Eric

Smith

Eric Smith history

Eric Smith was born on 8 January 1997 in Halmstad and plays for FC St. Pauli. He played for Halmstads BK from 2002-2016, for IFK Norrköping from 2016-2018, for KAA Gent from 2018-2019, for Tromsö IL from 2019-2019, for KAA Gent from 2020-2020, for IFK Norrköping from 2020-2020, for KAA Gent from 2021-2021 and has played for FC St. Pauli since 2021.

Current season 2024/25

In this season, the 28-year-old has scored one goal and takes eighth place within his squad. He shares this rank with Noah Weißhaupt, Lars Ritzka, Andreas Albers and Siebe Van der Heyden. With one assist, Eric Smith presently has the sixth-most in his team along with Manolis Saliakas, Danel Sinani, David Nemeth and Oladapo Afolayan. The 1.92m-tall defender was in the starting line-up in all previous 32 games of the season. Of these, he won six games with his club.

His pass success rate amounts to 84.54 per cent, with which Eric Smith occupies third place in the team-internal statistics. His tackle success rate amounts to 57.73 per cent. With this, he occupies second place in the team-internal statistics.

Last game

The player with the shirt number 8 played his last game on the 34th matchday of the 2024/25 season (17 May 2025). Playing for FC St. Pauli, he lost against VfL Bochum 1848 0-2. He played as a midfielder throughout this entire game. In terms of total touches, Eric Smith had 89 individual ball possessions, which is the highest amount of any player in the game. Furthermore, he had 16 tackle challenges in the last match. Of these, he was able to win eight. He was additionally able to make 67 successful passes – the best performance in the game. Eric Smith covered a distance of 11.1 km during his total playing time in this game. In doing so, he had a total of 14 sprints.

Bundesliga career and records

Eric Smith has played 32 matches in the course of his career in the Bundesliga. Of these, he has won six. He has played all the matches of his career in the Bundesliga as a member of FC St. Pauli. Here, Eric Smith has put a total of one ball in the net.