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Alex Smithies

Alex Smithies

Goalkeeper  at Retired
Age36
CitizenshipEngland
Height1.89 m
Footright
BornMarch 5, 1990
👕200+ Apps ⏳Veteran
Market value —
Goalkeeper

Career snapshot

4
clubs played for
07/08
debut season
0
goals / match
Huddersfield Town
top club · 274 apps

Career highs

€3.50m
peak value · 2018
€4.00m
top transfer fee · 18/19
—
best season
15 / 0
int'l caps / goals

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Shares 1990-03-05 · 6 players total

483Appearances
0Goals
3Assists
16Yellow cards
0Red cards
479Full matches (90′)
Full nameAlex Smithies
Name in home countryAlexander Smithies
Date of birth1990-03-05 (36 yrs)
Place of birthHuddersfield, England
CitizenshipEngland
PositionGoalkeeper
Footright
Height189.00 m
Current clubRetired
Joined2024-01-22
Contract expires—
AgentWorld in Motion
Jan 2024
Transfer: Leicester → Retired
23/24 · Transfer
Aug 2022
Transfer: Cardiff → Leicester
22/23 · Transfer
Jul 2022
22/23 — Leicester City
0 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2021
21/22 — Cardiff City
31 matches · 0 G · 1 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2020
20/21 — Cardiff City
32 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2019
19/20 — Cardiff City
35 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions
Aug 2018
Injury: unknown
5 games missed
Jul 2018
18/19 — Cardiff City
2 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2018
Transfer: QPR → Cardiff
18/19 · Transfer · €4.00m
Jul 2017
17/18 — Queens Park Rangers
44 matches · 0 G · 1 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2016
16/17 — Queens Park Rangers
46 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Aug 2015
Transfer: Huddersfield → QPR
15/16 · Transfer · €2.10m
Jul 2015
15/16 — Queens Park Rangers, Huddersfield Town
20 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2014
14/15 — Huddersfield Town
45 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2013
13/14 — Huddersfield Town
51 matches · 0 G · 1 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2012
12/13 — Huddersfield Town
50 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2011
11/12 — Huddersfield Town
15 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Jan 2011
Injury: unknown
15 games missed
Jul 2010
10/11 — Huddersfield Town
27 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2009
09/10 — Huddersfield Town
55 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 5 competitions
Jul 2008
08/09 — Huddersfield Town
28 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2007
07/08 — Huddersfield Town
2 matches · 0 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2007
Transfer: Huddersf. U18 → Huddersfield
07/08 · Transfer
Jan 1970
Peak market value: €3.50m
Highest valuation recorded in dataset
43,104 min
Minutes played by club
Leicester City 0.0%
Cardiff City 20.7%
Queens Park Rangers 22.5%
Huddersfield Town 56.8%
ClubSeasonsFirstLastMatchesGoalsAssistsMinutes
Leicester City 1 22/23 22/23 0 0 0 0
Cardiff City 4 18/19 21/22 100 0 1 8,921
Queens Park Rangers 3 15/16 17/18 109 0 1 9,692
Huddersfield Town 9 07/08 15/16 274 0 1 24,491

Career trajectory — goals, assists & market value

0€875K1€1.8M1€2.6M1€3.5M09/1013/14 — 1 assists113/1414/1515/1616/1717/18 — 1 assists117/1818/1919/2020/2121/22 — 1 assists121/2222/2309/10 — €400K13/14 — €600K14/15 — €700K15/16 — €1.5M16/17 — €1.8M17/18 — €3M18/19 — €3.5M19/20 — €3.5M20/21 — €3M21/22 — €2M22/23 — €800KGoalsAssistsMarket value

Goals by season

07/08: 0007/0808/09: 0008/0909/10: 0009/1010/11: 0010/1111/12: 0011/1212/13: 0012/1313/14: 0013/1414/15: 0014/1515/16: 0015/1616/17: 0016/1717/18: 0017/1818/19: 0018/1919/20: 0019/2020/21: 0020/2121/22: 0021/2222/23: 0022/23

Assists by season

07/08: 0007/0808/09: 0008/0909/10: 0009/1010/11: 0010/1111/12: 0011/1212/13: 0012/1313/14: 1113/1414/15: 0014/1515/16: 0015/1616/17: 0016/1717/18: 1117/1818/19: 0018/1919/20: 0019/2020/21: 0020/2121/22: 1121/2222/23: 0022/23
SeasonCompetitionClubMatchesGoalsAssistsYCRCMinutes
22/23 EFL Cup Leicester City 0 0 0 0 0 0
22/23 FA Cup Leicester City 0 0 0 0 0 0
22/23 Premier League Leicester City 0 0 0 0 0 0
21/22 Championship Cardiff City 29 0 1 2 0 2,610
21/22 EFL Cup Cardiff City 2 0 0 0 0 180
21/22 FA Cup Cardiff City 0 0 0 0 0 0
20/21 Championship Cardiff City 31 0 0 0 0 2,711
20/21 EFL Cup Cardiff City 1 0 0 0 0 90
20/21 FA Cup Cardiff City 0 0 0 0 0 0
19/20 Championship Cardiff City 30 0 0 1 0 2,700
19/20 Championship Play-Offs Cardiff City 2 0 0 0 0 180
19/20 FA Cup Cardiff City 3 0 0 0 0 270
18/19 EFL Cup Cardiff City 1 0 0 0 0 90
18/19 FA Cup Cardiff City 1 0 0 0 0 90
18/19 Premier League Cardiff City 0 0 0 0 0 0
17/18 Championship Queens Park Rangers 43 0 1 1 0 3,825
17/18 FA Cup Queens Park Rangers 1 0 0 0 0 90
16/17 Championship Queens Park Rangers 46 0 0 0 0 4,140
16/17 EFL Cup Queens Park Rangers 0 0 0 0 0 0
15/16 Championship Queens Park Rangers 18 0 0 1 0 1,547
15/16 Championship Huddersfield Town 1 0 0 0 0 90
15/16 League Cup Queens Park Rangers 1 0 0 0 0 90
14/15 Championship Huddersfield Town 44 0 0 2 0 3,960
14/15 FA Cup Huddersfield Town 1 0 0 0 0 90
14/15 League Cup Huddersfield Town 0 0 0 0 0 0
13/14 Championship Huddersfield Town 46 0 1 3 0 4,140
13/14 FA Cup Huddersfield Town 2 0 0 0 0 180
13/14 League Cup Huddersfield Town 3 0 0 0 0 270
12/13 Championship Huddersfield Town 46 0 0 1 0 4,095
12/13 FA Cup Huddersfield Town 3 0 0 0 0 270
12/13 League Cup Huddersfield Town 1 0 0 0 0 90
11/12 League One Huddersfield Town 13 0 0 1 0 1,170
11/12 League One Play-Offs Huddersfield Town 2 0 0 0 0 177
10/11 EFL Trophy Huddersfield Town 1 0 0 0 0 90
10/11 FA Cup Huddersfield Town 2 0 0 0 0 180
10/11 League Cup Huddersfield Town 2 0 0 0 0 135
10/11 League One Huddersfield Town 22 0 0 0 0 1,980
09/10 EFL Trophy Huddersfield Town 2 0 0 0 0 180
09/10 FA Cup Huddersfield Town 3 0 0 0 0 270
09/10 League Cup Huddersfield Town 2 0 0 0 0 180
09/10 League One Huddersfield Town 46 0 0 3 0 4,140
09/10 League One Play-Offs Huddersfield Town 2 0 0 0 0 180
08/09 EFL Trophy Huddersfield Town 1 0 0 0 0 90
08/09 FA Cup Huddersfield Town 0 0 0 0 0 0
08/09 League Cup Huddersfield Town 0 0 0 0 0 0
08/09 League One Huddersfield Town 27 0 0 1 0 2,430
07/08 FA Cup Huddersfield Town 0 0 0 0 0 0
07/08 League One Huddersfield Town 2 0 0 0 0 104
SeasonDateFromToTypeMarket valueFee
07/08 2007-07-01 Huddersf. U18 Huddersfield Transfer 50000 —
15/16 2015-08-20 Huddersfield QPR Transfer 500000 €2.10m
18/19 2018-07-01 QPR Cardiff Transfer 3000000 €4.00m
22/23 2022-08-12 Cardiff Leicester Transfer 800000 —
23/24 2024-01-22 Leicester Retired Transfer 350000 —
SeasonInjuryFromToDays missedGames missed
10/11 Ligament injury 2011-01-19 2011-02-27 40 15
18/19 Shoulder injury 2018-08-30 2018-10-19 51 5
Current—
Peak€3.50m
Low—
Δ since start−€400k
—€875k€1.75m€2.63m€3.50m197019701970
DateValue
Jan 1, 1970 —
Jan 1, 1970 €350k
Jan 1, 1970 €500k
Jan 1, 1970 €600k
Jan 1, 1970 €800k
Jan 1, 1970 €1.80m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.40m
Jan 1, 1970 €3.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.40m
Jan 1, 1970 €3.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €3.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €3.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €3.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €2.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €3.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.75m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €500k
Jan 1, 1970 €700k
Jan 1, 1970 €500k
Jan 1, 1970 €600k
Jan 1, 1970 €400k
TeamShirtMatchesGoalsDebutAge at debutStatus
Team #31269 — 1 0 — — former national player
Team #30322 — 4 0 — — former national player
Team #23260 — 9 0 — — former national player
Team #21340 — 1 0 — — former national player
Team #9565 — 0 0 — — former national player
TeammatePPG played withJoint goalsMinutes
Peter Clarke 2 0 0
Joel Lynch 1 0 0
Sean Scannell 1 0 0
Adam Clayton 1 0 0
Massimo Luongo 1 0 0
Oliver Norwood 1 0 0
Conor Washington 1 0 0
Will Vaulks 1 0 0
Jake Bidwell 1 0 0
Adam Hammill 1 0 0
Curtis Nelson 1 0 0
Junior Hoilett 1 0 0

Teams faced most often by Alex Smithies's clubs during seasons he played in those competitions (team-level results, not personal head-to-head goals — see disclaimer above).

OpponentPWDLGFGAGDWin %
Nottingham Forest 53 22 13 18 61 70 -9 42%
Sheffield Wednesday 53 19 16 18 61 64 -3 36%
Derby County 50 16 16 18 68 68 0 32%
Leeds United 48 23 8 17 66 66 0 48%
Ipswich Town 48 20 12 16 55 55 0 42%
Reading FC 48 16 22 10 54 43 +11 33%
Bristol City 47 22 9 16 69 66 +3 47%
Barnsley FC 42 25 8 9 77 47 +30 60%
Preston North End 42 15 11 16 53 59 -6 36%
Birmingham City 42 18 15 9 57 39 +18 43%
Brighton & Hove Albion 41 10 17 14 47 52 -5 24%
Middlesbrough FC 40 16 4 20 44 56 -12 40%

Auto-detected milestones based on cumulative career totals.

Season / YearMilestoneDate
07/08 Senior debut season

Yellow / second-yellow / red cards per season. Only seasons with at least one card are shown.

SeasonMatchesMinsYC2nd YCRCCards / 90′
21/22 31 2,790 2 0 0 0.06
19/20 35 3,150 1 0 0 0.03
17/18 44 3,915 1 0 0 0.02
15/16 20 1,727 1 0 0 0.05
14/15 45 4,050 2 0 0 0.04
13/14 51 4,590 3 0 0 0.06
12/13 50 4,455 1 0 0 0.02
11/12 15 1,347 1 0 0 0.07
09/10 55 4,950 3 0 0 0.05
08/09 28 2,520 1 0 0 0.04

Goalkeeper-specific aggregates: clean sheets and goals conceded by season.

SeasonMatchesMinsClean sheetsCS %Goals concededGC / 90′
21/22 31 2,790 5 16% 46 1.48
20/21 32 2,801 8 25% 39 1.25
19/20 35 3,150 11 31% 40 1.14
18/19 2 180 0 0% 4 2
17/18 44 3,915 7 16% 65 1.49
16/17 46 4,140 7 15% 66 1.43
15/16 20 1,727 6 30% 26 1.35
14/15 45 4,050 9 20% 74 1.64
13/14 51 4,590 9 18% 72 1.41
12/13 50 4,455 12 24% 77 1.56
11/12 15 1,347 5 33% 18 1.2
10/11 27 2,385 10 37% 31 1.17
09/10 55 4,950 18 33% 70 1.27
08/09 28 2,520 7 25% 35 1.25
07/08 2 104 0 0% 6 5.19

Output by competition

Career goals and assists broken down by tournament.

Championship
334 apps
0 G
3 A
FA Cup
16 apps
0 G
0 A
League Cup
13 apps
0 G
0 A
League One
110 apps
0 G
0 A

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Alex Smithies is an England professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Retired.

How old is Alex Smithies?

Alex Smithies is 36 years old. He was born on March 5, 1990 in Huddersfield.

What position does Alex Smithies play?

Alex Smithies plays as a goalkeeper (Goalkeeper).

What club does Alex Smithies play for?

Alex Smithies currently plays for Retired.