Max Frederick Smallcombe (born 27 March 1999) is a
Welsh
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professional
footballer who plays as a
midfielder.
Club career
Smallcombe came through the
Exeter City Academy to make his first-team debut on 30 August 2016, in a 4–2 defeat at
Oxford United in an
EFL Trophy
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group stage match. He turned professional at Exeter in April 2017, having successfully captained the youth team to a league title in the
2016–17 season.
He started the
2017–18 season on loan at
Southern League Division One West club
Bideford. He scored his first goals in senior football with a brace on 2 September, helping the "Robins" to a 5–1 victory over
Bishop's Cleeve in an
FA Cup qualification match at
The Sports Ground. Manager
Sean William Joyce went on to praise his professionalism, stating that he was badly missed by the team after he picked up a hamstring injury in September.
On 28 September 2019, Smallcombe returned to
Bideford.
International career
Smallcome made his debut for the
Wales under-17 team in a
UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification victory over the
Netherlands at
Dragon Park
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The centre is located at the Newport International Sports Village, Lliswerry in the east of Newport near Newport Stadium and ...
on 22 October 2015, and went on to win a total of four caps.
Career statistics
References
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1999 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Truro
Footballers from Cornwall
Welsh men's footballers
Wales men's youth international footballers
Men's association football midfielders
Exeter City F.C. players
Bideford A.F.C. players
Tiverton Town F.C. players
Bodmin Town F.C. players
Loughborough University F.C. players
Southern Football League players