Guy Smit

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Guy Smit
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-01-19) 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
Number 12
Youth career
DZC '68
Vitesse
NEC
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(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 15 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 23 July 2025

Guy Smit (born 19 January 1996) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Icelandic club Vestri. [2]

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Club career

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

  1. ↑ Guy Smit at WorldFootball.net
  2. ↑ Guy Smit at WorldFootball.net
  3. ↑ Doetinchemmer Guy Smit onder de lat bij het ‘Ajax van IJsland’ - De Gelderlander (in Dutch)
  4. 1 2 "Interview with Guy Smit". elfvoetbal.nl.
  5. 1 2 Guy Smit at Soccerway
  6. 1 2 3 "'Er komen mensen naar me toe die zeggen: Een wonder dat je nog prof bent". voetbalzone.nl.
  7. ↑ "Guy Smit hervindt voetbalgeluk op IJsland: 'Er waren momenten dat ik er helemaal klaar mee was'". de Gelderlander .
  8. ↑ Brynjar Ingi Erluson (1 February 2025). "Guy Smit til Vestra (Staðfest)". Fótbolti.net (in Icelandic). Retrieved 18 February 2025.
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