Yannick Smith
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Yannick Camara Smith | ||
| Date of birth | November 21, 1990 | ||
| Place of birth | Hillsborough Township, New Jersey, United States | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2009–2012 | Old Dominion Monarchs | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2011 | Virginia Beach Piranhas | 11 | (2) |
| 2013 | Närpes Kraft | 22 | (12) |
| 2014 | Dayton Dutch Lions | 2 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of August 22, 2014 | |||
Yannick Smith (born November 21, 1990) is an American former soccer player who played as a forward.
Career
[edit | edit source]Born in Hillsborough Township, New Jersey, Smith played soccer at Hillsborough High School.[1]
Smith played four years of college soccer at Old Dominion University between 2009 and 2012.[2] He also spent the 2011 season with USL Premier Development League club Virginia Beach Piranhas.[3]
On January 22, 2013, Smith was selected 75th overall in the 2013 MLS Supplemental Draft by Houston Dynamo.[4] However, he wasn't signed by the club.
Smith signed his first professional contract with Finnish Kakkonen club Närpes Kraft, before moving to USL Pro club Dayton Dutch Lions on March 9, 2014.[5]
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Patten, John. " Hillsborough's Yannick Smith Headed to Pro Soccer; Houston team adds forward in supplemental draft.", Hillsborough Patch, January 29, 2013. Accessed May 2, 2017. "Major League Soccer's Houston Dynamo drafted Yannick Smith, a Hillsborough High School graduate, during a supplemental draft round, the team announced Jan. 22."
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Yannick Smith at Major League SoccerLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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- 1990 births
- Living people
- American men's soccer players
- American expatriate men's soccer players
- Old Dominion Monarchs men's soccer players
- Virginia Beach Piranhas players
- Dayton Dutch Lions players
- Men's association football forwards
- Soccer players from Somerset County, New Jersey
- Hillsborough High School (New Jersey) alumni
- Sportspeople from Hillsborough Township, New Jersey
- Expatriate men's footballers in Finland
- Houston Dynamo FC draft picks
- USL League Two players
- USL Championship players
- Närpes Kraft Fotbollsförening players
- 21st-century American sportsmen
- American soccer forward, 1990s birth stubs