Alan Smith (soccer player, 1962)

Alan Smith
Personnel
Surname	Alan Martin Smith
birthday	November 21, 1962
place of birth	Bromsgrove ,  England
size	191 cm
position	Storm
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
1981-1982	Alvechurch FC
1982-1987	Leicester City	200 (76)
1987-1995	Arsenal FC	265 (86)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
1988-1992	England	13 0(2)
1990-1992	England B	4 0(4)
1 Only league games are given.

Alan Martin Smith (born November 21, 1962 in Bromsgrove , England ) is a former English football player who was best known for his time at Arsenal .

Career

The striker began his career with amateur club Alvechurch before becoming a professional footballer for Leicester City in 1982 . There he formed a successful storm duo with Gary Lineker and scored 84 times in 206 games. Five years later he moved to Arsenal for a transfer fee of £ 850,000 , where he played until his retirement in 1995 and scored 166 goals in 324 games.

He was also active for the English national team , but far less successful there than in his club career. From 1988 to 1992 he scored two goals in 13 games.

successes

All in the service of Arsenal FC

In the club

• English champion : 1989 , 1991
• English cup winner : 1993
• English league cup winner : 1993
• English Supercup winner : 1991
• European Cup Winner : 1994

Individual awards

• Football League First Division top scorer : 1989, 1991

Others

Smith currently takes on the role of one of the British commentators on the FIFA video game series annually, along with Martin Tyler , Alan McInally , Clive Tyldesley and Andy Townsend .

Web links

• Alan Smith in the soccerbase.com database