Michael Smith is an English professional footballer who plays for Charlton Athletic

Charlton Athletic F.C.

Charlton Athletic Football Club is an English professional football club based in Charlton, in the London Borough of Greenwich. They compete in Football League One, the third tier of English football. The club was founded on 9 June 1905, when a number of youth clubs in the southeast London area,...

. Smith plays as a striker.

Career

Smith made his debut in the Football League

The Football League

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 on 5 April 2010, replacing Chris Moore

Chris Moore (English footballer)

James Christopher "Chris" Moore is an English professional footballer who currently plays for Gateshead. He plays as a winger....

 in the 77th minute of Darlington

Darlington F.C.

Darlington Football Club is a professional association football club based in Darlington, County Durham, currently playing in the Conference National. The club was founded in 1883, and originally played its games at Feethams, before moving to the Darlington Arena in 2003...

's 1–0 home defeat by Hereford United

Hereford United F.C.

Hereford United Football Club is an English professional football club based in the city of Hereford. Founded in 1924, they are competing in Football League Two in the 2011–12 season. Hereford have played at Edgar Street for their entire history and are nicknamed 'The Whites' or 'The Lilywhites',...

 in League Two

Football League Two

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. He scored his first Football League goal on 1 May 2010, in the 79th minute of Darlington's 2–0 away win at Macclesfield Town

Macclesfield Town F.C.

Macclesfield Town Football Club is an English football team. The club was formed in 1874 and is based in the town of Macclesfield in Cheshire. The team play its home games at the 6,355 capacity Moss Rose stadium...

.

He joined Conference North

Conference North

The Conference North also known as Blue Square Bet North for sponsorship reasons, is a division of the Football Conference in England, taking its place immediately below the Conference National. Along with Conference South it is at Step 2 of the National League System and the sixth overall tier of...

 club Workington

Workington A.F.C.

Workington A.F.C. is an English football club from Workington, Cumbria. They are in the Conference North, and play their home matches at Borough Park, which has a capacity of 3,101 . The club play in red, and are known locally as the Reds...

 on loan for a month on 29 October 2010, and made six appearances before returning to Darlington. In his first four Conference National

Conference National

Conference National is the top division of the Football Conference in England. It is the highest level of the National League System and fifth highest of the overall English football league system...

 matches back with Darlington he scored six goals. In 30 April 2011 he signed a new two year contract along with Phil Gray and John McReady. In July 2011 Smith went on 2 week trial with Stoke City. Stoke didn't resume their interest in Smith and was sent back to Darlington. Watford then took Smith on trial. However he was also later sent back to Darlington. He made his Charlton debut against FC Halifax Town in the FA Cup, coming on in the 87th minute. Shortley after coming on he set up the fourth goal of the match from a cross.

External links

• Profile at Darlington F.C.'s website