Connor Smith (footballer, born 1993)
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Connor Michael Smith[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 18 February 1993 | ||
| Place of birth | Mullingar, Ireland | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team |
Barnet (assistant manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2010 | Mullingar Athletic | ||
| 2010–2011 | Watford | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2011–2016 | Watford | 8 | (0) |
| 2011–2012 | → Wealdstone (loan) | 22 | (3) |
| 2014 | → Gillingham (loan) | 10 | (0) |
| 2015 | → Stevenage (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 2016 | AFC Wimbledon | 10 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | Plymouth Argyle | 25 | (1) |
| 2017–2018 | Yeovil Town | 19 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | Boreham Wood | 9 | (0) |
| 2019 | Billericay Town | 5 | (1) |
| 2019 | → Kingstonian (loan) | 4 | (1) |
| 2019 | → Kings Langley (loan) | 8 | (0) |
| 2019–2021 | Wealdstone | 51 | (2) |
| 2021–2022 | Boreham Wood | 14 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | Barnet | 7 | (0) |
| Total | 196 | (8) | |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2009 | Republic of Ireland U17 | ||
| 2011–2012 | Republic of Ireland U19 | 6 | (1) |
| 2013–2014 | Republic of Ireland U21 | 4 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 18:58, 31 October 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 13:20, 8 September 2015 (UTC) | |||
Connor Michael Smith (born 18 February 1993) is an Irish former footballer who played as a midfielder. He is currently assistant coach of EFL League Two club Barnet.
Born in Ireland, Smith came to prominence in 2010, finishing as runner-up to Ben Greenhalgh on the television show Football's Next Star.[2] He joined the academy setup at Watford later that year in May, signing a two-year apprenticeship.[3]
In November 2011, Smith joined Isthmian League side Wealdstone on loan until January 2012, along with Britt Assombalonga.[4] In January, the loan was extended for a further two months after the club had remained unbeaten.[5]
Smith signed his first professional contract with Watford in May 2012.[6] His professional debut for Watford came on 18 August 2012, in a 3–2 victory over Crystal Palace in the Football League Championship, replacing Sean Murray as a substitute. On 8 January 2014, Smith signed on loan for Gillingham until the end of the 2013–14 season.[7]
On 1 September 2015, Smith signed for League Two side Stevenage on an initial month loan.[8] Smith left Watford on 21 January 2016 after his contract was cancelled by mutual consent. The next day Smith signed a permanent contract with AFC Wimbledon. Despite only playing 11 games for the Dons, Smith joined Plymouth Argyle.[9] He scored his first goal for Plymouth in an EFL Trophy tie against former club AFC Wimbledon on 4 October 2016.[10]
Having helped Plymouth Argyle to achieve promotion to League One, Smith was released at the end of the 2016–17 season.[11] Following his release by Plymouth, Smith signed for League Two side Yeovil Town on a two-year contract.[12] On 5 July 2018, Smith's contract with Yeovil Town was terminated by mutual consent.[13]
On 6 July 2018, Smith signed for National League side Boreham Wood.[14]
On 4 January 2019, Smith signed for Billericay Town on an 18-month contract.[15]
Smith then signed for Wealdstone for a second time ahead of the 2019–2020 season.[16] Smith was part of the Wealdstone side who won promotion to the National League in 2019-20. Smith's first goal in his second stint at the Stones came on 2 March 2021, against his former side Boreham Wood in a 1–0 victory.[17] On 4 June 2021 it was announced that Smith had left the club.[18]
In June 2021, Smith returned to Boreham Wood to take on a player/first team coach role.[19] On 12 July 2022, Smith signed for Barnet on a two-year contract.[20]
Coaching career
In June 2023, following the departure of John Dreyer, Smith was promoted to assistant manager at Barnet.[21] In October 2025, he signed a new two-and-a-half year contract.[22]
