Christopher David Smith (born 12 October 1990) is an English footballer who plays as a defender for Chasetown.

Playing career

Smith came up through the youth ranks at Everton before moving to

Stoke City Stoke City Football Club is a professional football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, which competes in the . Founded as Stoke Ramblers in 1863, it changed its name to Stoke in 1878 and then to Stoke City in 1925 after Stoke ...

's youth system. Upon his release from

, Smith enrolled at the University of Staffordshire to study a degree in Sports Coaching and Development, sharing his studies with playing for Non-League side Stone Dominoes. In June 2011, along with 5,000 hopefuls, Smith entered Samsung's Win A Pro Contract competition in a bid to earn a professional deal with Swindon Town. In February 2012, Smith was chosen by then Swindon manager Paolo Di Canio as the competition winner. Di Canio said of Smith, "he looked older than his age. As a right-back he has a fantastic quality. He's not very tall but when he challenges the opponent he has balance. Also, on the ball he is very good." Smith made his League debut for Swindon in the 0–0 draw at Bradford City in May 2012. In November 2012, Smith joined Northampton Town on loan. Following Swindon's decision to halve its wage bill over the summer of 2013, Smith was released by the club in May 2013, with Swindon manager Kevin MacDonald saying "the wage bill that was used this season was not sustainable so we have to reduce it. It's just a shame some good footballers have had to be released." After leaving Swindon Smith returned to his native

Stoke-on-Trent Stoke-on-Trent (often abbreviated to Stoke) is a city and Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area in Staffordshire, England, with an area of . In 2019, the city had an estimated population of 256,375. It is the largest settlement ...

and signed for non-league

Kidsgrove Athletic Kidsgrove Athletic F.C. is an English football club based in Kidsgrove, Staffordshire, England currently playing in the Northern Premier League Division One West. The team, nicknamed "The Grove", play their home games at Hollinwood Road, Clough ...

. He moved on to Chasetown in January 2014.

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at the official Swindon Town website * {{DEFAULTSORT:Smith, Chris 1990 births Living people Footballers from Stoke-on-Trent English men's footballers Welsh men's footballers Wales men's youth international footballers Wales men's under-21 international footballers Men's association football defenders Alsager Town F.C. players Stone Dominoes F.C. players Swindon Town F.C. players Northampton Town F.C. players Kidsgrove Athletic F.C. players Chasetown F.C. players English Football League players