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Marc Smyth Personal information Full name Marc Smyth Date of birth 27 December 1982 Place of birth Edinburgh, Scotland Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Playing position Central Defender Club information Current club Greenock Morton Youth career Blackpool Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† -2001 Glenafton Athletic 2001–2005 Ayr United 104 (4) 2005–2006 Partick Thistle 26 (1) 2006–2010 Airdrie United 114 (3) 2010- Greenock Morton 43 (0) National team‡ Northern Ireland U16 Northern Ireland U18 * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 5 November 2011.
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 13 February 2011Marc Smyth (born 27 December 1982) is a Scottish-born Northern Irish professional footballer currently playing for Greenock Morton in the Scottish Football League First Division. He has played at right back as well as centre back and centre midfield for Morton.
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Career
Before moving into the professional game at the age of 19, Edinburgh-born Smyth played junior football with Ayrshire side Glenafton Athletic.
He then signed for played for Ayr United, before moving onto Partick Thistle and Airdrie United before signing with Greenock Morton in 2010.[1]
In season 2008/09, he scored the winning penalty for Airdrie United in the 2008 Scottish Challenge Cup Final against Ross County, after a 2-2 draw.[2]
International career
As a youth player at Blackpool, Smyth played for Northern Ireland's U16 and U18 sides.[3]
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See also
- Greenock Morton F.C. season 2010-11 | 2011-12
References
- ^ Hughes, Paul (2 June 2010). "Smyth off to Ton". The Scottish Sun. http://www.thesun.co.uk/scotsol/homepage/sport/2996043/Skipper-Smyth-is-off-to-Morton.html. Retrieved 3 June 2010.
- ^ "Airdrie Utd 2-2 Ross County". BBC Sport. 16 November 2008. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/a/airdrie_united/7730751.stm. Retrieved 3 June 2010.
- ^ Mitchell, Jonathan, "An Interview With Marc Smyth", Greenock Morton F.C. official matchday programme
Greenock Morton F.C. – current squad GK Cervi · GK Deans · GK McGinley · GK Stewart · DF Evans · DF Forsyth · DF Graham · DF Little · DF McCaffrey (c) · DF McCann · DF Smyth · MF Bachirou · MF Fulton · MF McDaid · MF McGeough · MF O'Brien · MF Ramsay · MF Tidser · MF Young · FW Campbell · FW di Giacomo · FW Fitzharris · FW Jackson · FW MacDonald · FW Weatherson · Manager: Moore
Categories:- 1982 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Edinburgh
- Association football defenders
- Scottish footballers
- Ayr United F.C. players
- Partick Thistle F.C. players
- Airdrie United F.C. players
- Greenock Morton F.C. players
- Scottish Football League players
- Scottish Junior Football Association players
- Blackpool F.C. players
- Scottish football defender stubs
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