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Milan Smit

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Milan Smit
Personal information
Full name Milan Smit[1]
Date of birth (2003-02-13) 13 February 2003 (age 23)
Place of birth Hollandscheveld, Netherlands
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)[2]
Position Forward
Team information
Current team
 Stoke City
Number 49
Youth career
–2010 SV HODO
2010–2011 Emmen
2011–2017 Heerenveen
2017–2020 Twente
2020–2021 Cambuur
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2022–2024 Cambuur 56 (22)
2024–2026 Go Ahead Eagles 41 (9)
2026 → Stoke City (loan) 13 (2)
2026– Stoke City 0 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 13:50, 2 May 2026 (UTC)

Milan Smit (born 13 February 2003) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a forward for EFL Championship club Stoke City.[2]

Career

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Early career

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Smit was born in Hollandscheveld, Drenthe, and played youth football with local club SV HODO.[3] At the age of seven he moved to Emmen for six months before joining Heerenveen. After six seasons in Friesland, he moved to the Twente youth academy, where he also played for three more years before joining SC Cambuur in 2020.[3]

Cambuur

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Smit made his professional debut in the Eredivisie for Cambuur on 3 April 2022 in a 2–1 defeat against NEC Nijmegen.[4] Smit scored his first professional goal when he scored a 95th-minute equaliser against RKC Waalwijk on 6 May 2022, becoming Cambuur's youngest Eredivisie goalscorer.[5][6] Smit voiced to the media that such a goal was a prime motivator for him over the summer of 2022 to prove that he was more than a "one-goal wonder".[7] He played a further 15 times in 2022–23 as Cambuur suffered relegation to the Eerste Divisie.[8] He signed a new contract with Cambuur in August 2023.[9] Smit would go on to be the top scorer for the club during the 2023–24 season, with nineteen league goals, 24 in all competitions. In August 2024, a fee was reportedly agreed of around €900,000, excluding add-ons, for his transfer to Eredivisie club Go Ahead Eagles.[10]

Go Ahead Eagles

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On 26 August 2024, Smit signed a four-season contract with Go Ahead Eagles. Upon his signing the club’s technical manager Paul Bosvelt noted that he was already in his fourth season in professional football, despite being only the age of 21 years-old, describing him as "a talented attacker with scoring ability who can hopefully develop further with us.”[11] He made his debut for the club on 15 September 2024 in the Eredivisie in a 2–1 away win against Sparta Rotterdam.[12] He scored his first goal for the club on 18 January 2025, scoring a 95th minute winning goal in a 2–1 home victory against FC Groningen.[13] He scored in the penalty shootout in the final of the 2025 KNVB Cup final as Go Ahead Eagles won the trophy for the first time in their history, winning on penalties against AZ Alkmaar on 21 April 2025.[14] Winning the cup earned Go Ahead a place in the UEFA Europa League and Smit scored twice against Panathinaikos in a 2–1 victory on 2 October 2025.[15]

Stoke City

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On 25 January 2026, Smit joined EFL Championship club Stoke City on loan until the end of the 2025–26 campaign, with a conditional obligation to buy in the summer.[16][17] Smit scored his first goals in English football on 10 March 2026 in a 3–3 draw against Ipswich Town with his 2nd a 96th minute penalty.[18] On 14 May 2026, Stoke confirmed they had signed Smit on a permanent basis.[19]

Career statistics

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As of match played 2 May 2026[2]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Cambuur 2021–22 Eredivisie 4100———41
2022–23 Eredivisie 13121———152
2023–24 Eerste Divisie 361955———4124
2024–25 Eerste Divisie 3100———31
Total 562276———6328
Go Ahead Eagles 2024–25 Eredivisie 22340———263
2025–26 Eredivisie 19621—6[c]31[d]02810
Total 41961—63105513
Stoke City (loan) 2025–26 Championship 1321000——142
Career total 1103314700631013143
  1. ↑ Includes FA Cup, KNVB Cup
  2. ↑ Includes EFL Cup
  3. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  4. ↑ Appearance in Johan Cruyff Shield

Honours

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Go Ahead Eagles

References

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  1. ↑ "EFL Professional Retain List 2025/26". efl.com. 15 June 2026. Retrieved 4 July 2026.
  2. 1 2 3 Milan Smit at Soccerway
  3. 1 2 "Hollandscheveld en familie apetrots op Cambuur-topscorer Milan Smit" [Hollandscheveld and family very proud of Cambuur top scorer Milan Smit]. RTV Drenthe (in Dutch). Retrieved 29 January 2026.
  4. ↑ "CAMBUUR VS. BREDA 2-1". Soccerway. 3 April 2022. Retrieved 23 April 2025.
  5. ↑ "Cambuur-jongeling Smit wist niet hoe te juichen na zijn eerste Eredivisie-goal" [Cambuur youngster Smit didn't know how to celebrate after his first Eredivisie goal]. NU.NL (in Dutch). Retrieved 29 January 2026.
  6. ↑ "CAMBUUR VS. WAALWIJK 1-1". Soccerway. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 23 April 2025.
  7. ↑ "Milan Smit wants to prove at SC Cambuur next season that he is not just the boy from that one late goal". frieschdagblad.nl. 17 July 2022.
  8. ↑ "FC Groningen and Cambuur relegated from the Eredivisie". NL Times. Retrieved 29 January 2026.
  9. ↑ "Hollandschevelder Milan Smit verlengt contract bij SC Cambuur" [Hollandschevelder Milan Smit extends contract with SC Cambuur]. RTV Drenthe (in Dutch). Retrieved 29 January 2026.
  10. ↑ Faber, Andor (30 August 2024). "Henk de Jong would prefer two new players for Cambuur: "But it's short notice"". Omropfryslan.nl. Retrieved 23 April 2025.
  11. ↑ "Milan Smit tekent contract tot 2028" [Milan Smit signs contract until 2028] (in Dutch). Go Ahead Eagles. 26 August 2024. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
  12. ↑ "SPARTA ROTTERDAM VS. GO AHEAD EAGLES 1 - 2". Soccerway. 15 September 2024. Retrieved 23 April 2025.
  13. ↑ "GO AHEAD EAGLES VS. GRONINGEN 2 - 1". Soccerway. 18 January 2025. Retrieved 23 April 2025.
  14. ↑ "De Busser bosses shoot-out to seal Go Ahead cup final comeback". Dutch News. 21 April 2025. Retrieved 23 April 2025.
  15. ↑ "Smit the hero as Go Ahead Eagles come from behind to stun Panathinaikos". Soccerway. Retrieved 29 January 2026.
  16. ↑ "City snap up striker Smit". Stoke City FC (Press release). 25 January 2026. Retrieved 25 January 2026.
  17. ↑ "Stoke sign Dutch striker Smit from Go Ahead Eagles". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 January 2026.
  18. ↑ "Stoke City 3–3 Ipswich Town". BBC Sport. Retrieved 11 May 2026.
  19. ↑ "Stoke City release Lewis Baker and Steven Nzonzi, sign Milan Smit on permanent deal". BBC Sport. 14 May 2026. Retrieved 14 May 2026.
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