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Michael Smith, Centre-Forward at Preston North End

Michael

Smith

CF Preston North End #14

Centre-Forward – Forward

Michael Smith

Preston North End Championship
  • #1158 striker aged 30+
Date of birth / Age
17 Oct 1991 (35)
Citizenship
England
Foot
Right
Height · Weight
1.91 m / 86 kg
Main position
Centre-Forward
Contract until
2028

Benchmarks

strikers with 900+ minutes, last two seasons

World rank

#3282

striker in the world by TSH Score

In his age group

#1158

among strikers aged 30+

In his league

14%

of Championship strikers rank below him

Finishing

+0.6

goals above expected · better than 63% of players

Shooting

last 3 seasons (no penalties)
Goals
14 Expected
13.4

91 shots. He scores about what the chances he gets would predict.

Creating

last 3 seasons
Assists
2 Expected
2.6

Teammates converted his chances about as expected.

Season 2026/27

Appearances
6
Starting eleven
5
Goals
1
Assists
–
Yellow cards
0
Second yellows
–
Red cards
0
Minutes
368
Starting eleven83%

5 of 6 appearances

Positions played

198 matches · since 2018/19
PositionAppsGA
Centre-Forward
188 32 8
Attacking Midfield
6 1 0
Right Winger
3 0 0
Central Midfield
1 0 0

Career stats

Season
Competitions
Club
By competitionAppsGA
League One27080–
Championship198338
League Two7020–
National League224–
FA Cup208–
EFL Vertu Trophy1710–
Carabao Cup152–
National League N / S50–
FA Trophy20–

* Assists and second yellows are counted where the data has them, mostly league games from 2014/15; cups and internationals show “–”. Friendlies are excluded. Data as of 2 Nov 2026.

Clubs and transfers

  1. Jul 2026 · Transfer Preston North End Mansfield Town
  2. Jul 2025 · Transfer Sheffield Wednesday Preston North End
  3. Jul 2022 · Transfer Rotherham United Sheffield Wednesday
  4. Jan 2018 · Transfer Bury Rotherham United
  5. Aug 2017 · Transfer Portsmouth Bury
  6. May 2017 · Back from Loan Northampton Town FC Portsmouth
  7. Jan 2017 · Loan Portsmouth Northampton Town FC Loan
  8. Jul 2016 · Transfer Swindon Town Portsmouth
  9. May 2016 · Back from Loan Portsmouth Swindon Town
  10. Feb 2016 · Loan Swindon Town Portsmouth Loan
  11. Jan 2016 · Back from Loan Barnsley Swindon Town
  12. Sept 2015 · Loan Swindon Town Barnsley Loan

Clubs

  1. ClubAppsGoals
  2. Mansfield Town 2026 6 1
  3. Preston North End 2025 40 3
  4. Sheffield Wednesday 2022–2025 127 32
  5. Rotherham United 2017–2022 210 61
  6. Bury 2017 23 2
  7. Portsmouth 2015–2017 37 10
  8. Northampton Town 2016 14 2
  9. Swindon Town 2013–2016 72 26

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  • High-speed running / 90742 m
  • Sprints / 9021
  • Top speed34.2 km/h

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Right winger, 24, left foot

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Beats his man one against one, arrives late at the far post, presses the full-back hard.

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Loses duels in the air; final pass drops under fatigue.

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Beats his man one against one, arrives late at the far post, presses the full-back hard.

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Loses duels in the air; final pass drops under fatigue.

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