Jarrod Smith
{{short description|New Zealand footballer}}
{{Use New Zealand English|date=January 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Jarrod Smith
| image = Jarrod-smith-soccer.jpg
| fullname = Jarrod Brian Stockley Smith
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1984|6|20}}
| birth_place = Havelock North, New Zealand
| height = 1.85 m
| position = Forward
| currentclub =
| clubnumber =
| collegeyears1 = 2003–2006
| college1 = West Virginia Mountaineers
| collegecaps1 = 74
| collegegoals1 = 32
| years1 = 2003
| clubs1 = Boulder Rapids Reserve
| caps1 = 14
| goals1 = 9
| years2 = 2007
| clubs2 = Crystal Palace Baltimore
| caps2 = 0
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2007
| clubs3 = → Hawke's Bay United (loan)
| caps3 = 9
| goals3 = 2
| years4 = 2008
| clubs4 = Toronto FC
| caps4 = 20
| goals4 = 1
| years5 = 2009
| clubs5 = Seattle Sounders FC
| caps5 = 0
| goals5 = 0
| years6 = 2010–2011
| clubs6 = Hawke's Bay United
| caps6 = 11
| goals6 = 5
| years7 = 2011
| clubs7 = Ljungskile SK
| caps7 = 1
| goals7 = 0
| years8 = 2012–2014
| clubs8 = Hawke's Bay United
| caps8 = 4
| goals8 = 5
| years9 = 2014–2015
| clubs9 = Team Wellington
| caps9 = 15
| goals9 = 6
| years10 = 2015
| clubs10 = Glenfield Rovers
| caps10 =
| goals10 =
| years11 = 2016
| clubs11 = Forrest Hill Milford United
| caps11 =
| goals11 =
| years12 = 2017–2018
| clubs12 = Birkenhead United
| caps12 =
| goals12 =
| nationalyears1 = | nationalcaps1 = | nationalgoals1 = | nationalteam1 = New Zealand U20
| nationalyears2 = | nationalcaps2 = | nationalgoals2 = | nationalteam2 = New Zealand U23
| nationalyears3 = 2006–2009 | nationalcaps3 = 12 | nationalgoals3 = 0 | nationalteam3 = New Zealand
| medaltemplates =
}}
Jarrod Brian Stockley Smith (born 20 July 1984) is a New Zealand professional footballer.
Career
=College=
Smith moved to the United States after he was recruited by and played three seasons for former West Virginia University head coach Michael Seabolt and played for the Mountaineers in the 2005 and 2006 NCAA Men's Soccer Championship tournaments. He played as a striker and as a winger for WVU. In four seasons with the Mountaineers, Smith scored 32 goals in 74 matches. As a senior in 2006, he scored a career high 14 goals in only 16 matches under first-year coach Marlon LeBlanc.
Professional
On 18 January 2007, Smith was selected by Toronto FC with the first pick in the 2007 MLS Supplemental Draft,{{cite web| url = http://www.socceramerica.com/article.asp?Art_ID=562138480| title = Clubs take 51 players in Supplemental Draft| access-date = 19 January 2007| date = 19 January 2007}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}} but signed for Crystal Palace Baltimore in August 2007. In March 2008 the player was included on Toronto FC's website as an active member of the roster.{{cite web| url = http://toronto.fc.mlsnet.com/players/roster.jsp?club=t280| title = Toronto FC roster| access-date = 12 March 2008| date = 12 March 2008| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071219101416/http://toronto.fc.mlsnet.com/players/roster.jsp?club=t280| archive-date = 19 December 2007}} He made MLS debut for Toronto playing against Los Angeles Galaxy on 13 April 2008, and scored his team's second goal en route to a 3–2 victory.
On 26 November of that year, Smith was selected by Seattle Sounders FC in the fourth round of the 2008 MLS Expansion Draft.{{cite news|title=MLS announces expansion in Seattle |date=26 November 2008 |url=http://web.mlsnet.com/news/mls_news.jsp?ymd=20081126&content_id=206969&vkey=pr_mls&fext=.jsp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090325072359/http://web.mlsnet.com/news/mls_news.jsp?ymd=20081126&content_id=206969&vkey=pr_mls&fext=.jsp |url-status=dead |archive-date=25 March 2009 |work=MLS.net |access-date=26 November 2008 }} On 1 July, Smith made his debut with the Sounders in a U.S. Open Cup match against USL side Portland Timbers.{{Cite web |url=http://www.soundersfc.com/Matchday/Matches/2009/Season/US-Open-Cup-Portland.aspx |title=Sounders FC Matchday |access-date=1 April 2010 |archive-date=16 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131016163803/http://www.soundersfc.com/matchday/matches/2009/season/us-open-cup-portland.aspx |url-status=dead }} On 17 July, he was released without making a league appearance for the club.{{Cite web |url=http://www.soundersfc.com/News/Articles/2009/07-July/Sounders-Release-Jarrod-Smith.aspx |title=Sounders FC Releases Forward Jarrod Smith |access-date=17 July 2009 |archive-date=19 July 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090719090036/http://www.soundersfc.com/News/Articles/2009/07-July/Sounders-Release-Jarrod-Smith.aspx |url-status=dead }} Smith joined Hawke's Bay United for 2010-2011 ASB Premiership season.[http://www.sportsground.co.nz/Article.asp?SiteID=4282&ArticleID=4228 Hawke's Bay United announce Premiership Squad]
Smith signed with Swedish Superettan club Ljungskile SK at the beginning of the 2011 season, but due to injury only made one league appearance for the club. He scored his only goals in Sweden in a Svenska Cupen game against Torslanda IK on 20 April 2011, where he scored two goals. Smith was released at the end of the season.{{Cite web|url=http://www.svenskafans.com/fotboll/Jarrod-Smith-Europa-ar-ett-bra-skyltfonster-397980.aspx|title=SvenskaFans}}
=International=
Smith played on New Zealand's Under-20 and under-23 teams, and was part of the New Zealand U-23 side narrowly beaten to Oceania's spot at 2004 Athens Olympics by Australia.
Smith made his debut for the New Zealand national team (All Whites) against Malaysia, on 23 February 2006.{{cite web|url=http://www.nzsoccer.com/plugins/newsfeed.cgi?rm=content&plugin_data_id=11000 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070811132358/http://www.nzsoccer.com/plugins/newsfeed.cgi?rm=content&plugin_data_id=11000 |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 August 2007 |title=New Zealand 2 Malaysia 1 |access-date=29 August 2006 |date=23 February 2006 }} He was also a member of New Zealand's 2006 summer tour of Europe. He came off the bench in games against Hungary and Georgia, before starting against Estonia.{{cite web|url=http://www.nzsoccer.com/plugins/newsfeed.cgi?rm=content&plugin_data_id=12870 |title=All Whites Making Hay in Europe |access-date=29 August 2006 |date=31 May 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060706043442/http://www.nzsoccer.com/plugins/newsfeed.cgi?rm=content&plugin_data_id=12870 |archive-date=6 July 2006 |url-status=dead}} In the final game, against Brazil, Smith entered the game as a substitute in the 60th minute.{{cite web|url=http://www.nzsoccer.com/plugins/newsfeed.cgi?rm=content&plugin_data_id=12940 |title=Brazil 4, New Zealand far from zero |access-date=29 August 2006 |date=4 June 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060706043455/http://www.nzsoccer.com/plugins/newsfeed.cgi?rm=content&plugin_data_id=12940 |archive-date=6 July 2006 |url-status=dead}} Smith was included in the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup.{{cite web|url=http://www.oceaniafootball.com/ofcnewsdetails/new-zealand---all-whites-name-squad-for-fifa-confederations-cup |title=New Zealand - All Whites name Confederations Cup squad |publisher=Oceania Football confederation |date=7 May 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090624071249/http://www.oceaniafootball.com/ofcnewsdetails/new-zealand---all-whites-name-squad-for-fifa-confederations-cup |archive-date=24 June 2009}}{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/confederationscup/teams/team=43978/squadlist.html |title=2009 Confederations Cup - New Zealand squad |publisher=FIFA.com |access-date=9 June 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090613002745/http://www.fifa.com/confederationscup/teams/team%3D43978/squadlist.html |archive-date=13 June 2009}} As of December 2011 Smith had made 12 appearances in official full internationals without scoring.{{cite web|url=http://www.ultimatenzsoccer.com/NZRepSoccer/id1708.htm |title=A-International Appearances - Overall |publisher=The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website |access-date=19 December 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081007054503/http://www.ultimatenzsoccer.com/NZRepSoccer/id1708.htm |archive-date=7 October 2008}}
Statistics
| class="wikitable" | ||||
| ----g
! Season ! Club ! Country ! Competition ! Apps. ! Goals | ||||
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| 2003 | Boulder Rapids Reserve | {{USA}} | - | - |
| ----
| 2007 | Crystal Palace Baltimore | {{USA}} | 0 | 0 |
| ----
| 2007 | Hawke's Bay United | {{NZ}} | 9 | 3 |
| ----
| 2008 | Toronto FC | {{CAN}} | 20 | 1 |
| ----
| 2009 | Seattle Sounders FC | {{USA}} | 0 | 0 |
| ----
|2011 | Ljungskile SK | {{SWE}} | 0 | 0 |
| ----
| Total | Last Updated | 9-21-2009
| | 29 | 4 |
| ---- |
Personal
Born in Havelock North, Smith is the son of former New Zealand cricketer and broadcast commentator Ian Smith and his wife Louise Smith. He attended West Virginia University with a major in sports management.{{cite web |url=http://www.soundersfc.com/Team/Players/Jarrod-Smith.aspx |title=Jarrod Smith - Seattle Sounders Football Club |access-date=2009-06-26 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090323053734/http://www.soundersfc.com/Team/Players/Jarrod-Smith.aspx |archive-date=23 March 2009}}
References
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External links
- {{FIFA player|198184}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20040106032958/http://www.msnsportsnet.com/profile.cfm?id=100624 West Virginia Mountaineers athletics profile]
- {{Cite web |url=http://nzsoccer.com/page/jarrod_smith.html |title=NZ Soccer player profile |access-date=30 June 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060823033803/http://nzsoccer.com/page/jarrod_smith.html |archive-date=23 August 2006 |url-status=dead}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070313105313/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/columns/story?id=344483&root=ncaa&cc=5901 Moving up the Mountain]
- [http://www.nzfc.co.nz/index.php?id=87 2007/2008 season stats] - NZFC
- {{Cite web |url=http://svenskfotboll.se/superettan/person/?playerid=7244 |title=Jarrod Smith at SvFF |language=sv |access-date=28 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305002308/http://svenskfotboll.se/superettan/person/?playerid=7244 |archive-date=5 March 2016 |url-status=bot: unknown}}
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