Jamie Smith (footballer born 1974)

Football player infobox
playername = Jamie Smith


fullname = James Smith
height = height|ft=5|in=6
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1974|9|17
cityofbirth = Birmingham
countryofbirth = England
currentclub = Airbus UK
clubnumber =
position = Full back
youthyears =
youthclubs = Wolverhampton Wanderers
years = 1994–1997
1997–2004
1999
2004–2006
2006
2006–2007
2008-
clubs = Wolverhampton Wanderers
Crystal Palace
→ Fulham (loan)
Bristol City
→ Brentford (loan)
Milton Keynes Dons
Airbus UK
Total
caps(goals) = 087 00(0)
149 00(4)
009 00(1)
045 00(2)
007 00(0)
017 00(0)
0 (0)
314 00(7)
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ntupdate =

Jamie Smith (born September 17 1974 in Birmingham) an English footballer who plays as a full-back for Airbus UK.

Playing career

Smith joined First Division Wolves as a youth trainee and progressed through the ranks to make his first team debut on August 13, 1994 in a 1-0 win over Reading. He immediately established himself as a regular and made 25 appearances in his debut professional season as Wolves lost in the play-offs.

He was more of a peripheral figure in the 1995/96 season but re-established himself in the following campaign as Wolves again lost out in the play-offs. In total, he made 104 appearances for the club before leaving in October 1997 as part of the deal that saw Dougie Freedman and Kevin Muscat move to Molineux from Premier League Crystal Palace. Ironically, Palace were the only club Smith scored against for Wolves (in the play-offs that had just promoted Palace).

Smith remained at Crystal Palace for seven seasons (one Premier League), racking up 175 appearances in total for the Eagles. During his time here, he was also loaned out to Fulham, which gave Smith the distinction of having played under three England managers: Graham Taylor (Wolves), Kevin Keegan (Fulham) and Terry Venables (Crystal Palace).

The defender finally left Selhurst Park in August 2004, joining League One club Bristol City on a free transfer. He was a regular in his first season at the club, but ended the following season on loan at Brentford where he lost in the play-offs yet again.

He was given a free transfer upon returning to Bristol City at the end of the 2005/06 season, as he was signed by his former Brentford manager Martin Allen at the Milton Keynes Dons. [cite news|publisher=BBC Sport|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/wimbledon/5192622.stm|title=MK Dons complete swoop for Smith|date=18 July 2006] He began to be often sidelined by a persistent knee injury during his spell here, and he was released by the club at the end of the season. This led to him announcing his playing retirement in July 2007. [cite news|publisher=BBC Sport|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/wimbledon/6904855.stm|title=Ex-Dons defender forced to retires|date=18 July 2007]

Jamie Smith came out of retirement to sign for Welsh Premier League side Airbus UK on August 1st 2008, whilst working towards his coaching badges.

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External links

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