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Stern John (born October 30, 1976 in Cane Farm,
Trinidad) is a Trinidadian football (soccer)
player who currently plays for Coventry City of
the Football League Championship.  He is a centre
forward.

John moved to the United States to attend Mercer
County Community College in 1995. he joined the
Columbus Crew of Major League Soccer from the
now-defunct New Orleans Riverboat Gamblers of the
USL First Division|A-League for the 1998 season. 
John received a tryout with Crew based on the good
word from his older cousin, Columbus Crew defender
and Trinidad and Tobago international, Ansil
Elcock.  With the Crew, he proved to be one of the
most prolific scorers in league history. John MLS
Golden Boot|led the league with 26 goals (and also
with 57 points to be named the MLS Scoring
Champion Award|MLS Scoring Champion) in 1998. He
was named to the MLS Best XI that year as well,
and tied for the lead with 18 goals in 1999. 

After the 1999 season with Columbus, John was
acquired by Nottingham Forest F.C.|Nottingham
Forest of the English First Division for a fee of
£1.5 million.  However, eventually financial
difficulties at Forest following the team's failed
bid at promotion forced John's sale to Birmingham
City of the FA Premier League for the sum of 
£100,000, having scored 18 goals in 49 starts for
Forest.  At Birmingham, John rarely played, having
trouble breaking through an accomplished roster of
forwards, and was sold to Coventry September 14,
2004.

John has also been an important player for the
Trinidad and Tobago national football team,
currently the team's all-time leading scorer with
58 goals (as of May 31, 2005).

==External links==
http://www.sternjohn.com/ The Official Stern John
Website