Martin Smith (born 2 October 1995) is an English

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who plays as a midfielder for

South Shields South Shields () is a coastal town in South Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England. It is on the south bank of the mouth of the River Tyne. Historically, it was known in Roman times as Arbeia, and as Caer Urfa by Early Middle Ages. According to the 20 ...

Career

Smith began his career with

Sunderland Sunderland () is a port city in Tyne and Wear, England. It is the City of Sunderland's administrative centre and in the Historic counties of England, historic county of County of Durham, Durham. The city is from Newcastle-upon-Tyne and is on t ...

and had a loan spell with non-league

Gateshead Gateshead () is a large town in northern England. It is on the River Tyne's southern bank, opposite Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle to which it is joined by seven bridges. The town contains the Gateshead Millennium Bridge, Millennium Bridge, Sage ...

in November 2015. In March 2016 Smith joined

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side

Carlisle United Carlisle United Football Club ( , ) is a professional association football club based in Carlisle, Cumbria, England. The team compete in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. They have played their home games at Brunton Par ...

on loan until the end of the 2015–16 season. He made his professional debut on 19 March 2016 in a 1–1 draw against Wycombe Wanderers. On 24 June 2016, Smith signed for Scottish Premiership club

Kilmarnock Kilmarnock (, sco, Kilmaurnock; gd, Cill Mheàrnaig (IPA: ʰʲɪʎˈveaːɾnəkʲ, "Marnock's church") is a large town and former burgh in East Ayrshire, Scotland and is the administrative centre of East Ayrshire, East Ayrshire Council. ...

. After a season at Kilmarnock, Smith signed for NIFL Premiership club

Coleraine Coleraine ( ; from ga, Cúil Rathain , 'nook of the ferns'Flanaghan, Deirdre & Laurence; ''Irish Place Names'', page 194. Gill & Macmillan, 2002. ) is a town and civil parish near the mouth of the River Bann in County Londonderry, Northern I ...

. In July 2018, he joined Swindon Town, following a recommendation from assistant manager Neil McDonald, who had been managing in Ireland while Smith was at Coleraine. He was released by Swindon at the end of the 2018–19 season. In July 2019 he joined Salford City on a two-year contract. In November he joined

Chorley Chorley is a town and the administrative centre of the wider Borough of Chorley in Lancashire, England, north of Wigan, south west of Blackburn, north west of Bolton, south of Preston and north west of Manchester. The town's wealth came pr ...

on loan until January 2020. On 11 January 2021, it was announced that Smith had left Salford City by mutual consent. On 14 January 2021, Smith signed for National League side

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. On 16 July 2021, Smith signed for Hartlepool United. Smith was released by Pools at the end of the 2021–22 season. He made 15 appearances in all competitions for the

side. On 1 June 2022, Smith signed for

Career statistics

Honours

Coleraine * Irish Cup: 2017-18

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Smith, Martin 1995 births Living people Footballers from Sunderland English footballers Sunderland A.F.C. players Gateshead F.C. players Carlisle United F.C. players Kilmarnock F.C. players Coleraine F.C. players Swindon Town F.C. players Salford City F.C. players Chorley F.C. players Chesterfield F.C. players Hartlepool United F.C. players South Shields F.C. (1974) players Association football midfielders National League (English football) players English Football League players Scottish Professional Football League players NIFL Premiership players Northern Premier League players