Vlado Šmit (

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: Владо Шмит; born 6 April 1980) is a Serbian professional

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and former

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Club career

Born in

Sremska Mitrovica Sremska Mitrovica (; sr-Cyrl, Сремска Митровица, hu, Szávaszentdemeter, la, Sirmium) is a city and the administrative center of the Srem District in the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. It is situated on the left bank ...

, Šmit made his senior debut with Vrbas in the 1997–98 season, helping the club win promotion to the

Second League of FR Yugoslavia The Second League of Serbia and Montenegro was the second tier of the football league system in Serbia and Montenegro, one level below the First League of Serbia and Montenegro. History Formed in 1992 after the breakup of Yugoslavia, it consisted ...

. He then spent one year at

Vojvodina Vojvodina ( sr-Cyrl, Војводина}), officially the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, is an autonomous province that occupies the northernmost part of Serbia. It lies within the Pannonian Basin, bordered to the south by the national capital ...

, failing to make any appearance for their first squad. Afterwards, Šmit moved back to his former club Vrbas, scoring once in 17 league appearances during the 1999–2000 season. In summer 2000, Šmit switched to Milicionar, making his

First League of FR Yugoslavia The First League of Serbia and Montenegro ( sr, Прва савезна лига / Prva savezna liga) was the top football league of Serbia and Montenegro, before the country's dissolution in 2006. The league was formed following the breakup of Yu ...

debut in the 2000–01 season. He then spent six months with

Železnik Železnik ( sr-cyr, Железник, ) is an urban neighborhood of Belgrade, Serbia. It is located in Belgrade's municipality of Čukarica. Location Železnik is located in the central part of the Čukarica municipality, southwest from downt ...

, before moving on loan to Italian club

Bologna Bologna (, , ; egl, label= Emilian, Bulåggna ; lat, Bononia) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in Northern Italy. It is the seventh most populous city in Italy with about 400,000 inhabitants and 150 different nat ...

in January 2002. After a six-month period, Šmit signed a four-year contract with Bologna in the summer of 2002. He subsequently played at

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and

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level with

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and

Treviso Treviso ( , ; vec, Trevixo) is a city and ''comune'' in the Veneto region of northern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Treviso and the municipality has 84,669 inhabitants (as of September 2017). Some 3,000 live within the Veneti ...

. In August 2009, after spending two months without a team following Treviso's exclusion from professional football, Šmit accepted an offer to join newly promoted Serie B side

Gallipoli The Gallipoli peninsula (; tr, Gelibolu Yarımadası; grc, Χερσόνησος της Καλλίπολης, ) is located in the southern part of East Thrace, the European part of Turkey, with the Aegean Sea to the west and the Dardanelles ...

. He eventually switched to

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in January 2010. In summer 2012, Šmit moved to Slovenia and signed with Triglav Kranj. He spent the following six seasons with the club, collecting 111 league appearances and scoring 13 goals in the process.

International career

Šmit has represented FR Yugoslavia at both the under-18 and under-21 levels in

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Statistics

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References

External links

PrvaLiga profile
* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Smit, Vlado 1980 births Living people Sportspeople from Sremska Mitrovica Serbian footballers Serbian expatriate footballers Association football fullbacks Treviso F.B.C. 1993 players A.S.D. Gallipoli Football 1909 players Atalanta B.C. players Bologna F.C. 1909 players Cagliari Calcio players Delfino Pescara 1936 players Expatriate footballers in Italy Expatriate footballers in Slovenia First League of Serbia and Montenegro players FK Milicionar players FK Vojvodina players FK Vrbas players FK Železnik players NK Triglav Kranj players Serbia and Montenegro under-21 international footballers Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Slovenia Serie A players Serie B players Slovenian PrvaLiga players Slovenian Second League players S.P.A.L. players Serbian football managers Expatriate football managers in Slovenia Serbian expatriate football managers