Graham Charles Stuart (born 24 October 1970) is an English former professional

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and sports commentator. As a player, he was an attacking midfielder and forward from 1989 until 2005. He spent the majority of his career in the

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, playing in the top tier of English football for

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, Everton,

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and

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. He also had a two-year spell with

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, and was capped 5 times, scoring twice for

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Playing career

Stuart had spells at Everton,

and

. At Chelsea he was part of a new young midfield, he played mainly wide right, with Graeme Le Saux on the left. Stuart spent the majority of his Everton career playing as a right midfielder, but did also spend time playing as a centre-forward (including the victories in the 1995 FA Cup semi-final and final). During his time he won the

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in 1995, beating

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1–0 in the final at

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; his shot from inside the penalty area hit the bar, but

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headed the ball into the empty net. Nicknamed 'Diamond' during this time at Everton, Stuart's most famous moment in a blue shirt came on 7 May 1994. He scored two goals as Mike Walker's Everton defeated

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on the final day of the season to escape relegation by the slimmest of margins. He scored the winning goal nine minutes from time, completing a comeback after the Blues had fallen 2–0 down in the game. Stuart joined

in 2005. He played eight games for the club before being forced to retire due to injury.

After football

Since his retirement from professional football in August 2005, at the age of 34, Stuart has done occasional television work for

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and worked at a financial management company which represents the interests of other sportspeople.

Honours

Everton *

: 1995

Career statistics

:Source:

References

External links

*
Career information at ex-canaries.co.uk
{{DEFAULTSORT:Stuart, Graham 1970 births Living people Footballers from Tooting English men's footballers England men's under-21 international footballers Men's association football midfielders Men's association football forwards Chelsea F.C. players Everton F.C. players Sheffield United F.C. players Charlton Athletic F.C. players Norwich City F.C. players English Football League players Premier League players