Grant Gordon Smith (born 5 May 1980) is a Scottish former professional

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who played as a

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. He is the son of former

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and Brighton & Hove Albion striker and former

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chief executive

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Playing career

Smith was born in

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. He signed a short-term contract with Dundee United in September 2006, agreeing to stay until the next transfer window in January 2007. Smith also played for English sides

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and

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(on loan). Smith then signed one-year contract with Finnish club HJK Helsinki in April 2007. Smith returned to Britain in January 2008 and joined

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on a short-term contract until the end of the season, after training with the club's squad. On 8 April 2009, he was released from Carlisle United by mutual consent after not making a single first team appearance under new boss Greg Abbott who later denied any fall-out with Smith even though impressing in reserve games out of position. He went to Singapore for trials with some of the local

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teams for the 2010 season. He was brought to Singapore by the Football Association of Singapore (FAS) as part of their centralised scouting system of foreign players for S-League clubs On 18 December 2009, he signed a short-term injury replacement deal with

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in the A-League linking up with Fury manager Ian Ferguson and

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legend

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. In February 2010, Smith returned to Scotland to sign for Ross County. After joining Scottish 2nd Division club

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in January 2011, he was released by them a few months later in May.

Post playing career

Smith became an agent after retiring from playing, representing players such as Nathan Patterson and

Barrie McKay Barrie McKay (born 30 December 1994) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a striker or as a winger for Heart of Midlothian. McKay has previously played for Rangers, Greenock Morton, Raith Rovers, Nottingham Forest, Swansea Cit ...

References

External links

CUFC official website profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Smith, Grant 1980 births Living people Footballers from Irvine, North Ayrshire Scottish footballers Association football midfielders Reading F.C. players Heart of Midlothian F.C. players Livingston F.C. players Clydebank F.C. (1965) players Sheffield United F.C. players Halifax Town A.F.C. players Plymouth Argyle F.C. players Swindon Town F.C. players Bristol City F.C. players Walsall F.C. players Dundee United F.C. players Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi players Carlisle United F.C. players Ross County F.C. players Airdrieonians F.C. players Scottish Football League players Scottish Premier League players English Football League players Veikkausliiga players Scottish expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Finland Scottish expatriate sportspeople in Australia A-League Men players Northern Fury FC players Klubi 04 players Scottish expatriate sportspeople in Finland

Playing career

Post playing career

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