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 the ongoing season, Eric Smith has scored one goal and takes fifth place within his squad. He shares this rank with Manolis Saliakas, Carlo Boukhalfa and Andreas Albers. The player with the shirt number 8 was in the starting line-up in all previous 15 games of the season. Of these, he won three games with his club.

His pass success rate amounts to 84.2 per cent, with which the 28-year-old occupies second place in the team-internal statistics. His tackle success rate amounts to 66.67 per cent. In the league ranking for this category, he is second-best with this result.

Last game

Eric Smith played his last game on the 16th matchday of the 2024/25 season (11 January 2025). Playing for FC St. Pauli, he lost against Eintracht Frankfurt 0-1. He played as a defender throughout this entire game. In terms of total touches, he had 68 individual ball possessions. Furthermore, he had five tackle challenges in the last match. Of these, Eric Smith was able to win four. He was additionally able to make 44 successful passes – the best performance within his club for this game. He covered a distance of 11.6 km during his total playing time in this game. In doing so, the 1.92m-tall defender had a total of 21 sprints.

Bundesliga career and records

Eric Smith has played 15 matches throughout the course of his career in the Bundesliga. Of these, he has won three. 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.