External links
- Connor Smith at Soccerbase
- Ireland stats at UEFA
- Connor Smith at Soccerway
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Connor Michael Smith [1] | ||
| Date of birth | 18 February 1993 | ||
| Place of birth | Mullingar, Ireland | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Barnet (assistant manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2010 | Mullingar Athletic | ||
| 2010–2011 | Watford | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2011–2016 | Watford | 8 | (0) |
| 2011–2012 | → Wealdstone (loan) | 22 | (3) |
| 2014 | → Gillingham (loan) | 10 | (0) |
| 2015 | → Stevenage (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 2016 | AFC Wimbledon | 10 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | Plymouth Argyle | 25 | (1) |
| 2017–2018 | Yeovil Town | 19 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | Boreham Wood | 9 | (0) |
| 2019 | Billericay Town | 5 | (1) |
| 2019 | → Kingstonian (loan) | 4 | (1) |
| 2019 | → Kings Langley (loan) | 8 | (0) |
| 2019–2021 | Wealdstone | 51 | (2) |
| 2021–2022 | Boreham Wood | 14 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | Barnet | 6 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2009 | Republic of Ireland U17 | ||
| 2011–2012 | Republic of Ireland U19 | 6 | (1) |
| 2013–2014 | Republic of Ireland U21 | 4 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 22:13, 20 November 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 13:20, 8 September 2015 (UTC) | |||
Connor Michael Smith (born 18 February 1993) is an Irish former footballer who played as a midfielder. He is currently assistant coach of EFL League Two club Barnet.
Born in Ireland, Smith came to prominence in 2010, finishing as runner-up to Ben Greenhalgh on the television show Football's Next Star . [2] He joined the academy setup at Watford later that year in May, signing a two-year apprenticeship. [3]
In November 2011, Smith joined Isthmian League side Wealdstone on loan until January 2012, along with Britt Assombalonga. [4] In January, the loan was extended for a further two months after the club had remained unbeaten. [5]
Smith signed his first professional contract with Watford in May 2012. [6] His professional debut for Watford came on 18 August 2012, in a 3–2 victory over Crystal Palace in the Football League Championship, replacing Sean Murray as a substitute. On 8 January 2014, Smith signed on loan for Gillingham until the end of the 2013–14 season. [7]
On 1 September 2015, Smith signed for League Two side Stevenage on an initial month loan. [8] Smith left Watford on 21 January 2016 after his contract was cancelled by mutual consent. The next day Smith signed a permanent contract with AFC Wimbledon. Despite only playing 11 games for the Dons, Smith joined Plymouth Argyle. [9] He scored his first goal for Plymouth in an EFL Trophy tie against former club AFC Wimbledon on 4 October 2016. [10]
Having helped Plymouth Argyle to achieve promotion to League One, Smith was released at the end of the 2016–17 season. [11] Following his release by Plymouth, Smith signed for League Two side Yeovil Town on a two-year contract. [12] On 5 July 2018, Smith's contract with Yeovil Town was terminated by mutual consent. [13]
On 6 July 2018, Smith signed for National League side Boreham Wood. [14]
On 4 January 2019, Smith signed for Billericay Town on an 18-month contract. [15]
Smith then signed for Wealdstone for a second time ahead of the 2019–2020 season. [16] Smith was part of the Wealdstone side who won promotion to the National League in 2019-20. Smith's first goal in his second stint at the Stones came on 2 March 2021, against his former side Boreham Wood in a 1–0 victory. [17] On 4 June 2021 it was announced that Smith had left the club. [18]
In June 2021, Smith returned to Boreham Wood to take on a player/first team coach role. [19] On 12 July 2022, Smith signed for Barnet on a two-year contract. [20] Following the departure of John Dreyer, he became assistant manager at the Bees. [21]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Watford | 2011–12 [22] | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
| 2012–13 [23] | Championship | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 7 | 0 | ||
| 2013–14 [24] | Championship | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | ||
| 2014–15 [25] | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2015–16 [26] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| Total | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | ||
| Wealdstone (loan) | 2011–12 [27] | IL Premier Division | 22 | 3 | — | — | 10 [a] | 2 | 32 | 5 | ||
| Gillingham (loan) | 2013–14 [24] | League One | 10 | 0 | — | — | — | 10 | 0 | |||
| Stevenage (loan) | 2015–16 [26] | League Two | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | 4 | 0 | |||
| AFC Wimbledon | 2015–16 [26] | League Two | 10 | 0 | — | — | 1 [b] | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Plymouth Argyle | 2016–17 [28] | League Two | 25 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 [c] | 1 | 31 | 2 |
| Yeovil Town | 2017–18 [29] | League Two | 19 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 [c] | 1 | 28 | 1 |
| Boreham Wood | 2018–19 [30] | National League | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 [d] | 0 | 11 | 0 | |
| Billericay Town | 2018–19 [31] | National League South | 5 | 1 | — | — | 1 [e] | 0 | 6 | 1 | ||
| Kingstonian (loan) | 2018–19 | IL Premier Division | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | 4 | 1 | |||
| Kings Langley (loan) | 2018–19 [32] | SL Premier Division South | 8 | 0 | — | — | — | 8 | 0 | |||
| Wealdstone | 2019–20 [31] [32] | National League South | 19 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | 2 [f] | 0 | 26 | 0 | |
| 2020–21 [31] | National League | 32 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 3 [g] | 0 | 36 | 2 | ||
| Total | 51 | 2 | 6 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | 62 | 2 | |||
| Boreham Wood | 2021–22 [31] | National League | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Barnet | 2022–23 [31] | National League | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 [h] | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
| Career total | 195 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 25 | 4 | 241 | 12 | ||
AFC Wimbledon
Wealdstone
