Arvid Smit

Arvid Smit (born 12 December 1980 in Heerhugowaard, North Holland) is a Dutch football coach and former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He is currently the assistant coach for the Netherlands women's national football team.[1]

Arvid Smit
Personal information
Full name Arvid Smit
Date of birth (1980-12-12) 12 December 1980
Place of birth Heerhugowaard, Netherlands
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Netherlands women (assistant)
Youth career
Kolping Boys
ADO '20
DEM
Haarlem
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2001 Telstar 66 (8)
2002 → De Graafschap (loan) 12 (1)
2002–2007 PSV 0 (0)
2002–2003 → De Graafschap (loan) 26 (4)
2003–2004 → Groningen (loan) 29 (5)
2005–2006 → Willem II (loan) 35 (6)
2007 → Marítimo (loan) 13 (1)
2007–2008 Marítimo 0 (0)
2008 → União Leiria (loan) 12 (0)
2008–2009 Volendam 11 (0)
2009–2011 Telstar 20 (2)
Total 224 (27)
Teams managed
2017–2019 Telstar (assistant)
2017–2019 DEM
2019– Netherlands women (assistant)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Football career

After impressing with Telstar in the second division, Smit was signed by country giants PSV Eindhoven in 2002, but would appear very rarely officially for his new team and never in the Eredivisie, going on to serve three loans in the country, always in the top flight.

In January 2007, still owned by PSV, Smit moved to Portugal's C.S. Marítimo, making his first appearance on the 29th in the local derby of Madeira against C.D. Nacional.[2] After a good spell – he started in all the Primeira Liga games during the season, completing all but one – the move was made permanent, but he was deemed surplus to requirements shortly after, which prompted a new January move, also in the country, as he joined (on loan) U.D. Leiria.

Smit returned to his country in the 2008 summer, signing with top level side FC Volendam. After having appeared sparingly throughout the campaign, he dropped down a category and returned to his first professional club, Telstar, retiring from professional football in July 2011 at the age of 30.

References
  1. "ARVID SMIT AAN DE SLAG ALS ASSISTENT-COACH ORANJELEEUWINNEN". KNVB. 31 October 2019. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
  2. "Tactical Formation". Football-Lineups. Retrieved 3 February 2007.
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