Ross Smith (footballer)

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Ross Smith is a Canadian born centre back, currently playing with Dagenham and Redbridge in England's League Two.

Ross is the son of Graham and Elizabeth, who are both Scottish-born, giving Ross dual British/Canadian citizenship.

He studied at the University of Rhode Island, playing football for their university team for 4 years before moving across to the UK where he played with Montrose.

Smith went down to London on trial and signed for Kent based Margate, playing a season there before being spotted and moving on to Gravesend & Northfleet, who are now known as Ebbsfleet United and playing in the English Conference National.

At the end of the 2006/07 season, Ross was out of contract and was considering a new contract offer from Ebbsfleet Uniteed and also interest from Stevenage Borough, when he had an offer to join Dagenham & Redbridge in League Two, who he eventually signed for in the summer of 2007.

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