Marnix Smit
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 10 December 1975 | ||
| Place of birth | Almelo, Netherlands | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position | Centre back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| SV Rietvogels | |||
| FC Twente | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1999–2009 | Heracles Almelo | 231 | (13) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
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.[1][2]
Smit was born in Almelo and played youth football for SV Rietvogels and FC Twente.[3] 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.[4] Smit subsequently made his debut in professional football on 16 August 1999, in an away match against FC Eindhoven.[1] During the 2004–05 season, he helped Heracles become Eerste Divisie champions.[4] 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".[4] Smit subsequently played for three more seasons in the Eredivisie with Heracles, before leaving the club in the summer of 2009.[1] He then moved to amateur side SVZW,[5] where he played until 2012.[1]
