Jimmy Smith (English footballer)
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{{about|the current English footballer|the former Scottish footballer who played for Rangers|Jimmy Smith (footballer born 1911)|the former Scottish footballer who played for Newcastle|Jimmy Smith (footballer born 1947)}}
{{otherpersons|Jimmy Smith}}
{{Football player infobox
| playername = Jimmy Smith
| image = <!-- [[Image:Jimmy smith.jpg|300px]] -->
| fullname = James Dean Smith
| height =
| nickname =
| dateofbirth = {{Birth date and age|1987|1|7|mf=y}}
| cityofbirth = [[London Borough of Newham|Newham]]
| countryofbirth = [[England]]
| currentclub = [[Sheffield Wednesday F.C.|Sheffield Wednesday]] (on loan from [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]])
| clubnumber = <!--46-->14
| position = [[Midfielder]]
| youthyears =
| youthclubs =
| years = 2003–<br> 2006–2007<br> 2007<br>2008–
| clubs = [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]]<br> → [[Queens Park Rangers F.C.|Queens Park Rangers]] (loan)<br> → [[Norwich City F.C.|Norwich City]] (loan)<br> → [[Sheffield Wednesday F.C.|Sheffield Wednesday]] (loan)
| caps(goals) = {{0}}1 {{0}}(0)<br> 29 {{0}}(6)<br> {{0}}9 {{0}}(0)<br>{{0}}0 {{0}}(0)
| nationalyears = 2002–2003<br> 2003–2004<br> 2005–2006
| nationalteam = [[England national under-16 football team|England U16]]<br> [[England national under-17 football team|England U17]]<br> [[England national under-19 football team|England U19]]
| nationalcaps(goals) = {{0}}1 {{0}}(0)<br>{{0}}3 {{0}}(1)<br>{{0}}7 {{0}}(2)
| pcupdate = 21:03, 9 July 2008 (UTC)
| ntupdate =
}}
'''James Dean "Jimmy" Smith''' (born 7 January 1987 in [[London Borough of Newham|Newham]], [[England]]) is a professional [[Football (soccer)|footballer]] currently playing for [[Sheffield Wednesday F.C.|Sheffield Wednesday]] on loan from [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]].
==Career==
===Chelsea===
Smith is an attacking-midfielder by trade and made his first appearance for the [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]] first team in the last game of the [[FA Premier League 2005-06|2005-06]] Premiership season, coming on as a substitute for [[Ricardo Carvalho]] against [[Newcastle United F.C.|Newcastle United]].
He had been part of the Chelsea Academy for nearly three years when he was first called into the First Team, and José Mourinho has stated that he wishes for more young players to follow in Smith's footsteps and become part of the main squad.
===Queens Park Rangers===
On 27 September 2006 Jimmy joined [[Queens Park Rangers F.C.]] on loan for an initial month.
In that month Smith impressed, scoring twice in his first two games including a goal on his home debut at [[Loftus Road]] in the 3-3 draw with [[Norwich City F.C.|Norwich City]]. He impressed the QPR management team enough that it was announced in October 2006 his loan spell would be extended for a further two months. Later on in the year, QPR announced they had extended the loan until the end of the season.
On 4 November 2006 Jimmy Smith scored two goals against [[Crystal Palace F.C.|Crystal Palace]] at Loftus Road to help QPR win 4-2, the first goal was particularly good, a volley after a good chest control on the edge of the area. He got the second with a neat header.
===Norwich City===
On 19 July 2007, he signed on loan for Championship side Norwich City, a deal that will run until the end of December.<ref name="Grant snaps up Chelsea midfielder">{{cite news
| title = Grant snaps up Chelsea midfielder
| url = http://www.canaries.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsDetails/0,,10355~1075386,00.html
| publisher = www.canaries.co.uk
| date = [[2007-07-19]]
| accessdate = 2007-08-01}}</ref> However, on 25 July 2007, Smith sustained a worrying calf injury in Norwich's pre-season friendly with [[FC Zwolle]], which kept him out of action for almost three months.
Smith finally made his competitive debut for Norwich on 23 October 2007, as a substitute in a 2-1 defeat to [[Burnley F.C.|Burnley]] at [[Turf Moor]].
The final appearance of his loan spell with [[Norwich City F.C.|The Canaries]] came in their 1-1 home draw vs [[Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.|Wolverhampton Wanderers]] on 29 December 2007. Smith has largely disappointed in his loan spell, however, he has been played out of position on the right of a four man midfield for much of his time at the club. After the game with Wolves, Norwich manager [[Glenn Roeder]] confirmed he had been in talks with Chelsea sporting director [[Frank Arnesen]] and that his club hoped to extend Smith's time there until the end of the season.
Norwich however failed to reach a deal for the extension of Smith's loan contract and so on the 4 January 2008, he returned to Chelsea,<ref name="Smith returns to Chelsea">{{cite news
| title = Smith returns to Chelsea
| url = http://www.canaries.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsDetails/0,,10355~1206075,00.html
| publisher = www.canaries.co.uk
| date = [[2007-01-04]]
| accessdate = 2007-04-13}}</ref> where he has since been a regular feature of the reserves team.
===Sheffield Wednesday===
In June 2008, it was reported that [[Football League Championship|Championship]] side [[Sheffield Wednesday F.C.|Sheffield Wednesday]] were interested in Smith.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/sheff_wed/7470747.stm|title= Sheff Wed track Chelsea youngster|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=June 25|accessyear=2008}}</ref> It was later announced on 1 July 2008 that the midfielder would be joining ''the Owls'' on a loan deal until 10 January 2009.<ref name="Chelsea starlet heads for Hillsborough">{{cite news
| title = Chelsea starlet heads for Hillsborough
| url = http://www.swfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/News/0,,10304~1337047,00.html
| publisher = SWFC.co.uk
| date = [[2008-07-01]]
| accessdate = 2008-07-01}}</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.chelseafc.com/page/TheReservesProfiles/0,,10268~930512,00.html Jimmy Smith player profile] at chelseafc.com
*[http://www.swfc.co.uk/page/ProfilesDetail/0,,10304~36438,00.html Jimmy Smith player profile] at swfc.co.uk
*[http://www.qpr.co.uk/page/ProfilesDetail/0,,10373~36438,00.html Jimmy Smith player profile] at qpr.co.uk
*{{soccerbase|id=43768|name=Jimmy Smith}}
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