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Matthew Smith (footballer, born 1999)

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Matthew Smith
Personal information
Full name Matthew Robert Smith[1]
Date of birth (1999-11-22) 22 November 1999 (age 24)[2]
Place of birth Redditch, England
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Manchester City
Youth career
0000–2013 West Bromwich Albion
2013–2018 Manchester City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018– Manchester City 0 (0)
2018–2019 → Twente (loan) 34 (2)
2019–2020 → Queens Park Rangers (loan) 8 (0)
2020 → Charlton Athletic (loan) 2 (0)
International career‡
2015–2016 Wales U17 8 (0)
2016 Wales U19 3 (0)
2017– Wales U21 5 (1)
2018– Wales 7 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:50, 10 January 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11:30, 2 July 2020 (UTC)

Matthew Robert Smith (born 22 November 1999) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Manchester City and the Wales national football team.[3]

Professional career

Born in Redditch, Smith was a youth product of West Brom before moving to the youth academy of Manchester City at the age of 14.[4] On 3 July 2018, he moved on loan to FC Twente for the 2018–19 season.[5] On 1 July 2019, Smith joined Queens Park Rangers on a season-long loan. [6] After the loan was cut short early, he signed for Charlton Athletic on 31 January 2020 on loan until the end of the 2019–2020 season.[7]

International career

Smith has played for Wales at under-17, under-19, under-21 and senior level, often captaining the side at youth level. He received a call-up to the senior Wales national football team on 20 May 2018.[8]

Smith qualifies for the Welsh team as his grandfather is from Gwent (county), South Wales.[9] He made his debut for Wales in a friendly 0–0 tie with Mexico, replacing Tom Lawrence after 81 minutes.[10]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 15 February 2020.[11]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Manchester City 2018–19[12] Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2019–20[12] Premier League 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FC Twente (loan) 2018–19[12] Eerste Divisie 34 2 3 0 — — 37 2
Queens Park Rangers (loan) 2019–20[12] Championship 8 0 0 0 2 0 — 10 0
Charlton Athletic (loan) 2019–20[12] Championship 2 0 — — — 2 0
Career Total 44 2 3 0 2 0 0 0 49 2

International

As of match played 11 June 2019[13]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Wales 2018 4 0
2019 3 0
Total 7 0

References

  1. ^ "2019/20 Premier League squads confirmed". Premier League. 3 September 2019. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  2. ^ "Matt Smith". 11v11.com. AFS Enterprises. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
  3. ^ Matthew Smith at WorldFootball.net
  4. ^ "All about Matt Smith – Manchester City FC". MCFC.
  5. ^ "FC Twente loans Matthew Smith from Manchester City" (in Dutch). FC Twente. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
  6. ^ https://www.qpr.co.uk/news/club-news/matt-smith-joins-qpr-on-loan-from-man-city/
  7. ^ https://www.cafc.co.uk/news/view/5e3447724d793/done-deal-wales-international-matt-smith-becomes-charltons-second-deadline-day-signing
  8. ^ "Manchester City academy midfielder called up by Ryan Giggs for Wales senior squad – City Watch".
  9. ^ "Matt Smith: Wales midfielder signs new Manchester City deal". BBC Sport. 26 March 2019. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
  10. ^ "Internationals (Sky Sports)". SkySports.
  11. ^ "Soccerway profile". Soccerway. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
  12. ^ a b c d e Matthew Smith at Soccerway. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
  13. ^ "Smith, Matthew". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 21 September 2019.

External links

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