Adam Smith (footballer, born 1992)

Adam Smith
Personal information
Full nameAdam Clifford Smith[1]
Date of birth23 November 1992
Place of birthSunderland, England
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing positionGoalkeeper
Club information
Current team
Leicester City
Number31
Youth career
Middlesbrough
2010–2011Leicester City
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2011–Leicester City0(0)
2011→ Chesterfield (loan)0(0)
2012→ Lincoln City (loan)0(0)
2012→ Nuneaton Town (loan)7(0)
2014→ Stevenage (loan)0(0)
2014→ Cambridge United (loan)1(0)
2015→ Mansfield Town (loan)4(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:18, 8 February 2015 (UTC).
† Appearances (Goals).

Adam Clifford Smith (born 23 November 1992) is an English footballer who plays for Leicester City as a goalkeeper.

Career

Early career

Born in Sunderland, Smith joined Leicester City from Middlesbrough in 2010.

Early loan moves

On 16 September 2011 he was loaned to Chesterfield,[2] but was only a backup to Greg Fleming during his spell.

In early January 2012 Smith joined Conference Premier side Lincoln City on loan, again as cover, until the end of the season.[3]

On 25 October 2012, Smith signed for another Conference side in Nuneaton Town, on an initial one-month loan.[4] Smith made his senior debut on 27 October in 1-1 draw with Barrow, going on to appear in a total of 7 games for the club.

On 11 January 2014 Smith was loaned to Football League One side Stevenage, in a one-month deal to provide cover following injuries to senior goalkeepers.[5]

Cambridge United (loan)

On 25 April 2014, Smith moved to Conference Premier side Cambridge United on an emergency loan, following injuries to all of the club's senior goalkeepers.[6] Smith made his debut the next day, in a 2-0 defeat to Gateshead on the final day of the League season.[7] With Cambridge having already qualified for the 2013–14 Conference play-offs, Smith starred as Cambridge defeated Halifax 2-1 over two legs, Cambridge being 0-1 down after the first leg, to send The U's to Wembley and a chance at promotion to the Football League.[8] On 18 May 2014, Smith played the full match as Cambridge defeated Gateshead 2-1 in the 2014 Conference play-off Final at Wembley, to earn promotion to League Two.[9]

Return to Leicester

On 27 June 2014 he signed a new two-year deal with Leicester.[10] On 9 January of the following year.[11] Following an injury to first-choice goalkeepers Kasper Schmeichel and Ben Hamer, Smith was on the substitutes bench for 9 Premier League games during the first half of the 2014–15 season, as well as featuring for the Leicester City U21's, keeping a clean sheet against Schalke in the Premier League International Cup.[12]

Mansfield Town (loan)

On 9 January 2015, Smith moved on a one-month loan to League Two side Mansfield Town after Leicester's signing of Mark Schwarzer moved Smith back down to third choice.[13] The following day, Smith made his Football League debut, starting in a 1–2 away loss against Burton Albion for the League Two championship, coming up against fellow Leicester City loanee Jacob Blyth.[14]

Honours

Club

Cambridge United

References

  1. ↑ "List of Players under Written Contract Registered Between 01/01/2014 and 31/01/2014" (PDF). The Football Association. p. 8. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  2. ↑ "Chesterfield sign Leicester City keeper Adam Smith". BBC Sport. 16 September 2011. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  3. ↑ "Lincoln City complete signing of winger Conal Platt". BBC Sport. 6 January 2012. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  4. ↑ "Leicester City keeper Adam Smith joins Nuneaton on loan". BBC Sport. 25 October 2012. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  5. ↑ "Stevenage Loan For Stopper Smith". Leicester City FC. 11 January 2014. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  6. ↑ "Adam Smith joins United". Cambridge United FC. 25 April 2014. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  7. ↑ "Gateshead 2-0 Cambridge United". BBC Sport. 26 April 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  8. ↑ "Cambridge United 2-0 FC Halifax". BBC Sport. 4 May 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  9. ↑ "Cambridge United 2-1 Gateshead". BBC Sport. 18 May 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  10. ↑ "Development Trio Sign Contract Extensions". Leicester City FC. 27 June 2014. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  11. ↑ "Adam Smith: Mansfield Town sign Leicester City keeper". BBC Sport. 9 January 2015. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  12. ↑ "U21 Report: Leicester City 2 Schalke 0". Leicester City. 18 November 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  13. ↑ "Adam Smith: Mansfield Town sign Leicester City keeper". BBC Sport. 9 January 2015. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  14. ↑ "Burton 2–1 Mansfield". BBC Sport. 10 January 2015. Retrieved 16 January 2015.

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