Jonté Smith

Jonté Jahki Smith (born 10 July 1994) is a Bermudian footballer who most recently played as a forward for Cheltenham Town.

Jonté Smith
Smith playing for Lewes in 2016
Personal information
Full name Jonté Jahki Smith[1]
Date of birth (1994-07-10) 10 July 1994
Place of birth Hamilton, Bermuda
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Playing position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Cheltenham Town
Number 27
Youth career
–2010 North Village Rams
2010–2011 Sutton United[2]
2011–2012 Crawley Town
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2011 Sutton United 0 (0)
2012–2014 Crawley Town 4 (0)
2012 → Metropolitan Police (loan) 19 (24)
2013 → Eastbourne Borough (loan) 7 (1)
2013 → Havant & Waterlooville (loan) 4 (0)
2013 → Metropolitan Police (loan) 1 (2)
2014 → Gosport Borough (loan) 2 (0)
2014 → PS Kemi Kings (loan) 12 (11)
2014–2015 PS Kemi 16 (11)
2015 Flekkerøy 7 (4)
2015 Gloucester City 10 (4)
2016 Lewes 15 (10)
2016 Welling United 0 (0)
2016 → Cray Wanderers (loan) 5 (2)
2016 → Lewes (loan)
2016–2019 Lewes 121 (56)
2019 Oxford United 1 (0)
2019–2020 Cheltenham Town 18 (4)
National team‡
2010 Bermuda U17 4 (3)
2015– Bermuda 13 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14:26, 29 May 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14:26, 29 May 2020 (UTC)

Career

Smith started his career with North Village Rams[3] in Bermuda before moving to England in search of a career as a professional footballer.[4] He earned his first professional contract in August with Sutton United. After a prolific season with the under-18s,[5] he joined Crawley Town in August 2011 despite having not appeared in the Sutton first team. Smith scored his first senior goal in Crawley's pre-season game against Bromley, a 3–2 win in July 2012.

He enjoyed a prolific loan spell with Metropolitan Police in the first three months of the 2012–13 season, scoring 24 goals.[6] It earned him promotion to the Crawley first-team squad and he made his debut as a substitute in a 3–0 defeat to Bournemouth on 29 December 2012 – one of four appearances on the bench during Crawley's 2012–13 campaign. He finished the season on loan at Conference South club Eastbourne Borough before signing a new one-year contract with Crawley at the end of the 2012–13 season.[7]

On 13 March 2013, Smith joined Eastbourne Borough on an initial one–month loan.[8] On 10 September 2013, Smith was again loaned out by his club, this time to Conference South side Havant & Waterlooville on a month's loan.[6][9] In October 2013 he returned to Crawley, only to be loaned out for the second time to Metropolitan Police.[10]

In January 2014, Smith was loaned to Conference South club Gosport Borough.[11]

On 13 March 2014, Smith joined Finnish side PS Kemi Kings on loan until 30 June 2014 with a view to a permanent move.[12] He made the move permanent at the end of the loan spell. In March 2015 he left Finland and followed his former head coach Tommy Taylor to Norwegian side Flekkerøy in the 2. Divisjon.[13]

On 18 September 2015, Smith joined National League North side Gloucester City on a non-contract basis.[14] On 22 December, after ten appearances and four goals in all competitions, Smith left the club.[15]

On 23 January 2016 he marked his debut for Lewes with two goals in a 3–1 win at home to Canvey Island, only hours after the club announced they secured his signature on a non-contract basis.[16]

He joined Welling United in May 2016[17] and spent the first month of the 2016–17 season on loan at Cray Wanderers, making his debut at Guernsey.[18] In October 2016 he was loaned out to Lewes, initially for a month. He returned on a permanent contract on 19 November 2016, as he helped The Rooks draw 2–2 at Molesey.[19][20]

In January 2019 he moved to Oxford United.[21] He made his first-team debut as an injury-time substitute in a 1–0 away victory over Blackpool in League One on 23 February 2019.[22]

On 3 September 2019, Smith joined League Two side Cheltenham Town on a deal until January 2020.[23] On 8 October 2019 he scored a hat-trick, his first goals for the club, in an EFL Trophy tie against West Ham United U21.[24] His contract was later extended until the end of the season,[25] but he was released by the club at the end of the season.[26]

International goals

Scores and results list Bermuda's goal tally first.

#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.22 March 2016Estadio Pedro Marrero, Havana, Cuba Cuba1–21–22017 Caribbean Cup qualification
2.9 September 2018Ergilio Hato Stadium, Willemstad, Curaçao Aruba1–21–32019–20 CONCACAF Nations League qualification
Last updated 9 September 2018[27]

Personal life

Jonté is the son of Bermudan cricketer Clay Smith.[28]

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References
  1. "The Football Association List of Players under Written Contract Registered Between 01/04/2013 and 31/04/2013" (PDF). The Football Association. Retrieved 10 June 2013.
  2. "Match Report - Whyteleafe Youth F.C". www.clubwebsite.com.
  3. Thompson, Colin (24 April 2012). "Bermudian footballer signs pro terms in UK - The Royal Gazette:Bermuda Soccer". The Royal Gazette. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
  4. Thompson, Colin (25 April 2012). "Jonte turns pro with Crawley". The Royal Gazette. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
  5. "Success Stories: Signed Players". Premier Football UK. Retrieved 1 February 2019. His goal scoring record at youth level earned him a professional contract.
  6. "Jonte Smith to go out on loan". Crawley Observer. 11 September 2013. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
  7. "Jonté Smith - Lewes". www.footballdatabase.eu.
  8. Peskett, Lee (13 March 2013). "Red Devil Smith Signs On At The Lane". Eastbourne Borough F.C. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
  9. "Striker out on loan". Crawley Town F.C. 10 September 2013. Archived from the original on 14 March 2014. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
  10. Wettone, Graham (19 October 2013). "James double strike sees Met through in Trophy". Metropolitan Police F.C. Archived from the original on 14 March 2014. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
  11. "Jonte Smith Joins Gosport Borough On Loan". Bernews. 21 January 2014. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
  12. "Jonte heads to Europe". Crawley Town F.C. 13 March 2014.
  13. "Slik har 2. divisjonsklubbene forsterket seg". Fædrelandsvennen (in Norwegian). 2015.
  14. "Bermuda international signs for the Tigers". Gloucester City A.F.C. 18 September 2015. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
  15. "Gloucester City sign Luke Hopper". Gloucester City A.F.C. 22 December 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
  16. Wright, Stephen (24 January 2016). "Smith off to flying start with Lewes". The Royal Gazette. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
  17. "Bermudan International Jonte Smith signs". Welling United F.C. 20 May 2016. Archived from the original on 23 October 2016.
  18. "Guernsey 0 Cray Wanderers 0". Cray Wanderers F.C. 18 August 2016. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
  19. "Former Man City cult hero praises Lewes and ex-Crawley Town striker". Sussex Express. 12 January 2017. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
  20. "Football: Jonte Smith Scores In Lewes FC Draw". Bernews. 21 November 2016. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
  21. "Jonte Smith: Oxford United sign Lewes FC striker until end of season". BBC Sport. 1 February 2019. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
  22. Johnson, Jack (23 February 2019). "Blackpool 0, Oxford Utd 1 (Graham 40)". Oxford Mail. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  23. "Robins land signature of new striker". Cheltenham Town F.C. 3 September 2019. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  24. "Report & highlights: Robins 4-3 West Ham United under-21s". ctfc.com. 8 October 2019. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
  25. "Jonte Smith To Stay With Cheltenham Town". Bernews. 7 February 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  26. Palmer, Jon (24 June 2020). "Jonté Smith on his departure from Cheltenham Town". Gloucestershire Echo. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  27. "CFD profile". Caribbean Football Database. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
  28. "Former Crawley Town and Oxford United striker Jonte Smith still hopeful of earning deal at Cheltenham Town". gloucestershirelive.co.uk. 2 August 2019. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
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