Jacob Gardiner-Smith

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Jacob Gardiner-Smith
Personal information
Full name Jacob Gabriel Gardiner-Smith [1]
Date of birth (1997-07-03) 3 July 1997 (age 28)
Place of birth Cambridge, England
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.81 m) [2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Sholing
Youth career
2015–2016 CSKA Moscow
2016–2018 Zenit Saint Petersburg
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2018–2019 St Albans City 1 (0)
2019 → Hendon (dual-reg.) 16 (0)
2019–2020 Wycombe Wanderers 0 (0)
2019–2020 → Braintree Town (loan) 13 (0)
2022 Hemel Hempstead Town 16 (0)
2022 Cheshunt 4 (0)
2022–2023 Kings Langley 15 (0)
2023 Hanwell Town 8 (0)
2023–2024 Beaconsfield Town 21 (0)
2024 Hungerford Town 16 (0)
2024– Sholing 9 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 10:35, 13 January 2025 (UTC)

Jacob Gabriel Gardiner-Smith (born 3 July 1997) is an English semi-professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Southern Football League side Sholing.

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Early and personal life

Born in Cambridge, [2] he is the grandson of Scottish footballer John Gardiner and the son of politician Barry Gardiner. [3] He is fluent in Russian. [3]

Career

He began his career with Russian sides CSKA Moscow and Zenit Saint Petersburg. [3] After two years, he returned to England to sign for St Albans City, moving on to Hendon on dual-registration in January 2019. [4] [5] [6] [7] He turned professional with Wycombe Wanderers in July 2019. [7] [8] He made his senior debut on 8 October 2019, in the EFL Trophy. [9] On 24 December 2019, he moved on a three-month long loan to Braintree Town. [10]

Gardiner-Smith was released by Wycombe Wanderers at the end of the 2019–20 season. [11] He signed for Hemel Hempstead Town in January 2022. [2] In August 2022, Gardiner-Smith was playing for National League South side Cheshunt. [12]

After a spell with Kings Langley [13] Gardiner-Smith signed for Southern Football League side Hanwell Town in January 2023. [14] He joined Beaconsfield Town ahead of the 2023–24 campaign, before signing for league rivals Hungerford Town in January 2024. [15] [16]

In August 2024, Gardiner-Smith joined Southern League Premier Division South side Sholing. [17] He made nine league appearances before suffering a potentially career-ending injury which brought his season to an end in October 2024. [18]

Career statistics

As of match played 16 March 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeague FA Cup EFL Cup OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
St Albans City 2018–19 [19] National League South 1000—1 [a] 020
Hendon (dual-reg.) 2018–19 [19] Southern League Premier Division South160———160
Wycombe Wanderers 2019–20 [2] League One 0000003 [b] 030
Braintree Town (loan) 2019–20 [19] National League South130———130
Hemel Hempstead Town 2021–22 [19] National League South160———160
Cheshunt 2022–23 [19] National League South4000——40
Kings Langley 2022–23 [19] Southern League Premier Division Central150——3 [a] 0180
Hanwell Town 2022–23 [19] Southern League Premier Division South80———80
Beaconsfield Town 2023–24 [19] Southern League Premier Division South21000—3 [a] 0240
Hungerford Town 2023–24 [19] Southern League Premier Division South90———90
Career total103000001001130
  1. 1 2 3 Appearances in the FA Trophy
  2. ↑ Appearances in the EFL Trophy

References

  1. ↑ "Notification of shirt numbers: Wycombe Wanderers" (PDF). English Football League. p. 77. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Jacob Gardiner-Smith at Soccerway . Retrieved 19 August 2019.
  3. 1 2 3 "Jacob Gardiner-Smith is back from Russia with much love". The Non-League Football Paper. 21 February 2019. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
  4. ↑ "Gardiner-Smith joins Hendon". The Non-League Football Paper. 22 January 2019. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
  5. ↑ "Profile". Aylesbury United F.C. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
  6. ↑ "Profile". Hendon F.C. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
  7. 1 2 "Ex-St Albans and Hendon man Gardiner-Smith joins Wycombe". Non League Daily. 23 July 2019. Archived from the original on 23 July 2019. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
  8. ↑ "Jack Grimmer, Jacob Gardiner-Smith and Giles Phillips: Wycombe Wanderers sign trio". BBC Sport. 22 July 2019. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
  9. ↑ "Leasing.com Trophy (Sky Sports)". SkySports.
  10. ↑ "News". Braintree Town F.C. Archived from the original on 26 December 2019. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
  11. ↑ "Wembley heroes stay for Championship adventure". Wycombe Wanderers F.C. 16 July 2020. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  12. ↑ "Welling United 2 Cheshunt 1". cheshuntfc.com. 19 August 2022. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  13. ↑ "Hitchin Town 2-4 Kings Langley: Canaries lose Herts derby in front of bumper festive Top Field crowd". hitchin.nub.news. 29 December 2022. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
  14. ↑ @hanwelltownfc (11 January 2023). "Welcome to Hanwell Town @Jacobgs1" (Tweet). Retrieved 13 January 2023– via Twitter.
  15. ↑ Leach, Martyn (8 January 2024). "NEW SIGNING - Jacob Gardiner-Smith". Hungerford Town F.C. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
  16. ↑ Stelling, Robbie (11 January 2024). "Gardiner-Smith is set to put spells with Zenit St Petersburg and Wycombe Wanderers to good use as he bids to help fire Hungerford Town to promotion". Newbury Today. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
  17. ↑ @sholingfc (6 August 2024). "It's another big signing!" (Tweet). Retrieved 7 August 2024– via Twitter.
  18. ↑ "Ex-Wycombe man Jacob Gardiner-Smith suffers serious injury". bucksfreepress.co.uk. 25 October 2024. Retrieved 13 January 2025.
  19. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Jacob Gardiner-Smith Profile". Aylesbury United F.C. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
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