Tommy Smith (footballer, born 1980)
Smith in 2006
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Thomas William Smith | ||
| Date of birth | 22 May 1980 | ||
| Place of birth | Hemel Hempstead, England | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Playing position | Right winger / Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1995–1997 | Watford | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1997–2003 | Watford | 149 | (33) |
| 2003–2004 | Sunderland | 35 | (4) |
| 2004–2006 | Derby County | 90 | (20) |
| 2006–2009 | Watford | 124 | (27) |
| 2009–2010 | Portsmouth | 19 | (1) |
| 2010–2012 | Queens Park Rangers | 50 | (8) |
| 2012–2014 | Cardiff City | 24 | (1) |
| 2014–2015 | Brentford | 28 | (1) |
| Total | 519 | (95) | |
| National team | |||
| 2000 | England U21 | 1 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14:18, 4 May 2015 (UTC). |
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Thomas William "Tommy" Smith (born 22 May 1980) is a retired English professional footballer who last played for Brentford. He is normally used as a right winger or a striker.
Smith started his career at Watford, where his younger brother Jack was also a trainee. He played a part in Watford's consecutive promotions from the Second Division, reaching the Premier League in 1999. Although Watford were relegated in 2000, Smith represented his country at under-21 level the following season. He left Watford to join Sunderland on a free transfer in 2003, before moving to Derby County in 2004. He was voted Derby Player of the year in 2006, before re-joining Watford. After the club's relegation in his first season back at Vicarage Road, Smith's subsequent performances earned him consecutive Watford Player of the Season awards in 2007–08 and 2008–09. At the start of the following season he was sold to Premier League club Portsmouth. The club faced administration that season, and were eventually relegated. The following season, Smith joined Championship club Queens Park Rangers, becoming a regular in a team challenging for promotion to the Premier League. Smith joined Brentford in the summer of 2014, spending one season there where he helped them to the Championship play-offs.
Smith was born in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire. His father Dave, a chartered surveyor and former Watford youth team player, helped coach with the academy during his son's time there. His younger brother Jack, born in 1983, also came through the club's youth system to become a professional player. The pair did not play for Watford together competitively; Tommy was substituted in the 67th minute of the club's 4–0 win over Brighton & Hove Albion on 26 April 2003, while Jack would make his first-team debut as a 81st-minute substitute. Jack would not make another appearance that season, while Tommy left for Sunderland in the summer.
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