Tim Smits (born 11 April 1986) is an Australian

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who plays for Grange Thistle.

Club career

Smits began his career with North Pine SC, he then moved to Albany Creek and then to the QAS. At the

Queensland Academy of Sport The Queensland Academy of Sport (QAS) is an elite sports institute set up in 1991 by the Queensland Government to support athletes in the state of Queensland. Its headquarters are currently located at the Queensland Sport and Athletics Centre in ...

he spent three years, after this, he joined Pine Rivers United where he played two years. In January 2006, Smits was scouted by Netherlands club

Helmond Sport Helmond Sport is a professional association football club based in the city of Helmond, North Brabant, Netherlands, that competes in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of the Dutch football league system. The club was founded on 27 June 1967, a ...

, where he played for the reserve team, after one year in the Netherlands, he moved back to Australia and signed with Rochedale Rovers. In January 2008, after playing nine games in one year for Rochedale, he joined

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club

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A-League statistics

¹ - includes

final series statistics
² - includes

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statistics;

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statistics are included in season commencing after group stages (i.e. ACL and A-League seasons etc.)

References

External links

Queensland Roar profile
1986 births Australian expatriate soccer players A-League Men players Brisbane Roar FC players Australian people of Dutch descent Soccer players from Brisbane National Premier Leagues players Living people Men's association football forwards Grange Thistle FC players Australian soccer players {{Australia-footy-forward-stub