Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 10 December 1975 | ||
Place of birth | Almelo, Netherlands | ||
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Position(s) | Centre back | ||
Youth career | |||
SV Rietvogels | |||
FC Twente | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
1999–2009 | Heracles Almelo | 231 | (13) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Marnix Smit (born 10 December 1975) is a Dutch former footballer who played as a centre back. He spent all of his professional career, which lasted ten years, with Heracles Almelo. [1] [2]
Smit was born in Almelo and played youth football for SV Rietvogels and FC Twente. [3] In January 1999, while playing for the reserve team of FC Twente, he was approached by Eerste Divisie side Heracles Almelo, who were looking to give the club a more regional image with players who were from the area. [4] Smit subsequently made his debut in professional football on 16 August 1999, in an away match against FC Eindhoven. [1] During the 2004–05 season, he helped Heracles become Eerste Divisie champions. [4] During the next season, they were able to stay in the Eredivisie comfortably (reaching 13th place), of which he said in 2014: "it felt like winning another championship". [4] Smit subsequently played for three more seasons in the Eredivisie with Heracles, before leaving the club in the summer of 2009. [1] He then moved to amateur side SVZW, [5] where he played until 2012. [1]
Smit was known as a player with good passing ability, and as a free kick specialist. [3]
While playing professional football, Smit was a public administration student at the University of Twente. [6] In 2010, he obtained a PhD degree in urban planning at the same university with a dissertation entitled "Safeguarding public interests in urban planning: A study on the impact of public-private partnerships on the public interest". [7]
Heracles Almelo
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 10 December 1975 | ||
Place of birth | Almelo, Netherlands | ||
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Position(s) | Centre back | ||
Youth career | |||
SV Rietvogels | |||
FC Twente | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
1999–2009 | Heracles Almelo | 231 | (13) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Marnix Smit (born 10 December 1975) is a Dutch former footballer who played as a centre back. He spent all of his professional career, which lasted ten years, with Heracles Almelo. [1] [2]
Smit was born in Almelo and played youth football for SV Rietvogels and FC Twente. [3] In January 1999, while playing for the reserve team of FC Twente, he was approached by Eerste Divisie side Heracles Almelo, who were looking to give the club a more regional image with players who were from the area. [4] Smit subsequently made his debut in professional football on 16 August 1999, in an away match against FC Eindhoven. [1] During the 2004–05 season, he helped Heracles become Eerste Divisie champions. [4] During the next season, they were able to stay in the Eredivisie comfortably (reaching 13th place), of which he said in 2014: "it felt like winning another championship". [4] Smit subsequently played for three more seasons in the Eredivisie with Heracles, before leaving the club in the summer of 2009. [1] He then moved to amateur side SVZW, [5] where he played until 2012. [1]
Smit was known as a player with good passing ability, and as a free kick specialist. [3]
While playing professional football, Smit was a public administration student at the University of Twente. [6] In 2010, he obtained a PhD degree in urban planning at the same university with a dissertation entitled "Safeguarding public interests in urban planning: A study on the impact of public-private partnerships on the public interest". [7]
Heracles Almelo