Personal information | |||
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Full name | Alistair Oluwashaun Smith [1] | ||
Date of birth | 19 May 1999 | ||
Place of birth | Beverley, England [2] | ||
Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.77 m) [2] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Lincoln City | ||
Number | 8 | ||
Youth career | |||
Mansfield Town | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2017–2021 | Mansfield Town | 6 | (0) |
2017–2018 | → Loughborough Dynamo (loan) | ||
2018 | → Frickley Athletic (loan) | 4 | (0) |
2020 | → Kettering Town (loan) | 1 | (0) |
2020–2021 | → Altrincham (loan) | 11 | (0) |
2021 | Altrincham | 30 | (3) |
2021–2023 | Sutton United | 68 | (13) |
2023– | Lincoln City | 25 | (1) |
2024 | → Colchester United (loan) | 15 | (2) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:56, 16 April 2024 (UTC) |
Alistair Oluwashaun Smith (born 19 May 1999) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Lincoln City.
A product of Mansfield Town's academy, [3] [4] Smith spent loan spells at Loughborough Dynamo and Frickley Athletic. [3] [5] [6] He made his first-team debut for Mansfield on 13 November 2018, in the Football League Trophy, [7] [8] and signed a new 18-month contract with the club in January 2019. [4] He made his first appearance of the 2019–20 season on 13 August 2019, in the EFL Cup. [9] He joined Kettering Town on a one-month loan on 31 January 2020. [10]
In November 2020 he moved on loan to National League side Altrincham. [11] After making eleven league appearances for the Robins, Smith joined Altrincham on a permanent basis on 15 January 2021 by signing an 18-month contract with the club. [12] [13] He returned to the Football League with newly promoted Sutton United in July 2021. [14] He won the Young Player of the Year award for the 2022–23 season. [15]
On 12 June 2023, it was confirmed that Smith would be joining Lincoln City signing a two-year contract on a free transfer following the expiration of his Sutton United contract. [16] [17] On 5 August 2023, he made his Lincoln City debut coming off the bench against Bolton Wanderers. [18] His first goal came against Exeter City on 28 October 2023. [19]
In January 2024, Smith joined League Two club Colchester United on loan for the remainder of the season. [20] [21]
Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Mansfield Town | 2018–19 [22] | League Two | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
2019–20 [23] | League Two | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 0 | |
2020–21 [24] | League Two | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
Total | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||
Kettering Town (loan) | 2019–20 [22] | National League North | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Altrincham | 2020–21 [23] | National League | 30 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 3 |
Sutton United | 2021–22 [25] | League Two | 33 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 40 | 9 |
2022–23 [26] | League Two | 35 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 38 | 5 | |
Total | 68 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 78 | 14 | ||
Lincoln City | 2023–24 [27] | League One | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 [lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 32 | 1 |
Colchester United (loan) | 2023–24 [27] | League Two | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 |
Career total | 145 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 172 | 20 |
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