Michael Smith (footballer, born 1991)

Michael Smith
Smith playing for AFC Wimbledon in 2013
Personal information
Full name Michael John Smith[1]
Date of birth (1991-10-17) 17 October 1991
Place of birth Wallsend, Tyne and Wear, England[2]
Height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current team
 Rotherham United
Number 24
Youth career
Wallsend Boys Club
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2011 Darlington 37 (6)
2010 → Workington (loan) 6 (0)
2011–2014 Charlton Athletic 0 (0)
2012 → Accrington Stanley (loan) 6 (3)
2012 → Newport County (loan) 9 (4)
2013 → Colchester United (loan) 8 (2)
2013–2014 → AFC Wimbledon (loan) 23 (9)
2014–2016 Swindon Town 65 (21)
2015–2016 → Barnsley (loan) 12 (0)
2016 → Portsmouth (loan) 16 (4)
2016–2017 Portsmouth 18 (3)
2017 → Northampton Town (loan) 14 (2)
2017–2018 Bury 19 (1)
2018– Rotherham United 32 (7)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 09:00, 9 October 2018 (UTC)

Michael John Smith (born 17 October 1991) is an English footballer who plays as a striker for Championship club Rotherham United.

Career

Darlington

Born in Wallsend, Smith made his debut in the Football League on 5 April 2010, replacing Chris Moore in the 77th minute of Darlington's 1–0 home defeat by Hereford United in League Two.[3] He scored his first Football League goal on 1 May, in the 79th minute of Darlington's 2–0 away win at Macclesfield Town.[4]

He joined Conference North club Workington on loan for a month on 29 October 2010,[5] and made seven appearances before returning to Darlington.[6] In his first four Conference matches back with Darlington he scored six goals.[7] At the end of the season, he, Phil Gray and John McReady all signed new two-year contracts.[8]

Charlton

After trials with Watford and Stoke City, and an unsuccessful bid of £80,000 from Bristol City, Smith signed a three-year contract withLeague One club Charlton Athletic on 31 August 2011; the fee was undisclosed[9] He made his Charlton debut against FC Halifax Town in the FA Cup: he came on in the 87th minute and crossed for Bradley Pritchard to score the fourth goal of the match.[10][11]

On 18 January 2012, Smith joined League Two club Accrington Stanley on loan to the end of the season.[12] Ten days later, he scored a hat-trick and provided an assist for Luke Joyce as Stanley beat Gillingham 4–3.[13] He returned to his parent club in mid-March after suffering a season-ending knee injury.[14]

On 14 August 2012, Smith made his first start – and what proved to be last appearance – for Charlton Athletic in a League Cup defeat to Leyton Orient.[15] He then began a series of loan spells. In November, he joined Newport County of the Conference Premier on a one-month loan,[16] and scored against Cambridge United on his debut.[15] The loan was extended for a second month.[17] On 8 March 2013, he joined League One club Colchester United, also for a month.[18]

In July 2013, Smith signed for League Two club AFC Wimbledon on loan until 1 January 2014.[19] Wearing the number 9 shirt, he made his debut on the opening day of the 2013–14 season in a 1–1 draw with Torquay United.[20] He was a regular in the side, finishing his loan period with 10 goals from 25 appearances.[20]

Swindon Town

On 22 January 2014, Smith signed for Swindon Town for an initial £100,000.[21] He scored Swindon's first and third goals as they beat Shrewsbury Town 3–1 on his debut three days later.[22]

Portsmouth

On the final day of the January 2016 transfer window, Smith joined League Two club Portsmouth on a three-month loan.[23] The move was made permanent at he end of the season for an undisclosed fee.[24] He scored a hat-trick against Yeovil Town in an EFL Trophy tie on 30 August, though Portsmouth lost the match 4–3.[25]

Bury

On 31 August 2017, Smith signed a two-year contract with Bury of League One.[26]

Rotherham

On 11 January 2018, Smith signed for fellow League One club Rotherham United for an undisclosed fee.[27]

Career statistics

As of match played 6 October 2018
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Darlington 2009–10[28] League Two 7100000071
2010–11[7] League Two295000000295
2011–12[10] Conference Premier10———10
Total 376000000376
Workington 2010–11[6][29] Conference North60——1[lower-alpha 1]070
Charlton Athletic 2011–12[10] League One 0010000010
2012–13[15] Championship 000010—10
2013–14[20] Championship00———00
Total 0010100020
Accrington Stanley (loan) 2011–12[10] League Two63———63
Newport County (loan) 2012–13[30] Conference Premier94——1[lower-alpha 1]0100
Colchester United (loan) 2012–13[15] League One82———82
AFC Wimbledon (loan) 2013–14[20] League Two 23911001[lower-alpha 2]02510
Swindon Town 2013–14[20] League One208—0000208
2014–15[31] League One401310224[lower-alpha 3]34718
2015–16[32] League One50—00—50
Total 65211022437226
Barnsley (loan) 2015–16[32] League One13000—00130
Portsmouth (loan) 2015–16[32] League Two164———164
Portsmouth 2016–17[33] League Two18300003[lower-alpha 4]3216
Total 3470000333710
Northampton Town (loan) 2016–17[33] League One142———142
Bury 2017–18[34] League One19121002[lower-alpha 4]0232
Rotherham United 2017–18[34] League One206——3[lower-alpha 5]0236
2018–19[35] Championship1210000—121
Total 327000030357
Career total 26662523215628972
  1. 1 2 Appearance in FA Trophy
  2. ↑ Appearances in Football League Trophy
  3. ↑ One appearance and one goal in Football League Trophy, three appearances and two goals in League One play-offs
  4. 1 2 Appearances in EFL Trophy
  5. ↑ Appearances in League One play-offs

Honours

Rotherham United

References

  1. ↑ "Professional retain list & free transfers 2012/13" (PDF). The Football League. 18 May 2013. p. 12. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 August 2014. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
  2. ↑ Rollin, Glenda; Rollin, Jack, eds. (2010). Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2010–2011. Headline. p. 461. ISBN 978-0-7553-6107-6.
  3. ↑ "Darlington 0–1 Hereford". BBC Sport. 5 April 2010. Retrieved 5 April 2010.
  4. ↑ "Macclesfield 0–2 Darlington". BBC Sport. 1 May 2010. Retrieved 9 August 2010.
  5. ↑ Walker, Martin (29 October 2010). "Smith joins Workington". Darlington F.C. Archived from the original on 28 March 2012. Retrieved 29 October 2010.
  6. 1 2 "First Team Appearances 2010/11 season". Workington A.F.C. 11 December 2010. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 3 January 2011.
  7. 1 2 "Games played by Michael Smith in 2010/2011". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  8. ↑ Stoddart, Craig (1 May 2011). "Austin refusal angers Cooper". The Northern Echo. Darlington. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  9. ↑ Stoddart, Craig (1 September 2011). "Darlington's Michael Smith completes move to Charlton". The Northern Echo. Darlington. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  10. 1 2 3 4 "Games played by Michael Smith in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  11. ↑ "Halifax Lowe after cup defeat". Sky Sports. 13 November 2011. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  12. ↑ "Accrington Stanley complete double transfer deal". BBC Sport. 18 January 2012. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  13. ↑ "Accrington 4–3 Gillingham". BBC Sport. 28 January 2012. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  14. ↑ "Michael Smith returns to Charlton from Accrington". BBC Sport. 12 March 2012. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  15. 1 2 3 4 "Games played by Michael Smith in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  16. ↑ "Newport County sign Charlton striker Michael Smith on loan". BBC Sport. 5 November 2012. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  17. ↑ "Charlton striker Michael Smith extends his loan spell at Newport County until January". BBC Sport. 4 December 2012. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  18. ↑ "Michael Smith: Colchester United sign Charlton striker on loan". BBC Sport. 8 March 2013. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  19. ↑ "Michael Smith: AFC Wimbledon sign Charlton striker on loan". BBC Sport. 30 July 2013. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  20. 1 2 3 4 5 "Games played by Michael Smith in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  21. ↑ Morshead, Sam (23 January 2014). "Swindon Town: Power forks out initial £100k on new striker Smith". Swindon Advertiser. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  22. ↑ "Swindon Town 3–1 Shrewsbury Town". BBC Sport. 25 January 2014. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  23. ↑ "Michael Smith: Swindon Town striker joins Portsmouth on loan". BBC Sport. 1 February 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  24. ↑ "Michael Smith: Portsmouth sign Swindon striker for undisclosed fee". BBC Sport. 23 June 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  25. ↑ D'Albiac, Stephen (30 August 2016). "Yeovil Town 4–3 Portsmouth – report and player ratings from Huish Park". SomersetLive. Archived from the original on 17 September 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  26. ↑ "Bury sign Portsmouth's Michael Smith and Wigan's Josh Laurent". BBC Sport. 31 August 2017. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
  27. ↑ "Michael Smith: Rotherham sign Bury striker for undisclosed fee". BBC Sport. 11 January 2018. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
  28. ↑ "Games played by Michael Smith in 2009/2010". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  29. ↑ Goddard, Dave (23 November 2010). "Chasetown FC 4 Workington AFC 0". Lichfield Live. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  30. ↑ "M. Smith". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  31. ↑ "Games played by Michael Smith in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  32. 1 2 3 "Games played by Michael Smith in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  33. 1 2 "Games played by Michael Smith in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  34. 1 2 "Games played by Michael Smith in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  35. ↑ "Games played by Michael Smith in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  36. ↑ Scott, Ged (27 May 2018). "Rotherham United 2–1 Shrewsbury Town". BBC Sport. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
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