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 fifth place within his squad. He shares this rank with Manolis Saliakas, Carlo Boukhalfa and Andreas Albers. The 1.92m-tall defender was in the starting line-up in all previous 17 games of the season. Of these, he won four games with his club.

His pass success rate amounts to 84.01 per cent, with which Eric Smith occupies second place in the team-internal statistics. His tackle success rate amounts to 62.86 per cent. In the league ranking for this category, he is sixth-best with this result.

Last game

Eric Smith played his last game on the 18th matchday of the 2024/25 season (18 January 2025). Playing for FC St. Pauli, he won against 1. FC Heidenheim 1846 2-0. He played as a defender throughout this entire game. In terms of total touches, the 28-year-old had 48 individual ball possessions. Furthermore, he had 15 tackle challenges in the last match. Of these, he was able to win nine. He was additionally able to make 25 successful passes. He covered a distance of 11.2 km during his total playing time in this game. In doing so, he had a total of 13 sprints.

Bundesliga career and records

Eric Smith has played 17 matches in the course of his career in the Bundesliga. Of these, he has won four. 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.