Adam Smith (footballer, born 1992)

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Adam Smith
Personal information
Full name Adam Clifford Smith[1]
Date of birth (1992-11-23) 23 November 1992 (age 31)
Place of birth Sunderland, England
Height 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)[2]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Morecambe
Number 21
Youth career
Middlesbrough
2010–2011 Leicester City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2015 Leicester City 0 (0)
2011 → Chesterfield (loan) 0 (0)
2012 → Lincoln City (loan) 0 (0)
2012 →
Nuneaton Town
(loan)		 7 (0)
2014 → Stevenage (loan) 0 (0)
2014 → Cambridge United (loan) 1 (0)
2015 → Mansfield Town (loan) 4 (0)
2015–2017 Northampton Town 86 (0)
2017–2019 Bristol Rovers 28 (0)
2019–2021 Forest Green Rovers 8 (0)
2019 → Yeovil Town (loan) 5 (0)
2020 → Yeovil Town (loan) 0 (0)
2020–2021 → Yeovil Town (loan) 42 (0)
2021–2022 Stevenage 9 (0)
2022– Morecambe 15 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:48, 14 January 2024 (UTC)

Adam Clifford Smith (born 23 November 1992) is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for EFL League Two side Morecambe.

Career

Early career

Born in Sunderland, Smith joined Leicester City from Middlesbrough in 2010.

Early loan moves

On 16 September 2011 he was loaned to Chesterfield,[3] but was only a backup to Greg Fleming during his spell.

In early January 2012 Smith joined

Conference Premier club Lincoln City on loan, again as cover, until the end of the season.[4]

On 25 October 2012, Smith signed for another Conference side in

Nuneaton Town, on an initial one-month loan.[5] Smith made his senior debut on 27 October in a 1–1 draw with Barrow
, and went on to appear in seven games for the club.

On 11 January 2014 Smith was loaned to

Football League One club Stevenage, in a one-month deal to provide cover following injuries to senior goalkeepers.[6]

Cambridge United (loan)

On 25 April 2014, Smith moved to Conference Premier side

League Two.[10]

Return to Leicester

On 27 June 2014 he signed a new two-year deal with Leicester.

Leicester City U21s, keeping a clean sheet against Schalke in the Premier League International Cup.[12]

Mansfield Town (loan)

On 9 January 2015, Smith moved on a one-month loan to League Two club Mansfield Town after Leicester's signing of Mark Schwarzer moved Smith back down to third choice.[13] The following day, Smith made his Football League debut, starting in a 2–1 away loss against Burton Albion in which he came up against fellow Leicester City loanee Jacob Blyth.[14]

Northampton Town

On 26 June 2015, Smith signed a two-year deal with League Two club Northampton Town.[15]

Bristol Rovers

On 6 July 2017, Smith signed for League One club Bristol Rovers after leaving Northampton Town at the end of the season.[16] He made his debut in a 1–0 away defeat to Charlton Athletic on 5 August 2017. He looked to have made an amazing save from a Patrick Bauer header tipping it onto the post, however the linesman and the referee judged that the ball had crossed the line.[17]

He was released by Bristol Rovers at the end of the 2018–19 season.[18]

Forest Green Rovers

Following his release from Bristol Rovers, Smith signed a two-year deal with Forest Green Rovers on 25 June 2019, active from 1 July 2019.[19]

On 23 September 2019, Smith joined National League side Yeovil Town on a one-month loan deal.[20] On 6 March 2020, Smith rejoined Yeovil on loan until the end of the 2019–20 season.[21]

On 15 August 2020, Smith signed returned to Yeovil Town for a third loan spell on loan until the end of the 2020–21 season.[22]

Stevenage

Smith signed for League Two club Stevenage on a short-term contract on 23 October 2021.[23] He made his debut on the same day as his signing was announced, keeping a clean sheet in Stevenage's 0–0 draw with Leyton Orient.[24]

On 22 January 2022, Stevenage confirmed that Smith had left the club.[25]

Morecambe

On 4 February 2022, Smith joined League One side Morecambe on a short-term contract until the end of the 2021–22 season.[26]

Although having initially departed the club following relegation at the end of the 2022–23 season,[27] he signed a new one-year deal on 20 June 2023.[28]

Personal life

In May 2015, Smith and teammates

sex tape with local women on Leicester's tour of Thailand, which was obtained by the Sunday Mirror. The three players apologised for making the video, which included a racial epithet towards the women.[29] However, the trio were sacked by the club on 17 June 2015.[30]

Career statistics

As of match played 6 January 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup EFL Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Leicester City 2010–11[31] Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
2011–12[32] Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
2012–13[33] Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2013–14[34] Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
2014–15[35] Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
Leicester City Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chesterfield (loan) 2011–12[32] League One 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lincoln City (loan) 2011–12[36] Conference Premier 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 0 0
Nuneaton Town (loan) 2012–13[36] Conference Premier 7 0 0 0 — 1[a] 0 8 0
Stevenage (loan) 2013–14[34] League One 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cambridge United (loan) 2013–14[34] Conference Premier 1 0 0 0 — 3[b] 0 8 0
Mansfield Town (loan) 2014–15[35] League Two 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Northampton Town 2015–16[37] League Two 46 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 50 0
2016–17[38] League One 40 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 44 0
Northampton Town Total 86 0 5 0 3 0 0 0 94 0
Bristol Rovers 2017–18[39] League One 23 0 1 0 1 0 1[c] 0 26 0
2018–19[40] League One 5 0 2 0 2 0 1[c] 0 10 0
Bristol Rovers Total 28 0 3 0 3 0 2 0 36 0
Forest Green Rovers 2019–20[41] League Two 8 0 1 0 0 0 1[c] 0 10 0
2020–21[42]
 League Two 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Forest Green Rovers Total 8 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 10 0
Yeovil Town (loan) 2019–20[41] National League 5 0 0 0 — 0 0 5 0
2020–21[42] National League 42 0 3 0 — 0 0 45 0
Yeovil Town Total 47 0 3 0 — 0 0 50 0
Stevenage 2021–22[43] League Two 9 0 2 0 0 0 1[c] 0 12 0
Morecambe 2021–22[43] League One 1 0 — — — 1 0
2022–23[44] League One 1 0 0 0 0 0 4[c] 0 5 0
2023–24[45] League Two 13 0 3 0 0 0 3[c] 0 19 0
Morecambe Total 15 0 3 0 0 0 7 0 25 0
Career total 205 0 17 0 6 0 15 0 243 0
  1. ^ Appearance in FA Trophy
  2. ^ Appearances in Conference Premier play-offs
  3. ^ a b c d e f Appearance in EFL Trophy

Honours

Individual

References

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  2. ^ "Adam Smith". Morecambe F.C. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  3. ^ "Chesterfield sign Leicester City keeper Adam Smith". BBC Sport. 16 September 2011. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  4. ^ "Lincoln City complete signing of winger Conal Platt". BBC Sport. 6 January 2012. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  5. ^ "Leicester City keeper Adam Smith joins Nuneaton on loan". BBC Sport. 25 October 2012. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  6. ^ "Stevenage Loan For Stopper Smith". Leicester City FC. 11 January 2014. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  7. ^ "Adam Smith joins United". Cambridge United FC. 25 April 2014. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  8. ^ "Gateshead 2–0 Cambridge United". BBC Sport. 26 April 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
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  14. ^ "Burton 2–1 Mansfield". BBC Sport. 10 January 2015. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  15. ^ "Adam Smith: Northampton Town sign sacked Leicester City keeper". BBC Sport. 26 June 2015. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
  16. ^ "Rovers Sign Goalkeepers Adam Smith and Sam Slocombe". Bristol Rovers F.C. 6 July 2017. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
  17. ^ "Rovers Suffer Opening Day Defeat at Charlton". Bristol Rovers F.C. 5 August 2017. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
  18. ^ "Bristol Rovers: Chris Lines heads list of nine players to leave League One club". BBC Sport. 8 May 2019. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
  19. ^ "Adam Smith and James Morton: Forest Green bring in duo". BBC Sport. 25 June 2019. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  20. ^ "Stopper Smith signs". Yeovil Town F.C. 23 September 2019. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
  21. ^ "Signing | Shotstopper Smith returns". Yeovil Town F.C. 6 March 2020. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
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  28. ^ "Adam Smith re-signs for Shrimps". www.morecambefc.com. 20 June 2023. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
  29. ^ "Leicester City trio apologise for behaviour on Thailand tour". BBC News. 31 May 2015. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  30. ^ "Leicester City: Three players sacked over racist sex tape". BBC News. 17 June 2015. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  31. ^ "Games played by Adam Smith in 2010/2011". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
  32. ^ a b "Games played by Adam Smith in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
  33. ^ "Games played by Adam Smith in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
  34. ^ a b c "Games played by Adam Smith in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
  35. ^ a b "Games played by Adam Smith in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
  36. ^ a b Adam Smith at Soccerway. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
  37. ^ "Games played by Adam Smith in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
  38. ^ "Games played by Adam Smith in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
  39. ^ "Games played by Adam Smith in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
  40. ^ "Games played by Adam Smith in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
  41. ^ a b "Games played by Adam Smith in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
  42. ^ a b "Games played by Adam Smith in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
  43. ^ a b "Games played by Adam Smith in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  44. ^ "Games played by Adam Smith in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
  45. ^ "Games played by Adam Smith in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
  46. ^ "The Football League Awards 2016: Winners". EFL.com. 17 April 2016. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
  47. ^ "PFA awards: Leicester and Spurs dominate Premier League team". BBC Sport. 21 April 2016. Retrieved 7 May 2018.

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