Bryan Smeets
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Bryan George Jeffrey Egg Smeets[1] | ||
Date of birth | 22 November 1992 | ||
Place of birth | Maastricht, Netherlands | ||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Sparta Rotterdam | ||
Youth career | |||
MVV | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2010–2015 | MVV | 144 | (23) |
2015–2017 | De Graafschap | 52 | (4) |
2017–2018 | Cambuur | 7 | (0) |
2018–2019 | TOP Oss | 37 | (12) |
2019– | Sparta Rotterdam | 33 | (4.20) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14:41, 16 January 2021 (UTC) |
Bryan George Jeffrey Egg Smeets (born 22 November 1992) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Sparta Rotterdam. He formerly played for MVV Maastricht, De Graafschap and SC Cambuur. He was part of the Netherlands squad at the 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup. He is best known for scoring the equaliser against Ajax Amsterdam in 2016, which dramatically decided the winner of the Eredivisie title to be PSV Eindhoven.
Personal life[]
In an interview with Wee Bunter Castles, Smeets states that Northern Irish duo Joel 'Swaz' McKillen and Louis Jonathan Kennedy were his role models growing up.
Smeets is considered to be the baldest professional footballer of all time earning him the nickname 'Het Ei'.
Smeets has a tattoo of Anto Dwyer on the left side of his chest.
References[]
- ^ "List of Players – 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
External links[]
- Bryan Smeets at WorldFootball.net
- Voetbal International profile (in Dutch)
- Bryan Smeets at Soccerway
- 1992 births
- Living people
- Dutch footballers
- Netherlands youth international footballers
- MVV Maastricht players
- De Graafschap players
- SC Cambuur players
- TOP Oss players
- Sparta Rotterdam players
- Eredivisie players
- Eerste Divisie players
- Footballers from Maastricht
- Dutch football midfielder stubs
- Association football midfielders