Tommy Smith (footballer, born 1990)
Smith in 2009
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Thomas Jefferson Smith | ||
| Date of birth | 31 March 1990 | ||
| Place of birth | Macclesfield, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||
| Playing position | Centre back / Left back | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Ipswich Town | ||
| Number | 5 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Crewe Alexandra | |||
| North Shore United | |||
| Ipswich Town | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007– | Ipswich Town | 241 | (21) |
| 2008 | → Stevenage Borough (loan) | 15 | (0) |
| 2010 | → Brentford (loan) | 8 | (0) |
| 2011 | → Colchester United (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2007 | England U17 | 1 | (0) |
| 2008 | England U18 | 3 | (0) |
| 2010–2014 | New Zealand | 29 | (2) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:12, 8 April 2017 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16:15, 20 November 2013 (UTC) |
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Thomas Jefferson "Tommy" Smith (born 31 March 1990) is a New Zealand international footballer who plays for Ipswich Town. A graduate of the Ipswich academy, he is a left-sided defensive player, most adept at centre back or left back. He spent the second half of the 2007–08 season on loan at Stevenage in the Conference National before making his Ipswich debut in August 2008. He is currently Ipswich's longest serving player.
Born in Macclesfield, Cheshire, Smith is a product of the Ipswich Town academy and signed a three-year professional contract in August 2007. He was on the shortlist for the Wickes Young Apprentice Trophy, given to the best youth player in the Championship, but Mark Beevers won the award.
In February 2008, Smith joined Stevenage Borough in the Conference National on a one-month emergency loan. Later the loan was extended until the end of the season. He played 15 games for the club before returning to Ipswich.
Smith's form for Stevenage led to him getting his opportunity in the Ipswich first team on the first day of the 2008–09 season. Ipswich went on to lose the game 2–1 to Preston North End.
That season, Smith broke his ankle in training, and missed the majority of the season. However, by the time he made his return to first team action, manager Jim Magilton had left the club and been replaced by Roy Keane. Smith featured heavily in Keane's early games as Ipswich manager, with the former Manchester United midfielder opting to give some of the club's younger talent – such as Connor Wickham and Smith – a chance to prove themselves.
However, injury stalled Smith's progress once again, when he suffered another training ground injury – this time to his hand. In his absence Gareth McAuley and Damien Delaney formed a solid defensive partnership ahead of deputising goalkeeper Arran Lee-Barrett. Smith was unable to force his way back into the first team in the short-term.
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