:Yannick Smith

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Yannick Smith

| image =

| full_name = Yannick Camara Smith

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1990|11|21}}

| birth_place = Hillsborough Township, New Jersey, United States

| height = 5 ft 9 in

| position = Forward

| currentclub =

| youthyears1 = 2009–2012

| youthclubs1 = Old Dominion Monarchs

| years1 = 2011

| clubs1 = Virginia Beach Piranhas

| caps1 = 11

| goals1 = 2

| years2 = 2013

| clubs2 = Närpes Kraft

| caps2 = 22

| goals2 = 12

| years3 = 2014

| clubs3 = Dayton Dutch Lions

| caps3 = 2

| goals3 = 0

| medaltemplates =

| club-update = August 22, 2014

}}

Yannick Smith (born November 21, 1990) is an American former soccer player who played as a forward.

Career

Born in Hillsborough Township, New Jersey, Smith played soccer at Hillsborough High School.Patten, John. [https://patch.com/new-jersey/hillsborough/hillsborough-s-yannick-smith-headed-to-pro-soccer " Hillsborough's Yannick Smith Headed to Pro Soccer; Houston team adds forward in supplemental draft."], Hillsborough Patch, January 29, 2013. Accessed May 2, 2017. "Major League Soccer's Houston Dynamo drafted Yannick Smith, a Hillsborough High School graduate, during a supplemental draft round, the team announced Jan. 22."

Smith played four years of college soccer at Old Dominion University between 2009 and 2012.{{cite web|url=http://www.footballfriendlies.com/2013/02/yannick-smith-houston-dynamo-2013-mls-superdraft.html|title=Former Old Dominion standout Yannick Smith offered chance to compete with Major League Soccer's Houston Dynamo|website=Footballfriendlies.com|date=February 2, 2013|access-date=April 18, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140419181035/http://www.footballfriendlies.com/2013/02/yannick-smith-houston-dynamo-2013-mls-superdraft.html|archive-date=April 19, 2014}} He also spent the 2011 season with USL Premier Development League club Virginia Beach Piranhas.{{cite web|url=http://www.uslsoccer.com/teams/2011/6757867.html#STATS|title=Virginia Beach Piranhas|publisher=USL|access-date=April 18, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140419195215/http://www.uslsoccer.com/teams/2011/6757867.html#STATS|archive-date=April 19, 2014}}

On January 22, 2013, Smith was selected 75th overall in the 2013 MLS Supplemental Draft by Houston Dynamo.{{cite web|url=http://www.dynamotheory.com/2013/1/22/3905312/supplemental-draft-houston-dynamo-anthony-arena-nic-ryan-yannick-smith-trails|title=Supplemental Draft: Houston Dynamo pick Anthony Arena, Nic Ryan, and Yannick Smith|publisher=Dynamo Theory|date=January 22, 2013|access-date=April 18, 2014}} However, he wasn't signed by the club.

Smith signed his first professional contract with Finnish Kakkonen club Närpes Kraft, before moving to USL Pro club Dayton Dutch Lions on March 9, 2014.{{cite web|url=http://www.daytondutchlionsfc.com/site/2014/03/ddl-fc-signs-forward-yannick-smith/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140418232101/http://www.daytondutchlionsfc.com/site/2014/03/ddl-fc-signs-forward-yannick-smith/|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 18, 2014|title=DDL FC signs forward Yannick Smith|access-date=April 18, 2014}}