Rein Smit

Rein Smit (born 5 January 2001) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a forward.

Rein Smit
Personal information
Date of birth (2001-01-05) 5 January 2001
Place of birth Castricum, Netherlands
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
2006–2012 FC Castricum
2012–2014 ADO '20
2014–2019 Heerenveen
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2021 Heerenveen 6 (0)
2021–2023 Telstar 40 (10)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 June 2023

Career

Heerenveen

Smit played youth football for amateur clubs FC Castricum and ADO '20.[2] In 2014, he was scouted to the youth academy of SC Heerenveen.[3] He made his professional debut in the first team on 21 December 2019 in a 1–1 draw at home against Heracles Almelo. He came on as a substitute for Anders Dreyer in the 79th minute.[4][5]

Telstar

On 20 July 2021, Smit signed with Eerste Divisie club Telstar. That same evening he made his unofficial debut against Quick Boys in pre-season. He also scored his first goal in the 63rd minute in that match.[6] He made his official debut on 6 August in a 1–1 draw against FC Emmen at home at BUKO Stadion.[7] On 10 September, Smit scored his first goal in the 72nd minute of the league match against Almere City and thereby secured a 1–1 draw after having come on as a substitute for Cas Dijkstra in the 58th minute.[8][9]

On 24 January 2023, Smit made his first start of the season, and scored his first professional hat-trick, strongly contributing to Telstar's 5–3 league victory against MVV.[10][11]

Career statistics
As of match played 7 April 2023[12]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League KNVB Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Heerenveen 2019–20 Eredivisie 1000—10
2020–21 Eredivisie 5000—50
Total 6000—60
Telstar 2021–22 Eerste Divisie 25730—287
2022–23 Eerste Divisie 15310—163
Total 401040—4410
Career total 461040005010

    References
    1. "R. Smit – Profiel". Voetbal International. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
    2. "CASTRICUMMER REIN SMIT PROFVOETBALLER BIJ SC HEERENVEEN". FC Castricum (in Dutch). 6 August 2019.
    3. "Rein Smit tekent bij Heerenveen". ADO'20 (in Dutch). 10 May 2019.
    4. "Heerenveen vs. Heracles - 21 December 2019". Soccerway. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
    5. "SC Heerenveen sluit 2019 af met gelijkspel tegen Heracles". Leeuwarder Courant (in Dutch). 21 December 2019.
    6. Lambers, Milo (27 July 2021). "Nieuwe spits Rein Smit op weg naar basisplaats bij Telstar: Hij is een tijger. Hij loert, vecht en vliegt erop af". Noordhollands Dagblad (in Dutch).
    7. "Telstar vs. Emmen – 6 August 2021". Soccerway. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
    8. "Telstar vs. Almere City – 10 September 2021". Soccerway. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
    9. Swagers, Stef (10 September 2021). "Invaller Rein Smit kopt Telstar naar een punt tegen Almere City". NH Nieuws (in Dutch).
    10. Meijden, Frank van der (24 January 2023). "Hattrick Rein Smit absolute hoogtepunt in klinkende zege Telstar op MVV". NH Nieuws (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 27 January 2023. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
    11. Lambers, Milo (24 January 2023). "Rein Smit leek van Telstar op weg naar de amateurs maar draaide het om. Met een hattrick tegen MVV liet hij zich zien". Noordhollands Dagblad (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 30 January 2023. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
    12. Rein Smit at WorldFootball.net
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