Sylvia Smit
Dutch footballer (born 1986)
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Sylvia Smit (born 4 July 1986) is a Dutch former footballer who plays as a midfielder and striker for clubs in the Dutch Eredivisie Vrouwen and the Belgian-Dutch BeNe League. She also had 106 appearances for the Netherlands women's national football team.
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Sylvia Smit | ||
| Date of birth | 4 July 1986 | ||
| Place of birth | Stadskanaal, Netherlands | ||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||
| Positions | |||
| Team information | |||
Current team | PEC Zwolle | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| VV SETA | |||
| VV SPW | |||
| SC Stadskanaal | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2002–2005 | Oranje Nassau | ||
| 2005–2007 | Be Quick '28 | ||
| 2007–2008 | FC Twente | 20 | (10) |
| 2008–2011 | SC Heerenveen | 63 | (34) |
| 2011–2014 | PEC Zwolle | 68 | (31) |
| 2014–2015 | SC Heerenveen | 24 | (5) |
| 2015– | DTS Ede | ||
| International career‡ | |||
| 2004–2013 | Netherlands | 106 | (30) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 10:15, 1 February 2011 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 10 January 2018 | |||
Club career
Smit's career started at amateur clubs SETA (from Musselkanaal), SPW and SC Stadskanaal (both from Stadskanaal). In 2002, she joined Oranje Nassau, winning the KNVB Women's Cup in her third and final season at the club. She then joined Be Quick '28 in 2005 and was the top scorer of the Hoofdklasse. When the professional Dutch women's league, the Eredivisie Vrouwen, was formed in 2007, she joined FC Twente for the league's inaugural season and won her second Dutch Cup at the club.[1] In 2008, she joined SC Heerenveen and was the Eredivisie top scorer for two consecutive seasons, with 14 goals in 2008–09[2] and 11 goals in 2009–10.[3][4]
She joined FC Zwolle in 2011 and when the Belgian and Dutch leagues merged creating the BeNe League. She played the inaugural season for the club (then renamed PEC Zwolle).[1]
On 1 August 2014, she returned to SC Heerenveen and signed a one-year contract.[5][6]
On 11 June 2015, it was announced she was joining DTS Ede in the Dutch Topklasse.[7]
International career
On 6 August 2004 Smit debuted for the senior Netherlands women's national football team, playing the first half of a 2–0 friendly defeat to Japan in Zeist.[8][9]
Smit also featured in the Dutch run to the semi-final of UEFA Women's Euro 2009, playing all of the Netherlands five matches in the tournament and scoring a goal.[10]
On 25 November 2012, she earned her 100th cap for the national team in a friendly match against Wales at Velsen, scoring the first goal of the 2–0 Dutch win.[1][8][11][12]
In June 2013 national team coach Roger Reijners selected Smit in his Netherlands squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2013 in Sweden.[13] She came on as a substitute in the tournament against Iceland on 17 July 2013, her final appearance for the Netherlands.[14]
International goals
- Scores and results list the Netherlands goal tally first.[8]
Honours
- Oranje Nassau
- KNVB Women's Cup (1): 2004–05
- FC Twente
- KNVB Women's Cup (1): 2007–08
- DTS Ede
- Topklasse (1): 2015–16