Kevin Smith (footballer)

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Personal information
Kevin Smith
Full name	Kevin Smith
Date of birth	March 20, 1987 (1987-03-20) (age 21)
Place of birth	Edinburgh, Scotland
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Dundee United
Number	50
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2005–2006 2006–2007 2006–2007 2007 2007–2008 2008–	Leeds United Sunderland → Wrexham (loan) → Dundee (loan) Aldershot Dundee United	00 (0) 00 (0) 08 (1) 08 (0) 00 (0) 00 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:35, 11 May 2008 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Kevin Smith (born 20 March 1987 in Edinburgh) is a Scottish professional footballer who currently plays for Dundee United.

Smith began his career with Leeds United, but was allowed to leave and signed for Sunderland in January 2006.^[1] He had loan spells with Wrexham^[2] and Dundee^[3] but could not break into Sunderland's first team and was released in June 2007 after eighteen months at the club.^[4] After trials with Lincoln City and Brentford, Smith joined Aldershot on a free transfer on November 22, 2007, signing a six-month contract. After failing to make a first-team appearance, Smith was released shortly after joining and began training with Dundee United in April 2008, appearing as an unused substitute in the final two matches of the season^[5]^[6] and subsequently signing a one-year contract.^[7]

[edit] See also

Dundee United F.C. season 2007-08

[edit] References

^ "Sunderland sign Smith from Leeds", BBC Sport website, 2006-01-26. Retrieved on 2008-04-15.
^ "Wrexham take Sunderland striker", BBC Sport website, 2006-10-31. Retrieved on 2008-04-15.
^ Alexander, Nick (2007-01-09). Smith joins Dundee. Sunderland FC. Retrieved on 2008-04-15.
^ "Keane lets Cunningham & Miller go", BBC Sport website, 2007-05-18. Retrieved on 2008-04-15.
^ McGuigan, Thomas. "Rangers 3-1 Dundee Utd", BBC Sport website, 2008-05-10. Retrieved on 2008-05-30.
^ Lindsay, Clive. "Dundee United 0-1 Celtic", BBC Sport website, 2008-05-22. Retrieved on 2008-05-30.
^ Dey, Graeme. "United tie up ex-Dark Blue", The Courier, 2008-04-15. Retrieved on 2008-04-15.

[edit] External links

Kevin Smith career stats at Soccerbase

v • d • e Dundee United F.C. – current squad

1 Załuska • 2 Dillon • 4 Wilkie • 5 Dods • 7 Kerr • 8 Grainger • 9 Daly • 10 Hunt • 12 D. Robertson • 15 Conway • 16 Gomis • 17 Cameron • 18 Kenneth • 20 Buaben • 22 De Vries • 23 Swanson • 24 Kovačevič • 26 Goodwillie • 27 Watson • 28 Andreoni • 29 McCord • 30 Russell • 32 Milligan • 50 Smith • – S. Robertson • Manager: Levein