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Guy Smit (born 19 January 1996) is a Dutch footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Valur.[1]

Guy Smit

Personal information
Date of birth	(1996-01-19) 19 January 1996 (age 26)
Place of birth	Doetinchem, Netherlands
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team	Valur
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–	Valur	10	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 August 2022

Club career

Born in Doetinchem, Gelderland,[2] 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.[3]

In 2016, he signed for Dutch second division club FC Eindhoven after trialing for Arsenal, one of the most successful teams in England,[3] where he made 3 league appearances and scored 0 goals[4] and suffered a double fracture.[5] On 12 April 2019, Smit debuted for FC Eindhoven during a 1-2 loss to Roda JC.[4] After that, he almost signed for an English outfit.[5]

In 2020, he signed for Leiknir in the Icelandic second division[6] after receiving an offer from Cypriot side Ermis Aradippou,[5] 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.

References

External links

• Guy Smit at Soccerway
• Guy Smit at WorldFootball.net

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