Summer season signing Stewart has been handed the captain’s armband for the brand new season.
The 29-year-old centre-back replaces keeper Joe Lewis as skipper.
A pure chief who instructions respect and leads by instance – Aberdeen boss Jim Goodwin insists Anthony Stewart ticks all of the bins for membership captain.
Stewart will lead out the Dons within the season opener in opposition to Peterhead within the Premier Sports activities Cup on Sunday.
Midfielder Ross McCrorie has been named vice-captain.
Goodwin insists Stewart will relish the chance to comply with within the footsteps of legends like Willie Miller, Alex McLeish, Martin Buchan and Stewart McKimmie in captaining the membership.
In the meantime, Goodwin additionally confirmed Albanian worldwide midfielder Ylber Ramadani is about to lastly set to reach in Aberdeen on Sunday.
Signed greater than a month in the past, Ramadani’s arrival has been delayed by the Visa course of.
Goodwin mentioned: “Anthony is the right character for me and ticks all of the management bins.
“He’s naturally a pacesetter anyway, has a presence within the dressing room and the boys respect him.
“Anthony can be a terrific age at 29 and has performed a whole lot of video games at a good degree.
“As a supervisor you need to have that previous cliché of 5 or 6 leaders on the market on the pitch.
“I feel we have now that inside the group.
“However Anthony was a fairly protected choice for me when it comes to who will get that captaincy.
“He’s a participant who I might anticipate to play usually for the staff and he leads by instance.
