Grant Smith

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Grant Smith
Personal information
Full name Grant Gordon Smith
Date of birth May 5, 1980 (1980-05-05) (age 28)
Place of birth    Irvine, Scotland
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current club Carlisle United
Number 25
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1997-1998
1998-1999
1999-2000
2000-2001
2000-2001
2001-2003
2000
2003
2003-2005
2005-2006
2006
2006-2007
2007
2007
2008-		 Wycombe Wanderers
Reading
Hearts
Livingston
→ Clydebank (loan)
Sheffield United
→ Halifax Town (loan)
→ Plymouth Argyle (loan)
Swindon Town
Bristol City
→ Walsall (loan)
Dundee United
HJK Helsinki
→ Klubi-04 (loan)
Carlisle United		 00 0(0)
00 0(0)
00 0(0)
32 0(0)
17 0(2)
10 0(0)
11 0(0)
05 0(1)
33 (10)
11 0(0)
13 0(3)
06 0(0)
21 0(1)
01 0(1)
16 0(1)   

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 19:01, 3 May 2008 (UTC).
* Appearances (Goals)

Grant Gordon Smith (born May 05, 1980 in Irvine) is a Scottish footballer who plays midfield for English League One club Carlisle United.

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[edit] Career

Smith signed a short-term contract with Dundee United in September 2006, agreeing to stay until the next transfer window in January 2007. Smith also played for English sides Bristol City and Walsall (on loan).

Smith, the son of former Rangers and Brighton & Hove Albion striker and current BBC football pundit Gordon, was on trial at Hibernian in February 2007.[1]

Smith signed one-year contract with Finnish club HJK Helsinki in April 2007, also during his time in Finland, he had a brief loan spell with Klubi-04.

Smith returned to Britain in January 2008 and joined Carlisle United on a short-term contract until the end of the season, after training with the club's squad.[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Iain Collin. "Smith hoping for Hibs contract after trial game", The Scotsman, 21 February 2007. 
  2. ^ "Carlisle recruit midfielder Smith", BBC Sport, 18 January 2008. 

[edit] See also

[edit] External links


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NAME Smith, Grant Gordon
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Smith, Grant
SHORT DESCRIPTION Football (soccer) player
DATE OF BIRTH May 5, 1980
PLACE OF BIRTH Irvine, North Ayrshire Scotland
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH
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