Alex Smithies
Smithies playing for Queens Park Rangers 2016
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Alexander Smithies | ||
| Date of birth | 5 March 1990 | ||
| Place of birth | Huddersfield, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Queens Park Rangers | ||
| Number | 1 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1998–2007 | Huddersfield Town | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007–2015 | Huddersfield Town | 247 | (0) |
| 2015– | Queens Park Rangers | 45 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 2005–2006 | England U16 | 4 | (0) |
| 2005–2007 | England U17 | 9 | (0) |
| 2007 | England U18 | 1 | (0) |
| 2009 | England U19 | 1 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:28, 27 January 2017 (UTC). |
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Alexander "Alex" Smithies (born 5 March 1990) is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Championship club Queens Park Rangers. Smithies is a product of the Huddersfield Town academy who first came into prominence during the 2007–08 season.
Smithies was born in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. He grew up in Golcar, in the Colne Valley area of Huddersfield. He attended Colne Valley High School, Linthwaite. He grew up supporting Huddersfield Town. Smithies previously played football for Westend Juniors in Huddersfield's local leagues, and he joined the Huddersfield Town academy at the age of 8.
Having come through the Academy of the club he grew up supporting, Smithies made his first team-debut on 5 December 2007. He came on as a 76th minute substitute for the red-carded Matt Glennon during Huddersfield Town's 4–1 defeat by Southend United at Roots Hall. His first full start came in the 4–0 defeat at Leeds United on 8 December, after Glennon lost an appeal against his dismissal and Town were refused permission to loan an emergency goalkeeper on the grounds that Smithies was registered as a professional.
Smithies' first appearance at the Galpharm Stadium for a first-team match was on 6 December 2008. In this game, caretaker manager Gerry Murphy dropped regular goalkeeper Matt Glennon in favour of the young custodian, who went on to help Huddersfield to a 2–1 victory over Walsall. The first clean sheet he kept for the club came on 13 December 2008. In the 1–0 win over Southend United, Smithies saved a penalty from James Walker, 10 minutes from time. Smithies became the first choice keeper for the remainder of the 2008–09 season and, after the arrival of manager Lee Clark, made the number one jersey his own.
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