Stewart Greacen (born 31 March 1982) is a Scottish retired

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who played as a

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. Greacen started his career as a youth player with

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, before making his first competitive appearances with

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. Following only three league games, he was signed by the at-the-time

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side Livingston F.C., Livingston where he spent most of his time on loan at Queen of the South F.C., Queen of the South and Morton. After leaving Livingston, he played for Forfar Athletic before moving on to become captain at Morton where he had previously been on loan.

Career

Born in Lanark, Greacen began his senior career at now defunct

and from there he moved to Livingston F.C., Livingston. Livingston then sent him on loan to Queen of the South F.C., Queen of the South and Greenock Morton F.C., Greenock Morton, where he played in the team that was relegated from the Scottish Football League Second Division, Scottish Second Division in the 2001–02 in Scottish football, 2001–02 season. Livingston released Greacen in 2003 and he was immediately signed by Forfar Athletic F.C., Forfar Athletic. He played the second half of the 2002–03 in Scottish football, 2002–03 season at Forfar on a short-term contract. At the end of the season Forfar offered Greacen a long-term deal which he rejected in favour of a deal at Morton. The main reason for this was that Morton offered a full-time contract in comparison to Forfar's part-time contract. Greacen plays at Defender (association football)#Centre-back, centre back in the Morton defence. He is a tall commanding Defender (association football), defender with a strong physical presence. He is good in the air and this helps in both an attacking and defensive way as he often scores from headers at set pieces. At 24 years old, Greacen became Greenock Morton's captain. In May 2008, it was announced that Greacen had rejected a new contract from Morton and was being tracked by rival Scottish Football League First Division, Scottish First Division sides Dunfermline Athletic F.C., Dunfermline Athletic, Queen of the South and Livingston. Greacen was Morton's Player of the Year for 2008–2009. On 22 December 2010, Greacen was released by Morton after nearly 250 appearances over two spells from the club. He was on trial at Dundee F.C., Dundee, where he was eligible to play in a maximum of three league games – he however could not be signed due to their current transfer embargo. He, therefore, chose the safe option of playing in the Airtricity League of Ireland Premier Division, Premier League with championship favourites Derry City F.C., Derry City hoping to gain a move to a bigger club in the summer. He linked up Glentoran F.C., Glentoran on 21 December 2011 but was released from his contract at the end of January 2012 as he wished to play full-time football again and has found the travelling from Scotland and not being able to train with the Glentoran squad an issue. He then joined up again with former club Derry City for training, admitting that he was in talks to sign a new contract. He subsequently rejoined them. At the end of the 2014–15 in Scottish football, 2014–15 season it was announced that due to an ongoing knee injury, Greacen would leave Stenhousemuir and retire from professional football.

Honours

Greenock Morton *Scottish Football League Second Division (1): 2006–07 in Scottish football, 2006–07 Derry City *League of Ireland Cup (1): 2011 League of Ireland Cup, 2011 *FAI Cup (1): 2012 FAI Cup, 2012

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Greacen, Stewart 1982 births Living people Scottish men's footballers Airdrieonians F.C. (1878) players Livingston F.C. players Queen of the South F.C. players Forfar Athletic F.C. players Greenock Morton F.C. players Scottish Football League players Men's association football central defenders Rangers F.C. players Dundee F.C. players Glentoran F.C. players Derry City F.C. players Stenhousemuir F.C. players NIFL Premiership players League of Ireland players League of Ireland XI players Footballers from Lanark 21st-century Scottish sportsmen

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