Sam Mason-Smith

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Sam Mason-Smith
Personal information
Date of birth (1991-10-25) 25 October 1991 (age 31)
Place of birth Four Gotes, England
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Miramar Rangers
Number 14
Youth career
Histon [1]
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
0000–2010 [2] Histon
2010–2011 Soham Town Rangers [2] [3]
2011 Richmond Athletic
2011–2014 Team Wellington 16 (2)
2012–2015 Miramar Rangers
2015–2018 Wairarapa United [4] [5] 41 (41)
2015–2018 Hawke's Bay United [4] [5] 34 (17)
2018 Stellenbosch 13 (1)
2018–2019 Hawke's Bay United 16 (16)
2019 Preston Lions [6] 13 (3)
2019–2021 Team Wellington 14 (1)
2020– Miramar Rangers 18 (20)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:46, 21 December 2020 (UTC)

Sam Mason-Smith (born 25 October 1991) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for Miramar Rangers in the New Zealand National League.

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Career

New Zealand

Embarking on a move to New Zealand's Richmond Athletic with three other Englishmen for 2011, [7] Mason-Smith gained a switch to Team Wellington who play in the national league. [8] With the National League in New Zealand played during the summer, Mason-Smith played his winter season for local team Miramar Rangers. He continued playing for the two teams until 2015 when he signed with Hawke's Bay United to play National League, finishing the 2015–16 with six goals. [9] Mason-Smith also didn't return to Miramar Rangers for the 2016 season, instead playing for Wairarapa United Central Premier League. In one game, he converted five goals in a 5-0 trouncing of Petone [10] which was a record for the most goals by a Wairarapa athlete in a Central League meeting, the previous being four. [11] The following season with Wairarapa United, Mason-Smith was tasked with being responsible for Wairarapa's strikeforce again. [12] After a successful season he was awarded the 2017 Central League Player of the Year. [13]

South Africa

Heading to South Africa for a one-month trial with Stellenbosch near the end of 2017, [14] the Englishman contended in the 2017–18 Nedbank Cup with them, meeting Kaizer Chiefs in the Round of 16. [15]

Return to New Zealand and Australia

In March 2019, after a prolific spell with New Zealand Football Championship side Hawke's Bay United, Mason-Smith joined Victorian State League Division 1 side Preston Lions. [16]

After playing winter with Preston Lion's, Mason-Smith returned to Team Wellington for the 2019–20 season of the New Zealand Football Championship. [17]

Honours

Club

Wairarapa United :

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  14. 1 2 "Award winner heads to South Africa". Times Age. 4 October 2017. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  15. ↑ "English striker 'super-excited' at prospect of slaying Kaizer Chiefs". TimesLIVE. 9 March 2018. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  16. ↑ @tim_michell (14 February 2019). "Monster signing by @prestonlionsfc announced tonight with Sam Mason-Smith crossing from Geelong" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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