Max Smallcombe
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Max Frederick Smallcombe[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 27 March 1999 | ||
| Place of birth | Truro, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.72 m)[2] | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2009–2016 | Exeter City | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2019 | Exeter City | 0 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | → Bideford (loan) | 11 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | → Tiverton Town (loan) | 25 | (1) |
| 2019–2020 | Bideford | 16 | (2) |
| 2020–2021 | Bodmin Town[citation needed] | ||
| 2021–2023 | Loughborough Students | 49 | (5) |
| International career | |||
| Wales U16 | |||
| 2015–2016 | Wales U17 | 4 | (0) |
| Wales U19 | |||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 16:54, 24 December 2023 (UTC) | |||
Max Frederick Smallcombe (born 27 March 1999) is a Welsh professional footballer who plays as a midfielder.
Club career
[edit | edit source]Smallcombe came through the Exeter City Academy to make his first-team debut on 30 August 2016, in a 4–2 defeat at Oxford United in an EFL Trophy group stage match.[3] He turned professional at Exeter in April 2017, having successfully captained the youth team to a league title in the 2016–17 season.[4]
He started the 2017–18 season on loan at Southern League Division One West club Bideford.[5] He scored his first goals in senior football with a brace on 2 September, helping the "Robins" to a 5–1 victory over Bishop's Cleeve in an FA Cup qualification match at The Sports Ground.[6] Manager Sean William Joyce went on to praise his professionalism, stating that he was badly missed by the team after he picked up a hamstring injury in September.[7]
On 28 September 2019, Smallcombe returned to Bideford.[8]
International career
[edit | edit source]Smallcome made his debut for the Wales under-17 team in a UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification victory over the Netherlands at Dragon Park on 22 October 2015, and went on to win a total of four caps.[9][10]
Career statistics
[edit | edit source]- As of match played 20 September 2017
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Exeter City | 2016–17[11] | League Two | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2017–18[12] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Bideford (loan) | 2017–18[13] | SFL - Division One West | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | |
| Career total | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | ||
- ^ Appearance in the EFL Trophy
References
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- 1999 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Truro
- Welsh men's footballers
- Wales men's youth international footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- Exeter City F.C. players
- Bideford A.F.C. players
- Tiverton Town F.C. players
- Bodmin Town F.C. players
- Loughborough University F.C. players
- Southern Football League players
- 21st-century British sportsmen