Graham Smith (footballer, born 1947)

Graham Smith
Personal information
Full name Graham William Charles Smith
Date of birth (1947-11-02) 2 November 1947
Place of birth Liverpool, England
Playing position Goalkeeper
Youth career
1967–1968 Loughborough College
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1968–1969 Notts County 10 (0)
1969–1972 Colchester United 95 (0)
1972–1973 West Bromwich Albion 10 (0)
1973–1976 Cambridge United 85 (0)
Wigan Athletic
Total 200 (0)
2007–2009 Ventura County Fusion
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Graham Smith is an English former professional footballer and former technical director of Sacramento Republic FC.

Career

Playing career

Smith, who played as a goalkeeper, began his professional career in 1968 with Notts County.[1] He also played in the Football League for Colchester United,[2] West Bromwich Albion,[3] and Cambridge United,[4] making a total of 200 league appearances for all four clubs.

Management career

After playing professional football, Graham went on to be the product director at both Adidas UK and Le Coq Sportif. He then moved to Chelsea Football Club to take a position on the board of directors before moving into football agency, starting up First Wave Sports UK and then First Wave Sports USA.

Ventura County Fusion PDL 2006-2009 (Head Coach) Sacramento Republic USL 2014-2017 [5][6] (director of football)

Personal life

Graham is living in California and is married with two sons. Graham's oldest son, Adam Smith, was also a professional footballer, beginning his career as a schoolboy at Premiership Club Everton F.C. Smith later went on to spend a year with Walsall F.C. after completing a college degree in business and sports coaching at Manchester Metropoliton University. He then went on to play with teams in Asia, Scotland and the USA as a full-time professional and semi-professional player. Adam Smith is now a full-time Assistant Head Coach at Sacramento Republic FC in the United Soccer Leagues. He was previously a coach in Major League soccer at the Portland Timbers,[7] He was hired as goalkeeper coach for American D-2 Pro League side Portland Timbers in 2010[8] for their final season in the second division. Adam continued on as goalkeeper coach for the Portland Timbers during their first year in Major League Soccer[9] and was named the Academy and Youth Goalkeeping Director for the Portland Timbers Academy following the 2011 season.[10]

Managerial statistics

  • Ventura County Fusion. PDL National Championship winner 2009 (head coach)
  • Sacramento Republic FC. USL National Championship winner 2014 (technical director)
  • Sacramento Republic FC. USL Western Conference 1st-place finish (director of football)

Honours

Playing honours

Colchester United[11]

References

  1. ↑ "Notts County: 1946/47 – 2007/08". Post War English & Scottish Football League A – Z Player's Database. Retrieved 28 May 2009.
  2. ↑ "Colchester United: 1950/51-1989/90 & 1992/93-2007/08". Post War English & Scottish Football League A – Z Player's Database. Retrieved 28 May 2009.
  3. ↑ "West Bromwich Albion: 1946/47 – 2007/08". Post War English & Scottish Football League A – Z Player's Database. Retrieved 28 May 2009.
  4. ↑ "Cambridge United: 1970/71 – 2004/05". Post War English & Scottish Football League A – Z Player's Database. Retrieved 28 May 2009.
  5. ↑ "Smith Resigns From Republic FC". Sacramento, CA: USLSoccer.com. 18 November 2017. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
  6. ↑ "Graham Smith Resigns Position at Sacramento Republic FC". Sacramento Republic FC. Retrieved 18 Nov 2017.
  7. ↑ Gallivan, Joseph (24 February 2011). "Spencer's coaching staff built on trust, experience". Portland Timbers. Retrieved 25 February 2011.
  8. ↑ "Timbers name Adam Smith as club's goalkeeper coach" (Press release). Portland Timbers. 13 April 2010. Retrieved 25 February 2011.
  9. ↑ Binder, Doug (8 December 2010). "Spencer fills out his Portland coaching staff". Portland Timbers. Retrieved 25 February 2011.
  10. ↑ "Timbers name Adam Smith an Academy and Youth Goalkeeping Director". Portland Timbers. 13 December 2011. Archived from the original on 7 September 2012. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
  11. ↑ "Watney Cup Honours". Coludaybyday.co.uk.
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