Vlado Šmit (Serbian Cyrillic: Владо Шмит; born 6 April 1980) is a Serbian professional football manager and former player.

Vlado Šmit
Personal information
Date of birth (1980-04-06) 6 April 1980 (age 44)
Place of birth Sremska Mitrovica, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Left-back
Youth career
Vojvodina
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997–1998 Vrbas 19 (1)
1998–1999 Vojvodina 0 (0)
1999–2000 Vrbas 17 (1)
2000–2001 Milicionar 23 (2)
2001–2002 Železnik 16 (1)
2002Bologna (loan) 0 (0)
2002–2007 Bologna 55 (2)
2003–2004Atalanta (loan) 24 (0)
2005Pescara (loan) 10 (0)
2007–2009 Treviso 50 (2)
2009–2010 Gallipoli 4 (0)
2010–2012 SPAL 33 (8)
2012 Cagliari 0 (0)
2012–2018 Triglav Kranj 111 (13)
Total 362 (30)
International career
1997–1998 FR Yugoslavia U18[a] 8 (0)
2000–2001 FR Yugoslavia U21[a] 3 (0)
Managerial career
2019–2020 Triglav Kranj
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

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Born in Sremska Mitrovica, Šmit made his senior debut with Vrbas in the 1997–98 season,[1] helping the club win promotion to the Second League of FR Yugoslavia. He then spent one year at Vojvodina, failing to make any appearance for their first squad. Afterwards, Šmit moved back to his former club Vrbas, scoring once in 17 league appearances during the 1999–2000 season.[1]

In summer 2000, Šmit switched to Milicionar, making his First League of FR Yugoslavia debut in the 2000–01 season. He then spent six months with Železnik, before moving on loan to Italian club Bologna in January 2002.[2] After a six-month period, Šmit signed a four-year contract with Bologna in the summer of 2002. He subsequently played at Serie A and Serie B level with Atalanta, Pescara and Treviso. In August 2009, after spending two months without a team following Treviso's exclusion from professional football, Šmit accepted an offer to join newly promoted Serie B side Gallipoli. He eventually switched to SPAL in January 2010.

In summer 2012, Šmit moved to Slovenia and signed with Triglav Kranj. He spent the following six seasons with the club, collecting 111 league appearances and scoring 13 goals in the process.[3]

International career

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Šmit has represented FR Yugoslavia at both the under-18 and under-21 levels in UEFA competitions.

Statistics

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Club Season League
Apps Goals
Vrbas 1997–98 19 1
1999–2000 17 1
Milicionar 2000–01 23 2
Železnik 2001–02 16 1
Bologna (loan) 2001–02 0 0
Bologna 2002–03 8 0
Atalanta (loan) 2003–04 24 0
Bologna 2004–05 0 0
Pescara (loan) 2004–05 10 0
Bologna 2005–06 19 2
2006–07 28 0
Treviso 2007–08 20 0
2008–09 30 2
Gallipoli 2009–10 4 0
SPAL 2009–10 11 3
2010–11 22 5
Triglav Kranj 2012–13 13 1
2013–14 20 0
2014–15 21 3
2015–16 20 5
2016–17 15 4
2017–18 22 0
Career total 362 30

Notes

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  1. ^ a b Only official UEFA matches included

References

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  1. ^ a b "Statistika odigranih prvenstvenih utakmica i datih golova za FK Vrbas 1969-2007" (in Serbian). fkvrbas.weebly.com. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
  2. ^ "Smit loaned to Bologna". uefa.com. 25 January 2002. Retrieved 4 February 2011.
  3. ^ "Vlado Šmit – Nogometna zveza Slovenije". nzs.si (in Slovenian). Retrieved 27 February 2020.
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