Stephen Astwood (born 8 September 1981) is a retired Bermudian

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player.

Club career

Astwood began his career as a striker with

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and the

Somerset Trojans Somerset Cricket Club Trojans is a Bermudian football club based in Somerset that competes in the Bermudian Premier Division. History Trojans were formed in 1964 after a merger between ''West End Rovers'' and 2nd division ''Somerset Colts''. Ro ...

, and played for several years in the

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before joining the

Bermuda Hogges Bermuda Hogges were a Bermudian football team based in Hamilton, Bermuda. Founded in 2006, the team played in the USL Premier Development League (PDL), the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, in the Mid Atlantic Division of the Eastern ...

in the

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for its inaugural season in 2007. He has been a starting midfielder throughout his three seasons with the team and was named the league's Rookie of the Year in 2007. In summer 2012, Astwood joined

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from PHC Zebras.Astwood makes top-flight return with Rangers
- Royal Gazette

International career

He made his debut for

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in a January 2000

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against

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and earned a total of 26 caps, scoring 3 goals. He has represented his country in 9

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matches. His final international match was an August 2008

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qualification match against the

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International goals

:''Scores and results list Bermuda's goal tally first.''

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* 1981 births Living people Men's association football midfielders Bermudian men's footballers Bermuda men's international footballers PHC Zebras players Bermuda Hogges F.C. players USL Second Division players 21st-century British sportsmen {{Bermuda-footy-bio-stub