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Bryan Smeets
Dutch footballer (born 1992)
Bryan George Jeffrey Smeets (born 22 November 1992) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Eerste Divisie club MVV.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Bryan George Jeffrey Smeets[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1992-11-22) 22 November 1992 (age 31) | ||
| Place of birth | Maastricht, Netherlands | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | MVV | ||
| Number | 5 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| MVV | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2010–2015 | MVV | 144 | (23) |
| 2015–2017 | De Graafschap | 52 | (4) |
| 2017–2018 | Cambuur | 7 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | TOP Oss | 37 | (12) |
| 2019–2022 | Sparta Rotterdam | 68 | (10) |
| 2022 | Lommel | 10 | (1) |
| 2022–2023 | RWD Molenbeek | 14 | (0) |
| 2023– | MVV | 29 | (8) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:44, 14 April 2024 (UTC) | |||
He formerly played for MVV Maastricht, De Graafschap and SC Cambuur. He is best known the myth of Bryan scoring the equalizer against Ajax in 2016, which dramatically decided the winner of the Eredivisie title to be PSV Eindhoven.
On 1 February 2022, Smeets signed with Lommel in Belgium.[2]
Only months later, on 18 May 2022, Smeets was announced as the first signing ahead of the 2022–23 season for RWDM.[3] He signed a two-year deal with an option for an additional year.[3] In December 2022, he was told by club management that he was unwanted and could leave.[4] In April 2023, he started practicing with his former club De Graafschap.[5]
On 30 June 2023, it was announced that Smeets had returned to his first professional club MVV on a three-year contract.[6][7]
He was part of the Netherlands squad at the 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup.
- As of match played 23 March 2024
| Club | Season | League | National cup[lower-alpha 1] | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| MVV | 2009–10 | Eerste Divisie | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | |
| 2010–11 | Eerste Divisie | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 15 | 1 | |
| 2011–12 | Eerste Divisie | 24 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 28 | 4 | |
| 2012–13 | Eerste Divisie | 32 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 35 | 10 | |
| 2013–14 | Eerste Divisie | 36 | 5 | 2 | 0 | — | 38 | 5 | ||
| 2014–15 | Eerste Divisie | 35 | 6 | 2 | 0 | — | 37 | 6 | ||
| Total | 144 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 157 | 25 | ||
| De Graafschap | 2015–16 | Eredivisie | 28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4[lower-alpha 2] | 1 | 33 | 2 |
| 2016–17 | Eerste Divisie | 24 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | 25 | 3 | ||
| Total | 52 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 58 | 5 | ||
| Cambuur | 2017–18 | Eerste Divisie | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 10 | 0 | |
| TOP Oss | 2018–19 | Eerste Divisie | 37 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 41 | 12 |
| Sparta Rotterdam | 2019–20[lower-alpha 3] | Eredivisie | 22 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | 23 | 4 | |
| 2020–21 | Eredivisie | 26 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 27 | 4 | |
| 2021–22 | Eerste Divisie | 20 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | 22 | 2 | ||
| Total | 68 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 72 | 10 | ||
| Lommel | 2021–22 | First Division B | 10 | 1 | — | — | 10 | 1 | ||
| RWD Molenbeek | 2022–23 | Challenger Pro League | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 15 | 0 | |
| MVV | 2023–24 | Eerste Divisie | 29 | 8 | 1 | 0 | — | 30 | 8 | |
| Career total | 361 | 58 | 19 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 393 | 61 | ||
- Includes KNVB Cup, Belgian Cup
- Appearances in Eredivisie promotion/relegation playoffs
- Season curtailed due to COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands
- Appearance(s) in Eredivisie European play-offs
- "List of Players – 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
- "Welkom Bryan Smeets!" (Press release) (in Dutch). Lommel. 1 February 2022. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
- "Welkom Bryan Smeets !". RWDM (in Flemish). 18 May 2022. Archived from the original on 19 June 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
- "Bryan Smeets mag van RWDM uitkijken naar een andere club". De Limburger (in Dutch). 12 December 2022. Archived from the original on 13 December 2022. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
- Delbeke, Michael (18 April 2023). "Bryan Smeets (op een zijspoor bij RWDM) traint mee met ex-club De Graafschap". Het Nieuwsblad (in Flemish). Archived from the original on 4 May 2023. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
- "Bryan Smeets terug op het rood-witte nest". MVV (Press release) (in Dutch). 30 June 2023. Archived from the original on 30 June 2023. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
- "Ajax-plaaggeest keert terug in Nederland: 'Erg blij dat hij voor ons koos'". Voetbalprimeur (in Dutch). 2 July 2023. Archived from the original on 2 July 2023. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
- Bryan Smeets at WorldFootball.net
- Voetbal International profile (in Dutch)
- Bryan Smeets at Soccerway