Jonte Smith

Jonté Smith
Smith playing for Lewes in 2016
Personal information
Full name Jonté Jahki Smith[1]
Date of birth (1994-07-10) 10 July 1994
Place of birth Hamilton, Bermuda
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current team
 Lewes
Youth career
–2010 North Village Rams
2010–2011 Sutton United[2]
2011–2012 Crawley Town
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2011 Sutton United 0 (0)
2012–2014 Crawley Town 4 (0)
2012 → Metropolitan Police (loan) 19 (24)
2013 → Eastbourne Borough (loan) 7 (1)
2013 → Havant & Waterlooville (loan) 4 (0)
2013 → Metropolitan Police (loan) 1 (2)
2014 → Gosport Borough (loan) 2 (0)
2014 → PS Kemi Kings (loan) 12 (11)
2014–2015 PS Kemi 16 (11)
2015 Flekkerøy 7 (4)
2015 Gloucester City 10 (4)
2016 Lewes 15 (10)
2016– Welling United 0 (0)
2016 → Cray Wanderers (loan) 5 (2)
2016 → Lewes (loan)
2016– Lewes
National team‡
2010 Bermuda U17 4 (3)
2015– Bermuda 9 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 09:42, 13 Oct 2016 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 00:19, 23 March 2016 (UTC)

Jonté Jahki Smith (born 10 July 1994) is a Bermudian footballer who plays as a forward for Lewes.

Career

Smith started his career with North Village Rams[3] in Bermuda to England[4] who earned his first professional contract in August by Sutton United. He played no games in the first team and was only part of the U-18, before he joined Crawley Town, in August 2011. He'd earned himself a contract in 2012 after a prolific season with the under-18s.[5]

Jonté, who came over to England in search of a career as a professional footballer, scored his first senior goal in pre-season against Bromley in a 3–2 win in July 2012.

He enjoyed a prolific loan spell with Met Police in the first three months of the 2012–13 season, scoring 24 goals.[6] It earned him promotion to the first-team squad and he made his debut as a substitute in a 3–0 defeat to Bournemouth on 29 December 2012 – one of four appearances on the bench during the campaign.

He finished the season on loan at Conference South club Eastbourne Borough before signing a new one-year contract at the end of the 2012–13 season.[7]

On 13 March 2013, Smith joined Eastbourne Borough on an initial one–month loan.[8] On 10 September 2013, Smith was again loaned out by his club, this time to Conference South side Havant & Waterlooville on a month's loan.[9] In October 2013 he returned to Crawley, only to be loaned out for the second time to Metropolitan Police.[10]

In January 2014, Smith was loaned to Conference South club Gosport Borough.[11]

On 13 March 2014, Smith joined Finnish side PS Kemi Kings on loan until 30 June 2014 with a view to a permanent move.[12] He made the move permanent at the end of the loan spell. In March 2015 he left Finland and followed his former head coach Tommy Taylor, to Norwegian side Flekkerøy in the 2. Divisjon.[13]

On 18 September 2015, Smith joined National League North side Gloucester City on a non-contract basis.[14] On 22 December, after ten appearances and four goals in all competitions for the club, Smith left the club.[15]

On 23 January 2016 he marked his debut for Lewes with two goals in a 3–1 win at home to Canvey Island, only hours after the club announced they secured his signature.[16]

He spent the first month of the 2016–17 season on loan from Welling United at Cray Wanderers, making his debut at Guernsey.[17][18] In October 2016 he was loaned out to Lewes, initially on a one month loan. He returned on a permanent contract on 19 November 2016, as he helped The Rooks draw 2–2 at Molesey.[19][20]

International goals

Scores and results list Bermuda's goal tally first.

#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.22 March 2016Estadio Pedro Marrero, Havana, Cuba Cuba1–21–22017 Caribbean Cup qualification
2.9 September 2018Ergilio Hato Stadium, Willemstad, Curaçao Aruba1–21–32019–20 CONCACAF Nations League qualification
Last updated 9 September 2018[21]

References

  1. ↑ "The Football Association List of Players under Written Contract Registered Between 01/04/2013 and 31/04/2013" (PDF). The Football Association. Retrieved 2013-06-10.
  2. ↑ two goal lead with Jonté Smith scoring on twenty four minutes for Sutton United
  3. ↑ Bermudian footballer signs pro terms in UK
  4. ↑ Jonte turns pro with Crawley | The Royal Gazette:Bermuda Soccer´
  5. ↑ UK Football Trial Success Stories
  6. ↑ Jonte Smith to go out on loan
  7. ↑ Jonte Smith
  8. ↑ Red Devil Smith Signs On At The Lane - Eastbourne Borough FC - The Sports
  9. ↑ Striker out on loan Archived 2014-03-14 at the Wayback Machine.
  10. ↑ James double strike sees Met through in Trophy Archived 2014-03-14 at the Wayback Machine.
  11. ↑ Jonte Smith Joins Gosport Borough On Loan
  12. ↑ "Jonte heads to Europe". Crawley Town FC. 13 March 2014.
  13. ↑ Slik har 2. divisjonsklubbene forsterket seg
  14. ↑ "Bermuda international signs for the Tigers". Gloucester City A.F.C. 18 September 2015. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
  15. ↑ "Gloucester City sign Luke Hopper". Gloucester City A.F.C. 22 December 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
  16. ↑ "Smith off to flying start with Lewes". The Royal Gazette. 24 January 2016. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
  17. ↑ "Bermudan International Jonte Smith signs". Welling United official website. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
  18. ↑ "Guernsey 0 Cray Wanderers 0". Cray Wanderers official website. 18 August 2016. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
  19. ↑ "Former Man City cult hero praises Lewes and ex-Crawely Town striker". Sussex Express. 12 January 2017. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
  20. ↑ "Football: Jonte Smith Scores In Lewes FC Draw". Bernews. 21 November 2016. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
  21. ↑ "CFD profile". Caribbean Football Database. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
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