Layton Stewart
{{short description|English footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Layton Stewart
| image =
| caption =
| full_name = Layton Rhys Stewart{{cite web |url=https://www.premierleague.com/news/3044867 |title=Updated squad lists for 2022/23 Premier League |publisher=Premier League |date=4 February 2023 |access-date=11 February 2023}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2002|9|3|df=y}}
| birth_place = Liverpool, England
| height = 1.80m
| position = Striker
| currentclub = FC Thun
(on loan from Preston North End)
| clubnumber = 11
| youthyears1 = 2010–2023
| youthclubs1 = Liverpool
| youthyears2 =
| youthclubs2 =
| years1 = 2019–2023
| clubs1 = Liverpool
| caps1 = 0
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2023–
| clubs2 = Preston North End
| caps2 = 16
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2025–
| clubs3 = → FC Thun (loan)
| caps3 = 14
| goals3 = 4
| club-update = 2 May 2025, 12:22 (UTC)
}}
Layton Rhys Stewart (born 3 September 2002) is an English professional footballer who plays for FC Thun on loan from {{English football updater|PrestoNE}} side Preston North End as a striker.{{Cite web|url=https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/layton-stewart-liverpool-who-striker-25476115|title=who is Layton Stewart? striker compared to Fernando Torres and Robbie Fowler|website=Liverpool Echo}}
Career
Stewart was named in the Liverpool first team squad for the first time in December 2019, for an EFL Cup tie with Aston Villa. Liverpool had named a squad of Academy players due to the first team competing in the 2019 FIFA Club World Cup in Qatar in the same week.{{Cite web|url=https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/liverpool-aston-villa-longstaff-kane-17430446|title=Three Liverpool youngsters to watch out for against Aston Villa|last=Addison|first=Matt|date=17 December 2019|website=Liverpool Echo|access-date=10 November 2022}}{{cite web |title=Aston Villa 5:0 Liverpool |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/50723225 |website=BBC Sport |access-date=10 November 2022 |date=17 December 2019}}
From Huyton, Stewart signed his first professional contract with Liverpool in February 2020. Despite suffering an anterior cruciate injury to his knee the club gave him a new contract in May 2021 as he was undergoing rehabilitation.{{Cite web|url=https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/liverpool-striker-contract-injury-rehab-20571931|title=Liverpool striker signs new long-term contract as injury rehab continues|website=Liverpool Echo}}
On 9 November 2022, Stewart made his senior debut when he started for
Liverpool in a win against Derby County in the third round of the 2022–23 EFL Cup at Anfield.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/nov/09/liverpool-derby-county-carabao-cup-match-report|title=Kelleher's shootout saves see Liverpool scrape past Derby in Carabao Cup|date=9 November 2022|work=The Guardian|accessdate=10 November 2022}}
=Preston North End=
On 22 July 2023, Stewart joined Preston North End on a three-year deal for an undisclosed fee.{{cite news |title=Layton Stewart Joins PNE From Liverpool In Permanent Deal |url=https://www.pnefc.net/news/2023/july/layton-stewart-joins-pne-from-liverpool-in-permanent-deal/ |access-date=22 July 2023 |publisher=Preston North End |date=22 July 2023 |language=en-gb}} On 23 September 2023, Stewart made his debut for Preston in a 1–1 draw with Rotherham United, coming off the bench in the 88th minute.
On 3 January 2025, Stewart joined Swiss Challenge League leaders FC Thun on loan until the end of the season with an option to buy. {{cite web|url=https://www.fcthun.ch/de/news/2024/layton-stewart-zum-fc-thun|trans-title=Layton Stewart joins FC Thun from Preston North End|title=Layton Stewart stösst von Preston North End zum FC Thun|language=German|website=www.fcthun.ch|date=3 January 2025|accessdate=3 January 2025}}
Career statistics
{{Updated|match played 28 February 2025}}{{Soccerway|545145|access-date=2 March 2025}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | ||||||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|National cup{{efn|Includes FA Cup, Swiss Cup}} !colspan="2"|League cup{{efn|Includes EFL Cup}} !colspan="2"|Continental !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan="3"|Liverpool U21
|2019-20{{Soccerbase season|125534|2019|access-date=2 March 2025}} |colspan="3"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 2{{efn|name="EFT"|Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy}} | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| 2022-23{{Soccerbase season|125534|2022|access-date=2 March 2025}}
|colspan="3"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 3{{efn|name="EFT"}} | 1 | 3 | 1 | |||||
| colspan="2"|Total
!colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | |||||
| rowspan="3"|Liverpool
|0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2022-23
|Premier League |0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| colspan="2"|Total
!0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| rowspan="3"|Preston North End
|2023-24{{Soccerbase season|125534|2023|access-date=2 March 2025}} |16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 16 | 0 | |||
| 2024-25
|Championship |0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | |||
| colspan="2"|Total
!16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 16 | 0 | |||
| Thun (loan)
|5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 5 | 1 | ||||
| colspan="3"|Career total
!21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 27 | 1 |
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Honours
=Player=
;FC Thun
References
{{Reflist}}
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{{FC Thun squad}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Stewart, Layton}}
Category:Sportspeople from the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley
Category:Footballers from Liverpool
Category:English men's footballers
Category:Men's association football forwards
Category:Liverpool F.C. players
Category:Preston North End F.C. players
Category:English Football League players
Category:21st-century English sportsmen
Category:English expatriate men's footballers