Chris Smith (footballer, born 1986)

Wallace Christopher Smith (born 5 March 1986) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Annan Athletic.

Chris Smith

Personal information
Full name	Wallace Christopher Smith
Date of birth	(1986-03-05) 5 March 1986
Place of birth	Glasgow, Scotland
Height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Playing position(s)	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team	Annan Athletic
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2004–2010	St Mirren	78	(0)
2009	→ Dunfermline Athletic (loan)	3	(0)
2010	→ Dunfermline Athletic (loan)	6	(0)
2010–2012	Dunfermline Athletic	51	(0)
2012–2013	St Mirren	0	(0)
2013	→ Stenhousemuir (loan)	7	(0)
2013–2015	Stenhousemuir	36	(0)
2015–2017	Stirling Albion	65	(0)
2017–2018	Stenhousemuir	30	(0)
2018–2019	East Kilbride	0	(0)
2018–2019	→ Dumbarton (loan)	9	(0)
2019–	Annan Athletic	10	(0)
National team
2007–2008	Scotland U21[1]	2	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12:28, 24 April 2020 (UTC)

Smith has previously played for St Mirren, Dunfermline Athletic, Stenhousemuir, Stirling Albion, East Kilbride and Dumbarton.

Career

Smith, a goalkeeper born in Glasgow, progressed through the youth ranks at St Mirren. He helped the club win two trophies in 2005–06, when St Mirren won the 2005 Scottish Challenge Cup Final[2] and the 2005–06 Scottish First Division championship.

He then signed a contract to keep him at St Mirren until the summer of 2011. Following the departure of Tony Bullock and Craig Hinchliffe, he became the first choice goalkeeper for the Buddies, although he suffered a cruciate ligament injury in March 2009.[3] He was a regular in the Scotland under-21 squad. For the 2009–10 season, Smith's number 1 shirt was given to new signing Paul Gallacher and he was given 30 instead.

On 1 December 2009, Smith was loaned for a month to Dunfermline Athletic in the Scottish Football League First Division.[4] Smith played three times for the Pars before breaking his foot and returning to St Mirren.[5] He re-joined Dunfermline for a second loan spell later in the season. He then joined Dunfermline outright, on a one-year deal for the 2010–11 season.[6] Smith played regularly for Dunfermline in the latter part of the 2011–12 Scottish Premier League season, due to injuries suffered by Paul Gallacher and Iain Turner.[7] He was released by Dunfermline at the end of the season.[8]

Smith signed for St Mirren in August 2012, providing cover after Grant Adam suffered a tibia injury.[8]

On 22 March 2013, Smith was loaned out to Second Division Stenhousemuir until the end of season 2012–13.[9] At the end of the 2014–15 season, Smith agreed terms with Stirling Albion.[10] Smith spent two seasons with the Binos before being released in May 2017.[11] Smith subsequently re-signed for Stenhousemuir in June 2017.[12] He joined East Kilbride in the summer of 2018, before joining Scottish League One side Dumbarton on loan in October 2018 after Grant Adam was ruled out through injury.[13] After five appearances he left the club in November 2018, before returning three weeks later again on an emergency loan deal.[14]

Personal life

Outside of football Smith works as a Police Officer in the East End of Glasgow.[15][16]

Career statistics

As of 19:40 26 January 2019 (UTC)

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Scottish Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
St Mirren	2004–05[17]	First Division	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	2005–06[18]		23	0	1	0	1	0	3[lower-alpha 1]	0	28	0
	2006–07[19]	Premier League	21	0	0	0	1	0	—		22	0
	2007–08[20]		28	0	4	0	1	0	—		33	0
	2008–09[21]		4	0	2	0	0	0	—		6	0
	St Mirren total		78	0	7	0	3	0	3	0	91	0
Dunfermline Athletic (loan)	2009–10[22]	First Division	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
Dunfermline Athletic	2010–11[23]	First Division	36	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	40	0
	2011–12[24]	Premier League	15	0	2	0	0	0	—		17	0
	Dunfermline total		51	0	4	0	2	0	0	0	57	0
Stenhousemuir (loan)	2012–13[25]	Second Division	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
Stenhousemuir	2013–14[26]	League One	36	0	4	0	1	0	1[lower-alpha 1]	0	42	0
	2014–15[27]		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Stenhousemuir total		36	0	4	0	1	0	1	0	42	0
Stirling Albion	2015–16[28]	League Two	34	0	5	0	1	0	1[lower-alpha 1]	0	41	0
	2016–17[29]		31	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	37	0
	Stirling total		65	0	8	0	4	0	1	0	78	0
Stenhousemuir	2017–18[30]	League Two	30	0	2	0	3	0	5	0	40	0
Dumbarton (loan)	2018–19	League One	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
Career total			286	0	26	0	13	0	10	0	333	0

1. Appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup

References

1. http://www.fitbastats.com/scotlandu21/player.php?playerid=460
2. "St Mirren 2-1 Hamilton Accies". BBC. 6 November 2005. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
3. "Injury blow for St Mirren keeper". BBC Sport. 27 March 2009. Retrieved 27 March 2009.
4. "Pars sign Buddies keeper on loan". BBC Sport. 1 December 2009. Retrieved 1 December 2009.
5. "Goalkeeper Smith suffers break". BBC Sport. 17 December 2009. Retrieved 18 December 2009.
6. "Pars sign goalkeeper". Dunfermline Athletic official website. 7 July 2010. Archived from the original on 10 July 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2010.
7. "Dunfermline can stay in SPL, says goalkeeper Chris Smith". BBC Sport. BBC. 10 April 2012. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
8. "St Mirren return for goalkeeper Chris Smith after Grant Adam blow". BBC Sport. BBC. 10 August 2012. Retrieved 10 August 2012.
9. "Smith goes on loan to Stenhousemuir". Paisley Daily Express. 22 March 2013. Retrieved 22 March 2013.
10. "Smith is first signing". stirlingalbionfc.co.uk. 6 May 2015. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
11. "Squad news". Stirling Albion FC. 10 May 2017. Archived from the original on 13 June 2017. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
12. "Player news". Stenhousemuir FC. 15 June 2017. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
13. Galloway, Andy (25 October 2018). "KEEPER JOINS". Dumbarton Football Club.
14. Findlay, Alan (21 December 2018). "PREVIEW : DUMBARTON v STRANRAER". Dumbarton Football Club. Archived from the original on 21 December 2018. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
15. "Stenhousemuir's Smith on sideline for Brora trip". Falkirk Herald. 25 July 2014. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
16. Johnstone, Darren (1 August 2016). "Stirling Albion goalkeeper Chris Smith on the mend following sickening fall". Deadline News Agency.
17. "Games played by Chris Smith in 2004/2005". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
18. "Games played by Chris Smith in 2005/2006". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
19. "Games played by Chris Smith in 2006/2007". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
20. "Games played by Chris Smith in 2007/2008". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
21. "Games played by Chris Smith in 2008/2009". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
22. "Games played by Chris Smith in 2009/2010". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
23. "Games played by Chris Smith in 2010/2011". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
24. "Games played by Chris Smith in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
25. "Games played by Chris Smith in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
26. "Games played by Chris Smith in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
27. "Games played by Chris Smith in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
28. "Games played by Chris Smith in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
29. "Games played by Chris Smith in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
30. "Games played by Chris Smith in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 November 2017.

External links

• Chris Smith at Soccerbase