Paul Smith (footballer, born 1979)
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Paul Daniel Smith | ||
| Date of birth | 17 December 1979 | ||
| Place of birth | Epsom, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1997–1998 | Walton & Hersham | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1998–1999 | Charlton Athletic | 0 | (0) |
| 1999–2000 | Carshalton Athletic | ||
| 2000–2004 | Brentford | 90 | (0) |
| 2004–2006 | Southampton | 16 | (0) |
| 2006–2012 | Nottingham Forest | 120 | (0) |
| 2011 | → Middlesbrough (loan) | 10 | (0) |
| 2012–2016 | Southend United | 34 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11:27, 17 April 2013 (UTC). |
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Paul Daniel Smith (born 17 December 1979) is an English footballer who plays as a goalkeeper, most recently for Southend United.
Smith holds A-levels in PE, Home Economics, Sociology, Advanced Mathematics, Biology and Geography.
Smith was born in Epsom and started his career at Charlton Athletic, but was released in the summer of 1999, after one year as a professional. After a short period with Walton & Hersham, Smith moved to Carshalton Athletic in late 1999, but moved to Brentford in August 2000 after they spotted Smith guesting for Crawley Town in a pre-season friendly against The Bees. At Brentford, he made 104 appearances as a goalkeeper.
In January 2004, to address financial problems at Brentford, Smith was sold to Southampton for a fee reported to be £250,000, with additional add on fees totalling £250,000: £100,000 if he made 20 appearances, a further £100,000 on 40 appearances and £50,000 should he play for the full England International team. At Southampton, he was initially deputy to Antti Niemi, but, following Niemi's departure, Smith took over as their number one. However, he found himself further down the pecking order with the arrival of Bartosz Białkowski and Kevin Miller.
In search of first team football, Smith signed for League One side Nottingham Forest for around £500,000 in July 2006. He established himself ahead of Rune Pedersen as Forest's first choice goalkeeper for the club's 2006–07 promotion campaign.
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