Tim Smits

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Tim Smits
Personal information
Full name Timothy Smits
Date of birth (1986-04-11) 11 April 1986 (age 37)
Place of birth Brisbane, Australia
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Grange Thistle
Youth career
North Pine SC
Albany Creek
2000–2003 QAS
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2003–2005 Pine Rivers United
2005–2006 Rochedale Rovers
2006–2007 Queensland Roar 0 (0)
2007–2008 Rochedale Rovers
2008–2010 Brisbane Roar 14 (0)
2012 Rochedale Rovers
2013–2015 Olympic FC 67 (54)
2017– Grange Thistle 19 (4)
International career
Australia U-17
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 October 2017
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 August 2011

Tim Smits (born 11 April 1986) is an Australian footballer who plays for Grange Thistle.

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Club career

Smits began his career with North Pine SC, he then moved to Albany Creek and then to the QAS. At the Queensland Academy of Sport he spent three years, after this, he joined Pine Rivers United where he played two years. [1] In January 2006, Smits was scouted by Netherlands club Helmond Sport, where he played for the reserve team, after one year in the Netherlands, he moved back to Australia and signed with Rochedale Rovers. In January 2008, after playing nine games in one year for Rochedale, he joined A-League club Brisbane Roar.

A-League statistics

ClubSeasonLeague1CupInternational2Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Brisbane Roar 2008–09 90000090
Total9090

1 - includes A-League final series statistics
2 - includes FIFA Club World Cup statistics; AFC Champions League statistics are included in season commencing after group stages (i.e. ACL and A-League seasons etc.)

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References

  1. "Smits primed to Roar". Archived from the original on 17 August 2008. Retrieved 10 March 2009.