Enda Smith (born 6 August 1994) is a

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er who plays at senior level for the Roscommon county team and is from

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in Ireland.

Career

Smith plays his club football for the

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club. While at university, he played for DCU where he won the

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in 2015 against

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. During his university GAA matches, he formed a rivalry with UCC's Conor Cox who played county football for Kerry and later joined Smith at Roscommon. Smith made his senior inter-county debut for Roscommon in 2013. He was part of the Roscommon team that made it to the Super 8s stage of the

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after winning the

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but lost to Tyrone. Despite this, he was nominated for the

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. By 2019, he had become the Roscommon county captain. Before the season started, he had fractured a bone in his hand but made a substitute appearance to score the winning point in the final of the

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against Mayo. On 25 October 2017, Smith was named in the

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squad for the

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against

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in November following

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players declining to take part in the series due to club commitments and rest breaks.

Personal life

Smith has three brothers, Cian and Donie, have played Gaelic football for Roscommon at differing levels. Until 2018, he studied at

Dublin City University Dublin City University (abbreviated as DCU) () is a Third-level education in the Republic of Ireland, university based on the Northside, Dublin, Northside of Dublin, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Created as the ''National Institute for Highe ...

. Smith works as a teacher at St Declan’s College in Dublin, away from Gaelic football.

Career Statistics

''As of match played 29 June 2024''

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Smith, Enda 1994 births Living people Allied Irish Banks people Roscommon inter-county Gaelic footballers