Milan Smit
{{Short description|Dutch footballer (born 2003)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2024}}
{{For|the Belgian footballer|Milan Smits}}
{{Infobox football biography
|name = Milan Smit
|image =
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|full_name =
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|2003|2|13|df=y}}
|birth_place = Hollandscheveld, Netherlands
|position = Forward
|currentclub = Go Ahead Eagles
|clubnumber = 9
|youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–2017
|youthclubs1 = SC Heerenveen
|youthyears2 = 2017–2020
|youthclubs2 = Twente
|youthyears3 = 2020–2021
|youthclubs3 = Cambuur
|years1 = 2022–2024
|clubs1 = Cambuur
|caps1 = 56
|goals1 = 22
|years2 = 2024–
|clubs2 = Go Ahead Eagles
|caps2 = 22
|goals2 = 3
|club-update = 6 June 2025
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Milan Smit (born 13 February 2003) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a forward for {{Dutch football updater|GoAheadE}} club Go Ahead Eagles.{{Soccerway|milan-smit/828395}}
Career
=Cambuur=
He made his professional debut in the Eredivisie appearing for SC Cambuur at the Cambuur Stadion in a 2–1 defeat to NAC Breda on 3 April 2022.{{Cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2022/04/03/netherlands/eredivisie/stichting-cambuur-leeuwarden-bvo/nijmegen-eendracht-combinatie/3512708/|title=CAMBUUR VS. BREDA 2-1|date=3 April 2022|website=Soccerway|accessdate=23 April 2025}} Smit scored his first professional goal when he bagged a 95th minute equaliser against RKC Waalwijk at the Cambuur Stadion in the Eredivisie on 6 May 2022.{{Cite web|url= https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2022/05/06/netherlands/eredivisie/stichting-cambuur-leeuwarden-bvo/rkc-waalwijk/3512743/|title= CAMBUUR VS. WAALWIJK 1-1|website=Soccerway|date=6 May 2022|accessdate=23 April 2025}} Smit voiced to the media that such a goal was a prime motivator to him over the summer of 2022 to prove that he was more than a "one goal
wonder".{{Cite web|url= https://frieschdagblad.nl/sport/Milan-Smit-wil-in-jaar-na-debuut-doorpakken-bij-Cambuur-27815915.html|title=Milan Smit wants to prove at SC Cambuur next season that he is not just the boy from that one late goal|website= frieschdagblad.nl|date=17 July 2022 }} Smit would go on to be the top scorer for the club during the 2023-24 season, with nineteen league goals. In August 2024, a fee was reportedly agreed of around €900,000, excluding add-ons, for his transfer to Eredivisie club Go Ahead Eagles.{{cite web|url= https://www.omropfryslan.nl/nl/nieuws/16787492/henk-de-jong-wil-het-liefst-nog-twee-nieuwe-spelers-voor-cambuur-maar-het-is-kort-dag|website=Omropfryslan.nl|accessdate=23 April 2025|title= Henk de Jong would prefer two new players for Cambuur: "But it's short notice"
|first=Andor |last=Faber|date= August 30, 2024}}
=Go Ahead Eagles=
On 26 August 2024, Smit signed a four-season contract with Go Ahead Eagles. Upon his signing the club’s technical manager Paul Bosvelt noted that he was already in his fourth season in professional football, despite being only the age of 21 years-old, describing him as "a talented attacker with scoring ability who can hopefully develop further with us.”{{cite web|publisher=Go Ahead Eagles|url=https://www.ga-eagles.nl/milan-smit-tekent-contract-tot-2028/|title=Milan Smit tekent contract tot 2028|trans-title=Milan Smit signs contract until 2028|date=26 August 2024|access-date=26 August 2024|language=nl}} He made his debut for the club on 15 September 2024 in the Eredivisie in a 2-1 away win against Sparta Rotterdam.{{cite web|title= SPARTA ROTTERDAM VS. GO AHEAD EAGLES 1 - 2 |date=15 September 2024|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2024/09/15/netherlands/eredivisie/sparta-rotterdam-bv/stichting-go-ahead-eagles/4367978/|accessdate=23 April 2025|website=Soccerway}} He scored his first goal for the club on 18 January 2025, scoring a 95th minute winning goal in a 2-1 home victory against FC Groningen.{{cite web|url= https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2025/01/18/netherlands/eredivisie/stichting-go-ahead-eagles/stichting-fc-groningen/4368216/|website=Soccerway|accessdate=23 April 2025|title= GO AHEAD EAGLES VS. GRONINGEN 2 - 1|date=18 January 2025}}
He scored in the penalty shootout in the final of the 2024-25 KNVB Cup as Go Ahead Eagles won the trophy for the first time in their history, winning on penalties against AZ Alkmaar on 21 April 2025.{{cite web|website=Dutch News|url= https://www.dutchnews.nl/2025/04/de-busser-bosses-shoot-out-to-seal-go-ahead-cup-final-comeback/ |accessdate=23 April 2025|title= De Busser bosses shoot-out to seal Go Ahead cup final comeback |date= 21 Apr 2025 }}
Honours
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Worldfootball.net|milan-smit}}
{{Authority control}}
{{Go Ahead Eagles squad}}
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Category:Sportspeople from Hoogeveen
Category:Footballers from Drenthe
Category:Dutch men's footballers
Category:Men's association football forwards
Category:Eerste Divisie players