captains the Saint Vincent and the Grenadines national team.

Club career

Stewart attended Kingstown Anglican Primary School and Intermediate High School, and began his career in 2001 with the youth soccer team System 3 FC on his home island of Saint Vincent. He moved to Newwill Hope International FC of the Saint Vincent and the Grenadines National League Championship in 2007, and played for them throughout the 2007–08 season, before moving to Canada in 2009 when he joined the

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programme. He was promoted to the

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senior team in 2010, and played for their reserve squad in 2011 after Vancouver moved to

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season. After being released from the reserve team, Stewart signed for Caledonia AIA of the

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. After one season with Caledonia, Stewart signed with

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of Finland's second tier,

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, on a 1-year contract following a ten-day trial with the club. Following a season with Oulun Palloseura in which Stewart scored 10 goals in 28 matches, Stewart signed a 1+1 contract with Vaasan Palloseura of the

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, Finland's premier division, following a month-long trial. It was announced on 1 April 2015 that after one season with VPS, Stewart signed a 1+1 deal with PS Kemi Kings. In 2017 it was reported that Stewart had joined T.C. Sports Club of the

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in the Maldives. Since then, he has go on to score a total of 22 goals in his debut season in the Maldives in all competition. At the end of January 2019, Stewart joined Indian

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club Minerva Punjab FC. Stewart returned to Maziya for the 2019–20 season.

International career

Stewart played for the St Vincent U-20 team, netting 10 goals in 10 games, before making his debut for the senior team in a

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game, against

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International goals

''Score lists Saint Vincent and the Grenadine's goal tally first.''

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