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 28-year-old has scored one goal and takes fifth place within his squad. He shares this rank with Manolis Saliakas, Carlo Boukhalfa, Danel Sinani and Andreas Albers. The 1.92m-tall defender was in the starting line-up in all previous 18 games of the season. Of these, he won four games with his club.

His pass success rate amounts to 84.53 per cent, with which the player with the shirt number 8 occupies second place in the team-internal statistics. His tackle success rate amounts to 63.24 per cent. In the league ranking for this category, he is seventh-best with this result.

Last game

Eric Smith played his last game on the 20th matchday of the 2024/25 season (1 February 2025). Playing for FC St. Pauli, he played against FC Augsburg and tied with 1-1. He played as a defender throughout this entire game. In terms of total touches, he had 60 individual ball possessions. Furthermore, he had 10 tackle challenges in the last match. Of these, Eric Smith was able to win seven. He was additionally able to make 41 successful passes. He covered a distance of 11 km during his total playing time in this game. In doing so, he had a total of 10 sprints.

Bundesliga career and records

Eric Smith has played 18 matches throughout 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.