Tylon Smith
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| Full name | Tylon Christopher Smith | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 9 May 2005 | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Kriefgat, Western Cape, South Africa | |||||||||||||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||
| Position | Central defender | |||||||||||||
| Team information | ||||||||||||||
Current team | Queens Park Rangers F.C. | |||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||
| –2024 | Stellenbosch F.C. | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| –2025 | Stellenbosch F.C. | |||||||||||||
| 2025– | Queens Park Rangers F.C. | 1 | (0) | |||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||
| 2024–2025 | South Africa U20 | 11 | (1) | |||||||||||
| 2025– | South Africa | 1 | (0) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||
Tylon Christopher Smith (born 9 May 2005) is a South African soccer player who plays as a central defender for EFL Championship side Queens Park Rangers F.C.
Smith was voted player of the tournament at the 2025 U-20 Arica Cup of Nations.[1]
Club career
[edit | edit source]Stellenbosch F.C.
[edit | edit source]Smith played for Stellenbosch in the PSL Reserve League and was part of the team that won the league in the 2023/24 season.[2]
He was also part of the team that won the Next Gen Cup following a 2-0 win over Tottenham Hotspur.[3]
In October 2024 he signed his first professional contract with the side.[4]
Queens Park Rangers F.C.
[edit | edit source]In July 2025 he signed with EFL Championship side Queens Park Rangers F.C.[5]
Youth international career
[edit | edit source]Smith competed with the South Africa U-20 team at the 2024 COSAFA U-20 Cup when the side won their ninth title and qualified for the 2025 U-20 Arica Cup of Nations.
He helped the side win their maiden U-20 Africa Cup of Nations and qualify for the 2025 U-20 FIFA World Cup.[6] He was voted the 2025 U-20 Arica Cup of Nations player of the tournament.[1]
Honours
[edit | edit source]South Africa U-20
Stellenbosch
- PSL Reserve League: 2023/24, Runners-Up: 2024/25
- Next Gen Cup: 2024
Individual
- 2025 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations: Player of the Tournament
- 2024/25 PSL Reserve League: Player of the Season
External links
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- Living people
- 2005 births
- South African men's soccer players
- South Africa men's under-20 international soccer players
- Men's association football defenders
- Men's association football central defenders
- South African Premier Division players
- 21st-century South African sportsmen
- Stellenbosch F.C. players
- Soccer players from the Western Cape
- South African expatriate men's soccer players
- South African expatriate sportspeople in England
- Expatriate men's footballers in England
- Queens Park Rangers F.C. players