Adam Smith (footballer, born 1992)

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Adam Smith
Personal information
Full name Adam Clifford Smith[1]
Date of birth (1992-11-23) 23 November 1992 (age 31)
Place of birth Sunderland, England
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Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Northampton Town
Number 1
Youth career
Middlesbrough
2010–2011 Leicester City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2015 Leicester City 0 (0)
2011 → Chesterfield (loan) 0 (0)
2012 → Lincoln City (loan) 0 (0)
2012 → Nuneaton Town (loan) 7 (0)
2014 → Stevenage (loan) 0 (0)
2014 → Cambridge United (loan) 4 (0)
2015 → Mansfield Town (loan) 4 (0)
2015– Northampton Town 46 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 May 2016 (UTC)

Adam Clifford Smith (born 23 November 1992) is an English footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Northampton Town.

Career

Early career

Born in Sunderland, Smith joined Leicester City from Middlesbrough in 2010.

Early loan moves

On 16 September 2011 he was loaned to Chesterfield,[2] but was only a backup to Greg Fleming during his spell.

In early January 2012 Smith joined Conference Premier side Lincoln City on loan, again as cover, until the end of the season.[3]

On 25 October 2012, Smith signed for another Conference side in Nuneaton Town, on an initial one-month loan.[4] Smith made his senior debut on 27 October in a 1–1 draw with Barrow, and went on to appear in seven games for the club.

On 11 January 2014 Smith was loaned to Football League One side Stevenage, in a one-month deal to provide cover following injuries to senior goalkeepers.[5]

Cambridge United (loan)

On 25 April 2014, Smith moved to Conference Premier side Cambridge United on an emergency loan, following injuries to all of the club's senior goalkeepers.[6] Smith made his debut the next day, in a 2–0 defeat to Gateshead on the final day of the League season.[7] With Cambridge having already qualified for the 2013–14 Conference play-offs, Smith starred as Cambridge defeated Halifax Town 2-1 over two legs, Cambridge being 1–0 down after the first leg, to send the U's to Wembley and a chance at promotion to the Football League.[8] On 18 May 2014, Smith played the full match as Cambridge defeated Gateshead 2–1 in the 2014 Conference play-off Final, to earn promotion to League Two.[9]

Return to Leicester

On 27 June 2014 he signed a new two-year deal with Leicester.[10] Following an injury to first-choice goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel, Smith was on the substitutes bench for nine Premier League games during the first half of the 2014–15 season as cover for Ben Hamer, as well as featuring for the Leicester City U21s, keeping a clean sheet against Schalke in the Premier League International Cup.[11]

Mansfield Town (loan)

On 9 January 2015, Smith moved on a one-month loan to League Two side Mansfield Town after Leicester's signing of Mark Schwarzer moved Smith back down to third choice.[12] The following day, Smith made his Football League debut, starting in a 2–1 away loss against Burton Albion in which he came up against fellow Leicester City loanee Jacob Blyth.[13]

Northampton Town

On 26 June 2015, Smith signed a two-year deal with League Two club Northampton Town.[14]

Personal life

In May 2015, Smith and teammates James Pearson and Tom Hopper made a sex tape with local women on Leicester's tour of Thailand, which was obtained by the Sunday Mirror. The three players apologised for making the video, which included a racial epithet towards the women.[15] However, the trio were sacked by the club on 17 June 2015.[16]

References

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