Tommy Smith (footballer, born 1980), Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Tommy Smith (footballer, born 1980)

English association football player, born 1980 in Hemel Hempstead

Date of Birth: 22-May-1980

Place of Birth: Hemel Hempstead, England, United Kingdom

Profession: association football player

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Gemini


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About Tommy Smith (footballer, born 1980)

  • Thomas William Smith (born 22 May 1980) is an English retired professional footballer who last played for Brentford.
  • He is normally used as a right winger or a striker. Smith started his career at Watford, where his younger brother Jack was also a trainee.
  • He played a part in Watford's consecutive promotions from the Second Division, reaching the Premier League in 1999.
  • Although Watford were relegated in 2000, Smith represented his country at under-21 level the following season.
  • He left Watford to join Sunderland on a free transfer in 2003, before moving to Derby County in 2004.
  • He was voted Derby Player of the year in 2006, before re-joining Watford.
  • After the club's relegation in his first season back at Vicarage Road, Smith's subsequent performances earned him consecutive Watford Player of the Season awards in 2007–08 and 2008–09.
  • At the start of the following season he was sold to Premier League club Portsmouth.
  • The club faced administration that season, and were eventually relegated.
  • The following season, Smith joined Championship club Queens Park Rangers, becoming a regular in a team challenging for promotion to the Premier League.
  • Smith joined Brentford in the summer of 2014, spending one season there where he helped them to the Championship play-offs.

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