Guy Smit
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1996年01月19日) 19 January 1996 (age 29) | ||
| Place of birth | Doetinchem, Netherlands | ||
| Height | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Vestri | ||
| Youth career | |||
| DZC '68 | |||
| Vitesse | |||
| NEC | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2016 | NEC | 0 | (0) |
| 2016–2019 | Eindhoven | 3 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | Leiknir | 41 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | Valur | 10 | (0) |
| 2023 | → ÍBV (loan) | 22 | (0) |
| 2024 | KR | 26 | (0) |
| 2025– | Vestri | 0 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 February 2025 | |||
Guy Smit (born 19 January 1996) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Icelandic club Vestri.[2]
Club career
[edit ]Born in Doetinchem, Gelderland,[3] Smit joined the youth academy of Dutch top flight side Vitesse at the age of 17 after playing for the youth academy of DZC '68 in the Dutch seventh division.[4]
In 2016, he signed for Dutch second division club FC Eindhoven after trialing for Arsenal, one of the most successful teams in England,[4] where he made 3 league appearances and scored 0 goals[5] and suffered a double fracture.[6] On 12 April 2019, Smit debuted for FC Eindhoven during a 1-2 loss to Roda JC.[5] After that, he almost signed for an English outfit.[6]
In 2020, he signed for Leiknir in the Icelandic second division[7] after receiving an offer from Cypriot side Ermis Aradippou,[6] helping them achieve promotion to the Icelandic top flight.
In the fall of 2021 he signed for Icelandic giants Valur, set to replace former Icelandic national goalkeeper Hannes Þór Halldórsson.
In February 2025, Smith signed with Besta deild karla club Vestri.[8]
References
[edit ]- ^ Guy Smit at WorldFootball.net
- ^ Guy Smit at WorldFootball.net
- ^ Doetinchemmer Guy Smit onder de lat bij het ‘Ajax van IJsland’ - De Gelderlander (in Dutch)
- ^ a b "Interview with Guy Smit". elfvoetbal.nl.
- ^ a b Guy Smit at Soccerway
- ^ a b c "'Er komen mensen naar me toe die zeggen: 'Een wonder dat je nog prof bent" . voetbalzone.nl.
- ^ "Guy Smit hervindt voetbalgeluk op IJsland: 'Er waren momenten dat ik er helemaal klaar mee was'". de Gelderlander .
- ^ Brynjar Ingi Erluson (1 February 2025). "Guy Smit til Vestra (Staðfest)". Fótbolti.net (in Icelandic). Retrieved 18 February 2025.
External links
[edit ]- Guy Smit at Soccerway
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