Marnix Smit
{{Short description|Dutch footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Marnix Smit
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1975|12|10|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Almelo, Netherlands
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| height = {{height|m=1.86}}
| position = Centre back
| currentclub =
| youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = SV Rietvogels
| youthyears2 = | youthclubs2 = FC Twente
| years1 = 1999–2009 | clubs1 = Heracles Almelo | caps1 = 231 | goals1 = 13
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Marnix Smit (born 10 December 1975) is a Dutch former footballer who played as a centre back. He spent all of his professional career, which lasted ten years, with Heracles Almelo.{{cite web|publisher=Worldfootball.net|title=Marnix Smit|url=http://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/marnix-smit/|language=|accessdate=27 August 2016}}{{cite web|title=Marnix Smit |language=Dutch |publisher=Voetbal International |url=http://www.vi.nl/Spelers/Speler/Marnix-Smit.htm |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121008074143/http://www.vi.nl/Spelers/Speler/Marnix-Smit.htm |archivedate=8 October 2012 |accessdate=27 August 2016 |url-status=dead }}
Playing career
Smit was born in Almelo and played youth football for SV Rietvogels and FC Twente.{{cite web|publisher=Shared Values|title=Marnix Smit|url=http://www.shared-values.nl/speler/marnix-smit/|language=Dutch|accessdate=27 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160828072356/http://www.shared-values.nl/speler/marnix-smit/|archive-date=28 August 2016|url-status=dead}} In January 1999, while playing for the reserve team of FC Twente, he was approached by Eerste Divisie side Heracles Almelo, who were looking to give the club a more regional image with players who were from the area.{{cite web|publisher=Heracles Almelo|title=Erbij op 21 mei: Marnix Smit, kampioenschap en eerste jaar Eredivisie als hoogtepunt|url=http://www.heracles.nl/nieuws/nieuwsbericht/8503/erbij-op-21-mei-marnix-smit-kampioenschap-en-eerste-jaar-eredivisie-als-hoogtepunt|language=Dutch|date=20 May 2014|accessdate=27 August 2016}} Smit subsequently made his debut in professional football on 16 August 1999, in an away match against FC Eindhoven. During the 2004–05 season, he helped Heracles become Eerste Divisie champions. During the next season, they were able to stay in the Eredivisie comfortably (reaching 13th place), of which he said in 2014: "it felt like winning another championship". Smit subsequently played for three more seasons in the Eredivisie with Heracles, before leaving the club in the summer of 2009. He then moved to amateur side SVZW,{{cite web|publisher=Tubantia|title=Marnix Smit van Heracles naar SVZW|url=http://www.tubantia.nl/sport/amateurvoetbal/marnix-smit-van-heracles-naar-svzw-1.2700444|language=Dutch|date=25 May 2009|accessdate=27 August 2016}} where he played until 2012.
Style of play
Smit was known as a player with good passing ability, and as a free kick specialist.
Personal life
While playing professional football, Smit was a public administration student at the University of Twente.{{cite web|publisher=UT Nieuws|title=Eerste doctor in de eredivisie|url=http://www.utnieuws.nl/nieuws/35041/eerste_doctor_in_de_eredivisie_|language=Dutch|date=21 March 2007|accessdate=27 August 2016}} In 2010, he obtained a PhD degree in urban planning at the same university with a dissertation entitled "Safeguarding public interests in urban planning: A study on the impact of public-private partnerships on the public interest".{{cite web|publisher=University of Twente|title=Smit, Marnix|url=https://www.utwente.nl/ctw/cme/about_the_group/employees/former_colleagues/smit/|language=|date=|accessdate=27 August 2016}}
Honours
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Category:Dutch men's footballers
Category:Men's association football defenders
Category:Heracles Almelo players
Category:Eerste Divisie players
Category:Footballers from Almelo
Category:SV Zwaluwen Wierden players
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