Jarrod Smith

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Personal information
Jarrod Smith
Full name	Jarrod Brian Stockley Smith
Date of birth	June 20, 1984 (age 22)
Place of birth	Havelock North, New Zealand
Height	6' 2"
Position	Striker
Club information
Current club	West Virginia Mountaineers
Number	9
Youth clubs
2003-2006	West Virginia Mountaineers
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (goals)
NA	NA
National team**
2006-	New Zealand	5 (0)
* Professional club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 29 August 2006. ** National team caps and goals correct as of 29 August 2006.

Jarrod Brian Stockley Smith (born June 20, 1984) is a soccer player from New Zealand.

Smith attends West Virginia University and played for the Mountaineers in the 2005 and 2006 NCAA Men's Soccer Championship tournaments. He has played as a striker and as a winger for WVU. In four seasons with the Mountaineers, Smith scored 32 goals in 74 matches. As a senior in 2006, he scored a career high 14 goals in only 16 matches.

Smith played on New Zealand's under-20 and under-23 teams, and was part of the New Zealand U-23 side narrowly beaten to Oceania's spot at 2004 Athens Olympics by Australia.

Jarrod Smith made his debut for the New Zealand national team (All Whites) against Malaysia, on February 23, 2006^[1]. He was also a member of New Zealand's 2006 summer tour of Europe. He came off the bench in games against Hungary and Georgia, before starting against Estonia^[2]. In the final game, against Brazil, Smith entered the game as a substitute in the 60th minute.^[3]