Scott Smith (born 21 July 1995) is a Scottish

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 A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

for Jeanfield Swifts in the

East of Scotland Football League The East of Scotland Football League (EoSFL) is a senior football league based in the east and south-east of Scotland. The league sits at levels 6–9 on the Scottish football league system, acting as a feeder to the Lowland Football League. Fo ...

. Smith began his career with Dundee United and has also played for

Forfar Athletic Forfar Athletic Football Club are a Scottish semi-professional football club from the town of Forfar, Angus. They are members of the Scottish Professional Football League and currently play in Scottish League Two. They play their home games a ...

Airdrieonians Airdrieonians Football Club is a Scottish professional football team in Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, who are members of the Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL) and play in Scottish League One. They were formed in 2002 as Airdrie United ...

, Elgin City and Broughty Athletic. He also plays

futsal Futsal is a football-based game played on a hardcourt, hard court smaller than a football pitch, and mainly indoors. It has similarities to five-a-side football and Indoor soccer, indoor football. Futsal is played between two teams of five players ...

for PYF Saltires and represents the

Scotland national futsal team The Scotland national futsal team represents Scotland in international futsal competitions such as the FIFA Futsal World Cup and the European Championships and is controlled by the Scottish Football Association. The team played its first home ma ...

Early life and career

Smith was born in

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and played for Longforgan Boys Club with future teammate Scott Fraser, before joining the Dundee United youth system. Youth coach Ian Cathro rated him as highly as Dundee United's most promising talents Ryan Gauld and John Souttar. He continued to impress and went on to sign a professional contract in June 2011.

Playing career

Smith made his first team debut as a late substitute against Heart of Midlothian in March 2014. Soon after, he signed a contract extension to keep him at the club until 2016 and again made a late appearance for the first team against

Aberdeen Aberdeen (; sco, Aiberdeen ; gd, Obar Dheathain ; la, Aberdonia) is a city in North East Scotland, and is the third most populous city in the country. Aberdeen is one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas (as Aberdeen City), and ...

. On 6 November 2014, Smith joined

on loan until January 2015. He made his debut on 8 November 2014, in a 2–0 defeat against

Greenock Morton Greenock Morton Football Club is a Scottish professional football club, which plays in the Scottish Championship. The club was founded as Morton Football Club in 1874, making it one of the oldest senior Scottish clubs. Morton was renamed Greeno ...

. On 26 August 2015, Smith signed on loan for

until January 2016. After returning from Airdrie, Smith was released by Dundee United in February 2016. In March 2016, Smith returned to Forfar Athletic, signing a short-term contract. He left Forfar at the end of the 2015–16 season, signing for Elgin City in July 2016. Smith left Elgin in 2018 and joined Dundee-based junior football club Broughty Athletic, where he played alongside his brother Fraser. Both brothers then transferred to East of Scotland League club Jeanfield Swifts in November that year. Smith also plays

for Perth-based PYF Saltires, with whom he won the Scottish Super League in 2019. He represents the

, having been called up for the 2017 Home Nations Championship.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Smith, Scott Living people 1995 births Footballers from Perth, Scotland Scottish footballers Men's association football midfielders Scotland men's youth international footballers Dundee United F.C. players Forfar Athletic F.C. players Airdrieonians F.C. players Elgin City F.C. players Scottish Professional Football League players Broughty Athletic F.C. players Jeanfield Swifts F.C. players Scottish Junior Football Association players Scottish men's futsal players