Guy Smit
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 19 January 1996 | ||
| Place of birth | Doetinchem, Netherlands | ||
| Height | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Vestri | ||
| Number | 12 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| DZC '68 | |||
| Vitesse | |||
| NEC | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2016 | NEC | 0 | (0) |
| 2016–2019 | Eindhoven | 3 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | Leiknir | 41 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | Valur | 10 | (0) |
| 2023 | → ÍBV (loan) | 22 | (0) |
| 2024 | KR | 26 | (0) |
| 2025– | Vestri | 27 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 2 November 2025 | |||
Guy Smit (born 19 January 1996) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Icelandic club Vestri.[2]
Club career
[edit | edit source]Born in Doetinchem, Gelderland,[3] Smit joined the youth academy of Dutch top flight side Vitesse at the age of 17 after playing for the youth academy of DZC '68 in the Dutch seventh division.[4]
In 2016, he signed for Dutch second division club FC Eindhoven after trialing for Arsenal, one of the most successful teams in England,[4] where he made 3 league appearances and scored 0 goals[5] and suffered a double fracture.[6] On 12 April 2019, Smit debuted for FC Eindhoven during a 1-2 loss to Roda JC.[5] After that, he almost signed for an English outfit.[6]
In 2020, he signed for Leiknir in the Icelandic second division[7] after receiving an offer from Cypriot side Ermis Aradippou,[6] helping them achieve promotion to the Icelandic top flight.
In the fall of 2021 he signed for Icelandic giants Valur, set to replace former Icelandic national goalkeeper Hannes Þór Halldórsson.
In February 2025, Smith signed with Besta deild karla club Vestri.[8] On 22 August 2025, he won the Icelandic Cup with Vestri.[9]
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Guy Smit at WorldFootball.netLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- ^ Guy Smit at WorldFootball.netLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- ^ Doetinchemmer Guy Smit onder de lat bij het ‘Ajax van IJsland’ - De Gelderlander (in Dutch)
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Guy Smit at SoccerwayLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- 1996 births
- Living people
- 1. deild karla players
- 21st-century Dutch sportsmen
- Dutch men's footballers
- Dutch expatriate men's footballers
- Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Iceland
- Eerste Divisie players
- Expatriate men's footballers in Iceland
- FC Eindhoven players
- Footballers from Doetinchem
- Leiknir Reykjavík players
- Men's association football goalkeepers
- NEC Nijmegen players
- Besta deild karla players
- Valur (men's football) players
- Vestri (men's football) players
- Dutch football goalkeeper stubs