Guy Smit

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Guy Smit
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-01-19) 19 January 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth Doetinchem, Netherlands
Height 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) [1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 KR
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)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 November 2024

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

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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 .


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