Jamie Smith (footballer born 1974)
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| Jamie Smith | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | James Smith | |
| Date of birth | September 17, 1974 | |
| Place of birth | Birmingham, England | |
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) | |
| Playing position | Full back | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | retired | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| Wolverhampton Wanderers | ||
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1994–1997 1997–2004 1999 2004–2006 2006 2006–2007 |
Wolverhampton Wanderers Crystal Palace → Fulham (loan) Bristol City → Brentford (loan) Milton Keynes Dons Total |
87 (0) 149 (4) 9 (1) 45 (2) 7 (0) 17 (0) 314 (7) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Jamie Smith (born September 17, 1974 in Birmingham) an English former footballer who played as a full-back until retiring in 2007.
[edit] Playing career
Smith joined First Division Wolves as a youth trainee and progressed through the ranks to make his first team debut on August 13, 1994 in a 1-0 win over Reading. He immediately established himself as a regular and made 25 appearances in his debut professional season as Wolves lost in the play-offs.
He was more of a peripheral figure in the 1995/96 season but re-established himself in the following campaign as Wolves again lost out in the play-offs. In total, he made 104 appearances for the club before leaving in October 1997 as part of the deal that saw Dougie Freedman and Kevin Muscat move to Molineux from Premier League Crystal Palace. Ironically, Palace were the only club Smith scored against for Wolves (in the play-offs that had just promoted Palace).
Smith remained at Crystal Palace for seven seasons (one Premier League), racking up 175 appearances in total for the Eagles. During his time here, he was also loaned out to Fulham, which gave Smith the distinction of having played under three England managers: Graham Taylor (Wolves), Kevin Keegan (Fulham) and Terry Venables (Crystal Palace).
The defender finally left Selhurst Park in August 2004, joining League One club Bristol City on a free transfer. He was a regular in his first season at the club, but ended the following season on loan at Brentford where he lost in the play-offs yet again.
He was given a free transfer upon returning to Bristol City at the end of the 2005/06 season, as he was signed by his former Brentford manager Martin Allen at the Milton Keynes Dons.[1] He began to be often sidelined by a persistent knee injury during his spell here, and he was released by the club at the end of the season. This led to him announcing his playing retirement in July 2007.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ "MK Dons complete swoop for Smith", BBC Sport, 18 July 2006.
- ^ "Ex-Dons defender forced to retires", BBC Sport, 18 July 2007.
