| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 13 February 2003 | ||
| Place of birth | Hollandscheveld, Netherlands | ||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) [1] | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Go Ahead Eagles | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2017 | SC Heerenveen | ||
| 2017–2020 | Twente | ||
| 2020–2021 | Cambuur | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2022–2024 | Cambuur | 56 | (22) |
| 2024– | Go Ahead Eagles | 24 | (3) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17 August 2025 | |||
Milan Smit (born 13 February 2003) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a forward for Eredivisie club Go Ahead Eagles. [1]
He made his professional debut in the Eredivisie appearing for SC Cambuur at the Cambuur Stadion in a 2–1 defeat to NAC Breda on 3 April 2022. [2] Smit scored his first professional goal when he bagged a 95th minute equaliser against RKC Waalwijk at the Cambuur Stadion in the Eredivisie on 6 May 2022. [3] Smit voiced to the media that such a goal was a prime motivator to him over the summer of 2022 to prove that he was more than a "one goal wonder". [4] Smit would go on to be the top scorer for the club during the 2023-24 season, with nineteen league goals. In August 2024, a fee was reportedly agreed of around €900,000, excluding add-ons, for his transfer to Eredivisie club Go Ahead Eagles. [5]
On 26 August 2024, Smit signed a four-season contract with Go Ahead Eagles. Upon his signing the club’s technical manager Paul Bosvelt noted that he was already in his fourth season in professional football, despite being only the age of 21 years-old, describing him as "a talented attacker with scoring ability who can hopefully develop further with us.” [6] He made his debut for the club on 15 September 2024 in the Eredivisie in a 2-1 away win against Sparta Rotterdam. [7] He scored his first goal for the club on 18 January 2025, scoring a 95th minute winning goal in a 2-1 home victory against FC Groningen. [8]
He scored in the penalty shootout in the final of the 2024-25 KNVB Cup as Go Ahead Eagles won the trophy for the first time in their history, winning on penalties against AZ Alkmaar on 21 April 2025. [9]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Cambuur | 2021–22 | Eredivisie | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | 4 | 1 | |||
| 2022–23 | Eredivisie | 13 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 15 | 2 | |||
| 2023–24 | Eredivisie | 36 | 19 | 5 | 5 | — | — | 41 | 24 | |||
| 2024–25 | Eredivisie | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 56 | 22 | 7 | 6 | — | — | 63 | 28 | ||||
| Go Ahead Eagles | 2024–25 | Eredivisie | 22 | 3 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 26 | 3 | ||
| 2025–26 | Eredivisie | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 [a] | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Total | 24 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 3 | ||
| Career total | 80 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 92 | 31 | ||
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