Alan Smith (footballer, born 1962)

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This article is about the former Arsenal footballer. For other people with the same name, see Alan Smith (disambiguation).

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Alan Smith
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Personal information
Full name Alan Martin Smith
Date of birth (1962-11-21) 21 November 1962 (age 62)
Place of birth Hollywood, Worcestershire, England
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Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1981–1982 Alvechurch -
1982–1987 Leicester City 200 (84)
1987–1995 Arsenal 347 (115)
International career
1988–1992 England[1] 13 (2)
1990–1992 England B 4 (4)
-- England C - (-)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alan Martin Smith (born 21 November 1962 in Hollywood, Worcestershire) is an English former professional footballer and current sports television pundit and the club patron of Alvechurch F.C.. As a player he was a striker from 1981 until retiring from injury in 1995.

He played for Leicester City before joining Arsenal where he played in the Premier League. He also won thirteen caps for England.

Playing career

Leicester City

A striker, Smith started his career at non-league Alvechurch in north Worcestershire. He then signed professional forms with Leicester City in June 1982. In his first season, he scored 13 goals in a partnership with Gary Lineker, as the Foxes won promotion to the First Division. He spent five seasons at Leicester, scoring 84 goals in 217 appearances. He was transferred to Arsenal in 1987.

Arsenal

During Smith's tenure with the Gunners the team won all three major domestic trophies – two League Championships, the FA Cup, the Football League Cup (in their 1993 'Cup Double') and in Europe the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup. He scored the first goal in Arsenal's League Championship winning victory at Anfield in May 1989, and the only goal of the 1994 European Cup Winners' Cup Final victory against Parma.[2] Smith was Arsenal's top scorer for four consecutive seasons, and the top scorer in the First Division in the 1988–89 season with 23 goals.[3]

He received just one yellow card throughout his entire career.[4] He retired from professional football in July 1995. Several clubs, including Watford, had expressed an interest in signing Smith just before he announced his retirement from playing.[5]

In eight seasons at Highbury, he scored a total of 115 league goals, His first league goals for the club came on 29 August 1987, when he netted a hat-trick in a 6–0 game versus Portsmouth at Highbury.[6] His last came on 12 December 1994 in a 2–1 win over Manchester City in the FA Premier League at Maine Road.[7] As well as his goals in the 1989 title clinching game and the European triumph of 1994, he scored a hat-trick against Manchester United in the First Division on 6 May 1991.[citation needed]

Media career

Smith is currently a regular co-commentator and sometimes studio pundit for Sky Sports. In 2011 he commentated on the Champions League final alongside Martin Tyler. On 30 June 2011, EA Sports announced that Smith would replace Andy Gray as Martin Tyler's partner in commentating in FIFA 12. This partnership continued in the subsequent FIFA 13, FIFA 14, FIFA 15, and the most recent installment FIFA 16.

Playing style

Alan Smith was well known by the entire public for his headers [8] and his headed passes.

Club

Professional club career statistics.[9]

Club statistics
Season Club Division League FA Cup League Cup Europe Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1982–83 Leicester City Second Division 39 13 1 1 1 0 0 0 41 14
1983–84 First Division 40 15 1 0 2 1 0 0 43 16
1983–84 39 12 4 2 2 1 0 0 45 15
1985–86 40 19 1 0 1 0 0 0 42 19
1986–87 42 17 1 1 3 2 0 0 46 20
Leicester City Career Total 200 76 8 4 9 4 0 0 217 84
1987–88 Arsenal First Division 39 11 3 1 8 4 0 0 50 16
1988–89 36 23 2 0 5 2 0 0 43 25
1989–90 38 10 2 0 4 3 0 0 44 13
1990–91 37 22 8 2 4 3 0 0 49 27
1991–92 39 12 1 1 2 0 4 4 46 17
1992–93 Premier League 31 3 7 1 7 2 0 0 45 6
1993–94 25 3 2 1 5 1 9 2 41 7
1994–95 19 2 1 0 3 1 4 1 27 4
Arsenal Career Total 264 86 26 6 38 16 17 7 347 115
Club Career Total 464 162 34 10 47 20 17 7 564 199

Honours

Club

Leicester City
Arsenal

International

England

Individual

References

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