Eric

Smith

Eric Smith history

Eric Smith was born on 8 January 1997 in Halmstad and plays for FC St. Pauli. He played for Halmstads BK from 2002-2016, for IFK Norrköping from 2016-2018, for KAA Gent from 2018-2019, for Tromsö IL from 2019-2019, for KAA Gent from 2020-2020, for IFK Norrköping from 2020-2020, for KAA Gent from 2021-2021 and has played for FC St. Pauli since 2021.

Current season 2024/25

In this season, the player with the shirt number 8 has scored one goal and takes third place within his squad. He shares this rank with Carlo Boukhalfa and Andreas Albers. Eric Smith was in the starting line-up in all previous 10 games of the season. Of these, he won two games with his club.

His pass success rate amounts to 84.21 per cent, with which Eric Smith occupies third place in the team-internal statistics. He leads the league statistics for the best tackle success rate with 71.08 per cent.

Last game

The 27-year-old played his last game on the 10th matchday of the 2024/25 season (9 November 2024). Playing for FC St. Pauli, he lost against FC Bayern München 0-1. He was in the starting line-up in this game and played as a defender for 89 minutes. In terms of total touches, the 1.92m-tall defender had 45 individual ball possessions. Furthermore, he had nine tackle challenges in the last match. Of these, he was able to win six. He was additionally able to make 16 successful passes. He covered a distance of 10.5 km during his total playing time in this game. In doing so, he had a total of 15 sprints.

Bundesliga career and records

Eric Smith has played 10 matches throughout the course of his career in the Bundesliga. Of these, he has won two. He has played all the matches of his career in the Bundesliga as a member of FC St. Pauli. Here, he has put a total of one ball in the net.