1. Alex Smithies joined Queens Park Rangers in 2015 before joining Cardiff City in 2018.
24 Facts About Alex Smithies
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Alex Smithies made no appearances for the club and retired due to injury in 2024.
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Alex Smithies grew up in Golcar, in the Colne Valley area of Huddersfield.
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Alex Smithies previously played football for Westend Juniors in Huddersfield's local leagues, and he joined the Huddersfield Town academy at the age of 8.
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Alex Smithies made 48 starts, 17 of which resulted in a clean sheet for the Terriers.
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On 17 November 2009 Alex Smithies was linked with Stoke City after a scout from the club was the latest in a long string of Premier League interest to be seen at the Galpharm.
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Alex Smithies was named as the Football League Young Player of the Month for February 2010 after keeping three clean sheets in seven undefeated Huddersfield Town matches.
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Alex Smithies scored in emphatic fashion, before Simonsen put his penalty over the bar to give promotion to the Terriers.
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Alex Smithies went on to start all 46 of Huddersfield's Championship fixtures, as well as all but one of the club's five cup matches during the season, conceding 79 goals in the process.
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Alex Smithies started his second season in the Championship how he started his first, by starting all Huddersfield's opening eleven fixtures in all competitions, conceding ten goals during that time.
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On 25 September 2013, Alex Smithies signed a one-year contract extension at the club, keeping him at the John Smith's Stadium at least until the summer of 2016, with the option for a further year.
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Alex Smithies started his third season in the Championship as first choice goalkeeper, ahead of Joe Murphy.
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On 20 August 2015, Alex Smithies joined Queens Park Rangers for an undisclosed fee, signing a three-year deal.
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Alex Smithies made 46 appearances and kept seven clean sheets.
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Alex Smithies won the QPR player's player of the season, supporters' player of the season and the Junior Hoops players of the season awards.
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Alex Smithies signed for newly promoted Premier League club Cardiff City for an undisclosed fee on 28 June 2018, signing a four-year contract.
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On 6 February 2021, Alex Smithies was stretchered off the pitch after becoming unwell during a Severnside derby against Bristol City.
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Alex Smithies then returned to his goal and dropped to his haunches, before eventually lying flat on his back off the pitch where he was treated for eight minutes by medical staff.
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Alex Smithies sat up, and at one point attempted to stand with the help of a doctor, but sat back down, by which point a stretcher had already been called for.
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On 10 June 2022, Cardiff announced Alex Smithies would leave the club when his contract expired on 30 June.
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On 12 August 2022, Alex Smithies signed for Premier League side Leicester City on a free transfer, signing a two-year deal.
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Alex Smithies has four caps for the England U-16s and ten caps for the England U-17s including five during the 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup in South Korea.
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In November 2008, Alex Smithies received his first England U-19 call up for a friendly against Germany U-19.
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On 24 August 2010, Alex Smithies received his first call-up to the England U-21s for their matches against Portugal U-21s and Lithuania U-21s.