Jeff Smith (footballer, born 1980)
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Jeffrey Smith (born 28 June 1980) is an English former footballer who played as a midfielder.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Jeffrey Smith[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1980-06-28) 28 June 1980 (age 43) | ||
Place of birth | Middlesbrough, England | ||
Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Defender; midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
Hartlepool United | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1998–1999 | Hartlepool United | 3 | (0) |
1999 | Barrow | 1 | (0) |
1999–2001 | Bishop Auckland | ||
2001–2004 | Bolton Wanderers | 2 | (0) |
2001–2002 | → Macclesfield Town (loan) | 8 | (2) |
2004 | → Scunthorpe United (loan) | 1 | (0) |
2004 | → Rochdale (loan) | 1 | (0) |
2004 | → Preston North End (loan) | 5 | (0) |
2004–2007 | Port Vale | 88 | (5) |
2007–2009 | Carlisle United | 55 | (2) |
2009–2010 | Darlington | 24 | (0) |
2010–2011 | Olympic Charleroi | 12 | (1) |
2011–2012 | Whitby Town | 22 | (2) |
2012–201? | Celtic Nation | ||
Total | 221 | (16) | |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
He started his career with Hartlepool United in 1998, but a year he later moved on to Barrow, and shortly after Bishop Auckland. After two years at Bishop Auckland, he was signed by Bolton Wanderers. Rarely used by Bolton, he was instead loaned out to Macclesfield Town, Scunthorpe United, Rochdale, and Preston North End, before he signed permanently with Port Vale in 2004. A regular in the first-team at Vale, he left after three years to sign with Carlisle United. In 2009, he joined Darlington, but only spent one season at the club. In August 2010 he moved to Belgium to play one season with Olympic Charleroi, before he returned to England with Whitby Town a year later. In July 2012, he joined Celtic Nation.