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Alan Smith
Sign in to saveEnglish footballer, born 1980
Key facts
- 2007
- England B
- 2012
- → Milton Keynes Dons (loan)
- 2017
- Notts County (caretaker)
- Full name
- Alan Smith
- Date of birth
- ( 1980-10-28 ) 28 October 1980 (age 45)
- Place of birth
- Rothwell , England
- Height
- 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
- Positions
- Midfielder striker
- 1996 1998
- Leeds United
- Years
- Team
- 1998 2004
- Leeds United
- 2004 2007
- Manchester United
- 2007 2012
- Newcastle United
- 2012 2014
- Milton Keynes Dons
- 2014 2018
- Notts County
- 1999 2001
- England U21
- 2001 2007
- England
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Alan
- Family name
- Smith
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Rothwell
- Occupation
- association football coach
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- England men's national association football team
- Position played
- forward
- League
- Premier League
- Country for sport
- England
- Image
- Rsz Alansmith 20040727.jpg
- Height
- 178
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- Commons category
- Alan Smith
- date of birth
- 1980-10-28
- sport number
- 4
- coach of sports team
- Notts County F.C.
- start of work period
- 1998-00-00
- different from
- Alan Smith
- name in native language
- Alan Smith
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Encyclopedic overview
Alan Smith (born 28 October 1980) is an English football coach and former professional footballer. Smith first came to prominence as both a striker and a right winger, but later became a holding midfielder.
Smith began his career with hometown club Leeds United and became a mainstay in their Premier League teams between 1998 and 2004. Initially playing as a striker during his Elland Road days he scored 38 goals in 172 games. Following the club's relegation in 2004, he joined rivals Manchester United, but after moving to the club he broke his leg and dislocated his ankle in a match against Liverpool, whereupon manager Sir Alex Ferguson converted him to a holding midfielder, a role in which he continued after his transfer to Newcastle United. He later moved to Milton Keynes Dons for several seasons before signing for Notts County. He had a short spell as caretaker manager of County in 2017, but later reverted to the role of player-coach after the appointment of Kevin Nolan as manager.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Alan Smith” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.